The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-27
OLD SOL STILL RED HOT.
ugv AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
ABOUT o5o.

via I,av at Lynn the Hottest in Yesrs
and Hands on the Highway Unable
- Work-Work Suspended in Mills
.d Foundries at Several Points.
WASHINGTON, July 26. The hot weather
.0rsnued to-day with increased severity,
~, thsrmometer at the weather bureau
'sristarina 99a. At 8 o'clock this morning
tSs mercury started at 81, with steady
sa,i,gine gait, which, before the day was
aver brought it up to we'll nigh the unen-
S,rable point. Thermometers in various
-ts ~ the business portion of the city
PLo1sistered much higher than the figures re-
n95ded at the signal Office, In one place the
Nrarcurv showing a temperature or
106o, Yesterdays official maximum
tsnDerature here was 1S.o.
Wash was the hottest place in the
Trnited States yesterday with the exception
nj Louisville, KY, and Yuma, Artz. In
tense heat causes much discomfort among
The neopIe who have TO circulate about the
streets. while on those who can remain in
doors the effect is also severe. The heat at
night is almost unbearable as in the day.
Fsneoially is this the case in crowded por-
tons of the city, where buildings shut out
circulation Of the air and asphalted streets
rediate the heat collected during the day.
several prostratiops were reported to-day
INT none proved fatal as far as known.
DISPATCHES to the Associated Press indicate
that throughout the entire country from the
Atlantic ocean to the Rocky mountains
the heat to-day was several degrees greater
than yesterday, $50 was about the average
and 1907 was very common.
From hospital reports Tonight 1t is
learned that four deaths from heat prestra-
tion occurred to-day.
sPRINGFIELD's HOTTEST.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, July 26.-This Is
Springfeld's hottest day of the year. The
thermometer touched 95e at 10 o'clock this
morning.
A sCoRCHER AT ALBANY.
ALBANY, N. Y, July 26.-The tempera-
ture at II o'clock this morning was 9S9 in
the shade.
1909 IN THE SHADE.
HARTFORD, CONN, July 26.-At o'clock
this afternoon the thermometer registered
1902 in the shade without a cloud visible
and the heat was rising.
A HIGH RANGE AT NEW BEDFORD.
New BEDFORD, MASS, July 26.-To-day
is the hottest of the season, the thermO-
meter ranging from 92' to 9S'.
HOT DESPITE BREEZE.
GLOUCESTER, MASS, July 26.-With the
sun obscured the morcury:recorded9 95 ct 10
O'Clock this morning, to-day being the hot
test this season here. although strong
breeze from the west prevailed.
MILL OPERATIVES sUCCUMB.
LOWELL, MASS, July 26.--Fifteen per-
sonS in the Merrimac Company's mills sue
cumbed to the heat yesterday and had to
he removed The thermometer at noon to-
day was 920, s. higher than yesterday.
NINETY IN THE SHADE.
MANCHESTER, n. H.. July 26.-The ther-
yesterday. 1t was 90 In the shade at noon.
WORK SUSPENDED.
TAUNTON, MASS, July 26. The mercury
registered $40 in the shade at O'Clock. In
several of the foundries and mills work was
suspended owing to the heat.
THE HOTTEST IN YEARS.
LYNN, MASS, July 26.-The heat In Lynn
to-day was more severe than for dozen
years before. The thermometer registered
81 to 1902. Men on the highway were
obliged to cease work.
SIXTEEN DEATHS AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, July 26.-Sixseen psople have
died here to-day from heat prostrasion and
eghty~eight cases additional are reported,
some of whom will probably die.
HOT AT ORLANDO.
ORLANDO, FLA, July 26.-Tha weather
has been intensely and unusually hot for
the past few days, but the health of the
city is not lessened. Four births were an
nOunced Yesterday