The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-11
NO COOL WAVE IN SIGHT.
SaFanRahianS Likely TO Roast for
Several DAYS Yet.

The Temperature Yesterday the High
est for the Year, e7.2 Degrees, Five
Degrees Higher Than Was Reached
During August a Year Ag6-A
squan Causes a Drop Toward Even
ing and Makes the EiEht Comforta-
bIe-Hot Weather Over the Entire
Country.
There viii be no dispute that yesterday
was the hottest day of the year. The
highest temperature reached was g127.
higher by o than any temperature during
August a year ago. The mean tempera-
ture was So, which is Is above the aver
age. A feature Of the day was q lack
of moisture The humidity was - per
cent. which is I 1 per cent below the av-
erage The lack of moisture was due to
the westerly winds. Had the humidity
been at the average the temperature
would have been equivalent TO at least
1882
The day started out hot and it kept
hot. The temperature at Il o'clock, when
the first observation was taken at the
weather bureau, was S4'. At 9o'clock il
was So. This temperature continued
until toward II o'clock, when the mer-
curry mounted up to 81. AT noon it was
96' There was no change then until ]
O'Clock, when it began to climb up higher,
and at 2 O'Clock had reached tho % mark.
There it stopped for a few minutes to
rest.
THE TOP NOTCH.
A few minutes after it got up notch
higher and marked 91.2'. After that il
dropped e8 a little and at O'Clock was
back to 90. There it staid until the
squat came up few minutes before 6
O'Clock, ana sent the mercury flying
downward. In ten minutes it dropped
15'. During the squat the wind reached
velocity of D miles an hour. The blow
was for short duration, however, and
was soon over. The temperature at
O'Clock was 81 and at o'clock it was SO
For time during the day Savannah en-
joyed the distinction of being the hottest
place IN the country, but that honor was
taken later on by Omaha, Neb., which re
ported 100 degrees. St. Louis, Kansas
City, Nashville and indianapolis did a
little better than Savannah and reported
So. The temperature here, how
ever, was as high as anybody wanted it
10 be People kept the shady side
of the streets whenever they could,
and those who were not compelled to
be out staid indoors the most of the day.
On the paved streets the heat was in
tense, and in the middle of the afternoon
when it was hottest, the rays of the sun
were almost uncomfortable
LABoRER sUNsTRUCK.
The only casualty reuOrted was a col
ored laboFer Hume Lee. employed by
Winton & Burgess, who was sunstruck
while working on the Little Sisters of the
Poor building on Seventh street. A ply
stefan WAS called and as asrae r.ar,E,rad
TO his home. he will probably recover.
On the wharves it was hotter than it
was up in the city, and the men at work
on the ships fairly broiled. Two ships
finished loading at the Ocean Steamship
wharyes. the City of Augusta and the
llessoug. The principal cargoes were
lumber and rosln, and as the hot barrels
OF rQsin were rolled in and stored in the
holds the men appeared almost to suffo-
cate. and came rushing out of the vessels
dripping as if they had been in the river
NO SIGNS OF A COOL WAVE
So far as the weather reports show
there IS no cool wave in sight that will
affect the south. II was slightly cooler
last night in the north and east, caused
by cool wave over the lakes, but it will
not reach this section and,the indications
al midnight were for continued not
weather to-day. In fact there is a prob
ability that the spell will last for several
days.
Last night was comparatively cool, and
a breeze blew most of the night. AS is
usually the case, Millen carried of the
palm for the hottest place in Georgia
The temperature there was fraction
higher than it was in savannah Savan-
nah was close second however in the
race. Eastman, Albany ana Gainesville.
Fla, reported 96. Tue average for the
entire district was 81 the highest, with
the exception of Memphis district, which
reported an average of So.