The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-03
BEATH FOLLOWS The heat
Seventeen Persons Die from Pros.
tratiOn in Philadelphia.
TEMPERATURE ELSEWHERE.
At st. Louis Mercury Dances ut 07 De-
srccs-Ikausas City Discovers 1t at
the 100 Mark Nincty.fivo
at Detroit.


Philadelphia, June 1.-The tropical
heat that has prevailed since Thursday
has reaped a terrible harvest of death
In Philadelphia. The proStrations from
the heat number several scores, and on
Friday there We're two deaths, three
yesterday and the climax was reached
today 'when seventeen persons died
from heat prostration. The thermo-
meter today in the weather bureau Of
flee at its maximum at o'clock regis
tered 95 degrees, two degrees lower
than yesterdays maximum. The low
est point touched today was at $50 this
morning, when it stood at ~ degrees.
From that time on until 2 o'clock the
mercury went booming upward until 1t
reached 95 degrees. Fortunately the
day was Sunday, and the workers In
the mills and manufactures were able
to rest and seek what coolness they
could. But for this the mortality would
undoubtedly have been much higher
than it was. Besides the seventeen
deaths there were score of prostra-
tions reported by the police, and how
holds of many families they alone
know.
Shortly after o'clock a thunder
shower cooled the air and the thermo-
meter fell twelve degrees In an hour.
The relief was not of any long duration.
and at s o'clocktonight the thermometer
had mounted again. Reports received
from points throughout eastern Penn
sylvania show that the heat in that sec
tion has been as great as In Philadel-
phia, although not so deadly In its ef-
fects. Little promise of relief is held
out by the weather bureau, and another
dreadful day of suffering seems In store
for Philadelphians tomorrow.
Temperature n; Other Points.
Harrisburg, Pa, June 1.-The intense
heat continues without abatement. In
many of the Industrial establishments
men have been compelled to suspend
work Several persons have been over
come by the heat, but no fatalities nave
been reported. The crops are suffer-
ing for want of rain, and the local
weather record for twenty years does
not show such continued high tempera-
ture for so long period.
The average temperature for the last
four days has been 90 degrees but in
exposed places the mercury has gone
much higher.
ST. Louis, Mo. June AT p. m.
today the heat record was 81 degrees,
but light breeze relieved the heats
intensity.
Detroit, Mich, June 2.-Detroit today
experienced the hottest weather of the
present heated term, the mercury rose
till it reached 95 at o'clock this after
noon. The weather office at 10 o'clock
reported the mercury so. No prostra-
tions were reported.
Kansas City, Mo-, June 2.-The
weather here today was intensely hot,
although a strong wind blew from the
registered sc. but street instruments
ran up the 100 mark. No prostrations
were reported.
Washington, June 2.-The hot wave
which has hovered over the eastern
and middle sections of the United
States during the past few days has
been record breaker, and the officials
of the weather bureau are unable at
the present time to predict any relief.
There is an area of high pressure that
is centered over Tennessee, which has
caused the present excessive heat to be SO
intensely felt. This high pressure which
has persistenItly lowered over Tennes-
see, is known as the permanent high"
and has been contributed to very large
ly by southerly winds.
The following are some of the maxi
mum temperatures reached "a at
New York SO at Harrisburg: 9G at Phil
adelphia and Washington. and "a ait
Baltimore.
At Philadelphia the record has been
broken by two degrees. At Washing
ton the thermometer has been even
higher than 90 at this time of the year,
rose to 1O2. In New York city it was
three degrees hotter today than on any
second Of June in the past decade.
Heat in Southern Cities.
The southern cities east of the Mis-
sissippi river have been feeling the
effects of the hot wave to great de-
gree. The following are the cities in
this date were made today Vicksburg,
9S.2: Memphis. 9S.1; Chattanooga, 9S4;
New Orleans, 942; Mobile, 961; Atlanta,
9S.7; Augusta, 1901; Savannah, 9S1;
Charlotte, 9S.5; Raleigh. 9S.G; Louis
vile, 9S2; Indianapolis, 9S.1. Notwith-
standing the fact that the record shows
that the thermometer has been six de-
grees higher in Washington than 1t
marked today, it is doubtful If the peo-
pie and animals ever suffered more
and two deaths occurred.
Chicago. June 2.-The hot weather in
Chicago continues and Is causing much
suffering. The weather bureau report
ed the highest temperature Of the day
as 92 degrees.
Pittsburg, Pa. June. 2,-Today the
thermometer registered 95 degrees and
tonight is pegged at 9O AS far as
known no serious prostration from heat
ao,nrraJ today