The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-06-12
A HOT WAVE.
FROM LAKES TO GULF--FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI TO THE SEA.

The Record for the Second of June Broken
in Numerous Places Charleston One De-
gree Hotter than Ever Before the
Same Day of the Year.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Thc 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 at the weather bureau are
unable at the present time to predict
any relief. There is an area of high
pressure that is central over Tennessee.
which has caused the present excessive
heat to beso intensely felt. This high
pressure, which has persistently hoyerd
over Tennessee, is known as the per-
rlanent high, and has been contributed
to very largly by southerly winds.
During the past twenty-four hours IN
Western Pennsylvania and Maryland
the temperature has not been quite so
high, a falling off from 2 degrees to
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States having been noted.
The following are some of the maxi
mum temperatures reached: 81 degrees
at New York, 96 degrees at Harrisburg,
96 degrees at Philadelphia, "a degrees
at Pittsburg, "a degrees at Baltimore,
and 96 degrees at Washington. At
Philadelphia the record has been
broken by2 degrees. At Washington
the thermometer has been even higher
than 96 degrees at this time of the year,
as in June, 1874. when the tempera-
ture rose to 102, degrees degrees war
mer than it was today. In New York
city it was 3 degrees hotter than on any
I'd of June in the past decade.
The Southern cities east Of the Missis-
sippi River have been feeling the ef-
fects of the hot wave to a great degree.
The following are the cities in which
records of high temperature for this
date was made today; Vicksburg %,
degrees 2 degrees above; Memphis 9S,
l above; Chattanooga 9S, above;
New Orleans "a, above: Mobile 96, l
above; Atlanta 9S, Z above; Augusta
100, above: Savannah 9S, above:
Charleston 50, l above; Charlotte 9S,
above; Raleigh 9S, 6 above; Louis
vile 9S, 2above; Indianapolis 9S, 4
above.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
record shows that the thermometer
has been degrees higher in Washing
ton than it marked today, it is doubt.
full if the people and animals ever suf
fered more. The attendance upon
churches was seriously affected and
all means of conveyance down the
river and into the surrounding coun-
try were crowded. Hotel arrivals
were the smallest for months. One Of
the visitors down the river was seized
with a hemorrhage, induced, it is
thought, by the extreme heat, and died
before reaching the city. He was
Chris Kraft, cigar maker, aged 40
years.
James Murray, a stonecutter, white,
about 80, was overcome by the heat at
the corner of 37th and M streets,
Georgetown, and died almost immedi-
ately.
CHICAGO, June 2.-The hot weather
in Chicago continues and is causing
much suffering. The weather bureau
reported the highest temperature Of
the day as 90 degrees. This was
o'clock this afternoon and is two de-
grees only less than the temperature
Of last Friday. The thermometers on
the street registered as high as 81 de-
gree in the shade. The mean tempera-
ture of the day, as officially reported,
was 50 degrees, 10 degrees higher than
the normal temperature of June 2
averaged for the past twenty years.
People overcome by heat on the
streets today were revived in nearby
drug stores and only one case 50 far
learned was serious enough to send to
the hospital.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2.-The tropi-
cal heat that has prevailed since Thurs
day has reaped terrible harvest of
death in Philadelphia. The prostra-
tions from the heat number several
scores and on Friday there were two
deaths, three yesterday and the climax
was reached today when seventeen per-
sons died from heat prostrations.
The thermometer today in the
weather bureau Office at its maximum
at 2 o'clock, registered 95 degrees, two
lower than yesterdays maximum.
The lowest point touched by the ther-
mometer today was at $50 this morn
ing, when it stood at - degrees. From
that time on until 3 o'clock the mec
curry went booming upward until it
reached IS degrees To the gasping
thousands compelled to breathe the
superheated air from the bricks of the
houses and the scorching asphalt of
of the streets the difference of two de-
grees III the mercury from yesterday
was not noticeable, ard the suffering
among the residents of Philadelphia
was as great as has been on any date
of the prevailing hot spell. Forum
ately the day was Sunday and the
workers in the mills and factories were
able to rest and seek what GOODNESS
they could. But for this the mortali-
ty would, undoubtedly, have been
much higher than IL was. 6eSlceS
the seventeen there we're a score of
prostrations reported by the police,
and how many more there We're IN the
households Of many families they
alone know.
Shortly after 2 o'clock thunder
shower cooled the air, and the ther-
mometer fell u degrees in an hour.
At S o'clock tonight the thermometer
was 81 degrees. Reports received from
points throughout Eastern Pennsyl-
vania show that the heat in that sec
ton has been as great as in Phllade!-
phia, although not so deadly in its eff
feet. Little promise of relief is held
out by the weather bureau, and
and another dreadful day of suffering
seems in store for Philadelphians to-
BALTIMORE, June 2.-The mercury
again hovered about the nineties to-