The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-31
WENT ONE ABOVE A HUNDRED.
THE HOTTEST DAY II SAVANNAH
N TEN YEARS.


hers OF People PrOstrated-W ork
on the ships and AionE the
Wharves suspended-Crowds of
People at the Resorts-No signs of
Let-UP-Savannah's Hot Days for
Quarter Of a Century.
Mercury broke its recori for the last nine
years yesterday. Al CLOCK. after a hard
climb. ID reached lu degrees. the highest
4 has been Al Savannah since July ls. Isl.
when & went 20 lo2 degrees
There has been but one hotter day since
the weather bureau was established jay
p Is7s mercury went 90 ll5 degrees The
Ieo-degree mark has been reached eleven
times within the last quarter q cen
fury.
savannahians do not know what TO
make OF the hot spell that is now ou- Il
began last week Tuesday. and since then
the highest temperature has not been be-
low 81 degrees.
The heat yesterday was intense The
day began hot and the neat lasted i1gh-
through
II any one locality was hotter than an
other il was the rosin yards. II would be
difficult 20 say just how high the Their
rnometer went in the yards. but ll5 10 70
degrees would not be an exaggerated es-
innate. The yards are low and fiat and
exposed 10 the fun force OF the suns rays.
The heat was so great that number
OF the men succumbed. topping over as
II they had been shot So many OF the
workmen were knocked out in this man
ner that it was necessary 20 discontinue
work for the day at II o'clock.
Harbor Master ]. J. Graham informed a
Morning News reporter that while en-
gagged in moving a bark from one berth
on Hutchinson Island 10 another he found
that the thermometer registered ~ ce-
grees at the ships side.
II was so intense on the wharves where
vessels are being loaded that the steve
dores were compelled 10 leave tnelr "oTk.
@. ". McEvoy, white man was
stricken down with the heat AT MOntgom-
cry and Tenth streets about 2 O'Clock. DR..
3. F. Sheftall was summoned and found
that the man was suffering from serious
case Of prostration. He sent McEvoy 70
the Savannah hospital where the usual
treatment In such cases was administer
ed. At a late hour last night McEvoy
was reported from the hospital as doing
well
Fortune Frazier. an old negro living on
the Taylor plantation. several miles west
Of the city, was overcome by the heat
the neld and died shortly atterWards.
Coroner Goette was notified OF the sudden
death and made an investigation, finding
the facts 10 be as stated.
Frank Cullom, engaged with the city
force in opening mp a new street IN the
southeastern portion OF the city succum b.
ed and was taken home.
Two laborers at work on the Bay street
extension We're overcome and IL was fear
ed one would die.
The negro stevedores loading lumber on
a number Of vessels at the exchange
wharf suffered so severely from the heat
under the bluf that they quit work about
z:30 O'Clock. Animals suffered severely
A fine grey horse belonging 10 A. 3. HUI
& Co. while attached to a truck be-
side another horse, began to staEger al
the Georgia and Alabama railroad freight
depot IN the afternOonThe team was, how
ever. driven back TO the store on Bay
street and DR.. Morris the veterinary sur
geon. sent for. He put the beast on hii
feet again.
A team Of mules drawing a heavy
wagon on AbercOrn street. near Wald
burg. gave out about noon, and one o.
them dropped dead beside its companion
All through the city people and animals
suffered alike. Few people who were no
compelled to be out Of doors ventured GU
during the not part Of the day and tbs
streets had a Sunday appearance. In the
railroad yards and along the wharves and
felt
Late in the afternoon 1t cooled off a little
and when the sea breeze sprang up a
night it made things endurable, II no
comfortable. Crowds Of people went ou
TO the resorts on the late afternoon trains
10 get breath Of the salt air. Tybse ha(
the largest crowd. 1t was cool and de
lightful on the island. and people there
had little idea OF the oppressive heat in IN,
city. II was ball night at the South Emo
hotel and the spacious pavilion was crowd
ed with dancers until the last train lef
for the city.
There are no indications of a let up II
the hot spell, and the probability Is tha
II viii last for several days. Weather Oh
server Sherier said last night. The records
of the weather bureau show the highes
temperature for the last twenty-five year.
as follows: