The record-union., 1896-08-10

but business Friday and Saturday was

but business Friday and Saturday was !
partially suspended.
GREAT SUFFERING AT OMAHA. |
OMAHA, Aug. 9.--While the Gov |
ernment thermometer gives 94 as the
maximum temperature to-day, the |
weather seemed much warmer, and as
it was but continuance of a week of |
extreme heat, the suffering was great |
No fatalities have been reported here, |
but there were many prostrations, some
of which may result seriously. The
amount of moisture in the air has made |
the hot spell this year more severe than
warmer weather in the recent dry
years. A severe electric and rainstorm
tonight has cooled the air and given
much relief
ABOVE ONE HUNDRED.
GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.), Aug. o.
The last four days have been the warm
est ever known in Western Michigan,
and rain is badly needed. The Their
mometer has been above 100 all day,
and toward evening only lost three
points. Several fatalities have been re-
y =
| cool wave strikes this portion of the
State soon. Electrical storms have
passed over this section in the last
tWenty-four hours, but have had no
noticeable effect
RECORD BREAKER AT CLEvE-
LAND.
CLEVELAND (O), Aug 9-To-iay
| has been a record breaker The mer-
curry ranged from so to 90 during the
day at the Weather Bureau. The tenn
perature at other places went above 100.
There We're several prostrations, includ-
ing twelve at the Ohio National Guard
encampment, and VIM. Fitzgerald, a
laborer, died from the effects of the
heat
COOLER AT CINCINNATI
| CINCINNATI, Aug. 9.-The ther-
mometer reached 92 degrees here to-
day, and while there were several pros
trations no serious cases have been re-
ported. All who could get out of the
city spent the day at the various sum-
rner resorts. Tonight there was a rain,
and the mercury fell 10 degrees.
INTENSE HEAT AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 9.-The intense
heat continues. The thermometer again
reached a maximum of 81 degrees. No
fatalities have been reported since yes
terday, when the total for the hot spell
was six. The dead animal contractor
reported the death of seventeen horses
to-day from the heat.
VERY OPPRESSIVE AT COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS O), Aug. 9.-The heat
here to-day was the most oppressive of
the season, and there was general suf-
fering. The highest temperature at the
|. United States signal observatory was
.4 degrees. The observer explained that
the oppression complained of was due TO
the very high humidity of the atnos-
! phere. No fatal cases of prostration
were reported.
MORTALITY IN PHILADELPHIA
| PHILADELPHIA Aug 9-With
each days continuance of the terrible
heat the mortality has increased, until
to-day twenty-one deaths were re-
ported by the police. The thermometer
reached a maximum of 932 degrees.
the highest point reached this summer.
Besides the deaths there were half a
hundred heat cases taken to the hos
pitfalls.
HOTTEST OF THE SEASON.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The heated
/ term that LAS been almost without pre-
cedent in this city continues, and the
general impression is that to-day was
! beyond all doubt the hottest and most
uncomfortable of the season. The
churches were sparsely attended and the
streets almost deserted, and many peo-
| pie left the city in the early morning for
river resorts and suburban retreats, in
| the hope of escaping the torrid tenn
perature of the city.
The highest point reached by the off,
cial thermometer at the Weather Bu-
reau was 91.4 degrees at 3 D. m. This
is the record of the instruments on top
of the bureau high above the streets,
and fails to give the temperature with
which the people of this city had TO
deal with during the day. The wide as
phaltum streets and pavements reflected
the heat and as a general rule it was ten
degrees greater throughout the city
than the official record showed One
death resulted, the victim being Charles
F. Walter.
INTENSELY HOT.
PETERSBURG Wa), Aug 9-The
weather here to-day has been intensely
/ hot, the thermometer registering i02
/ degrees in the shade. No fatal prostra-
! tions were reported.
HEAT AT NASHVILLE.
! NASHVILLE (Tenn), Aug. 9.-For
! four days the weather here has been
unusually intense, the heat being un-
| tempered by breeze. Yesterday the
thermometer registered 81 degrees, and
the suns rays We're almost unbearable
| To-day, while the mercury reached the
same point, intermittent breezes We're
some slight comfort to humanity
THREE DEATHS AT ALBANY
ALBANY On. W, Aug. 9-Three
deaths resulted here to-day from the
! heat.
ONE HUNDRED AND THREE
FINDLAY (O), Aug. 9-The ther-
mometer to-day registered 103 de-
grees, the highest known in this city
fer many years. There were no pros
trations, however.
MANY DEATHS AT BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 9.-The heat
record was about the same to-day as
during the past four The maximum was
not reached until 4.30 this evening,
when 97.4 was recorded. The mercury
was above the 80 point at s o'clock to-
night. Fifteen deaths and twice that
many prostrations We're reported up to
midnight.
TWELVE DEATHS AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-The sufferings
of New Workers to-day We're intense
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