The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-11
IT IS INTENSELY HOT
And The Terrible Humidity Makes lie
a Burden 10 Suffering Humanity.
FATALITIES AS A RESULT OF THE HEAT
Several Dcn,hs Were Repor,ea w..
tcrHn5 ns ..tfriDn,oble 10 a.,
=" ''h'p'r''"re-E Ei-emsn ON war.
SHIPS "nd rainters in This CIV
NfoStraicd rcmpcrn,ure yynN1o.s

IN lhe past few days the mornu,,,
MS ms oVcrieaneu all laws of dacnri,,..:Ss
@ @ic IHc shade was thicbest and tha
90 90 eIHc ~ Drew strongest 1t has nirted win
obnmt , tcS ,an anu hovered dangerously
noout me 100 mark. with an amhitins,
worthy of better cause Whara AZ.
sun shone hottest. upon the navenants
ana roofs OF the houses the t,,,nI,sii,.o
@ e tne century mark by many fle-
ircs The heat rose In dizzv c,,niee,
from the sidewalks aud streets stirreS
now ana then on rare occasions hv snn,t
warrant and consumptive hreeza nrIS
Snla tinS no one knows where or how. K
ana dying upon the sense II cha,-n,nd,..
IT ~ no eNaESresaton 10 say that eggs
conlu have been fried upon the bo,;ssa
topS had they been left there n littIe
while. hetie
Humanity suffered. How mnch q
suffered may not he recorded The
req not days and the brcathlcss nights.
nave been fun of torture. Sjeen he.
came almost n stranger to those who
hEvc heen unable to leave the city. one
i,n3 aiiGG. rS'f ht least, IL known where two
ned Fellows took turns through sum
uay night in tanning each other. The
shifts were of an hours duration.
al day sunday aud yesterday the
various neiEhboring pleasure resorts
were crowded with sweltering manl1ird
Thousands went to Ocean View and
Virginia Beach. Steamboats, carried
manY others to Old Point and other
niaces nearby AT City Park in the af-
tefhoon, the generous shade has AFFORD
ed partial relief to many more
But the end Is not yet The west thor
Burcnu officials promise no RELIEF be-
fore Wednesday at the soonest To the
hundreds of inquiries received daily at
the office of this Department., the in
variable ansyer is: Fair and continued
warm weather"
On Sunday the official record of tenn
perature was 97.5 ait o'clock p. m.
This Is a degree lower than on July %,
but the intense humidity made Sunday
probably the hottest day of the season.
Ihe thermome, Z in front of Burrows
drug store req Stored l04 degrees and
yesterday the same instrument showed
a. maximum temperature of 1922 while
the maximum at the Weather Bureau
was W at O'Clock. At S a. m. the mer-
curry started the race at S5 degrees:
at 10 q. m. it had scored points. while
at noon 30 was recorded There Ii re-
mained until 3 p. III. when the maxi
mum was reached. Things began to get
bit cooler after that and at 4 O'clock
the mercury dropped to "a degrees.
and 1t continued to fall until p. M,
when 1t reached 81 degrees At nightfalI
refreshing breeze sprang up; promis-
ing the respite of n nights rest to weary
and heat to!.Mrcd souls.
Nine painters on the roofs OF OYSTER
houses in Atlantic City are reported
TO have been overcome by heat Satur-
day, and some are not yet able ito go to-
work.
me death OF an infant in BrambIe-
ION rs also ascribed to the intense. heat.
me death Of Mr.. James Buchanan, an.
aseu gentleman. Is ascrihed to the
weakening effect of the weather.
James Smith, colored inmate of the
city jail. died yesterday morning. Dr.
Baker pronounced the death due to the
neat. Coroner Newton summoned
Jury of inquest. whose verdict was pull
nnonary hemorrhages supcrinduced by
heat. Those composing the iurv yvars
as follows E. V. Newton, j. #. Saun-
GERS, GERS, John l.. Neal, E. Tramwell. e. T.
wilson. F. Whiting, ]. F. Dutton.
OF the North Atlantic Squadron, now In
Hampton Roads, have been prostrated
DN neat in the last two days. -,
NO record has been kept of the num-
Der or horses overcome by heat, but
the list Is very long and the property
loss great. sJ