The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11
Awful Increase of Mortality
Among Little Children
of the Cities.
cool WAVE WING FROM THE
FAVORED WEST.
Light Rains Fall In Some Sections,
but 1t Is Still Torrid In the
Eastern States.


O'Clock this ev ming lightning gave warm
| ing of refreshing rain which followed.
! For few minutes there was a copious
| downpour and the terrific heat spell was
broken. The maximum heat to-day was
| SO degrees. Eight deaths and thirty-iour
| prostrations were reported.
| The dead are: John Feinal, Justin
Syke, Fred Bender, Joseph Dvorak,
| Thomas Kirk, child named Chewrausky,
Michael Mclaughlin and Thomas Walsh,
the first three having been prostrated yes
| terday.
The humidity was not so great as yes
| terday. The Health Office reports that as
! a result of the long-continued hot spell
the death rate has increased tremendous
" among children and sufferers from
chronic diseases.
WASHINGTON. D. c., July 10.-The
intense heat of the past ten days in the
central valleys, due in part to the stagna-
tion of the atmosphere, has been broken
by the forward movement of the trough
of low pressure from Kansas to the axe
regions, and by the advance of the high
pressure area from the North Pacific Coast
to Colorado.
fall in tempera ture Of 20 degrees in
twenry-four hours has been reported from
Sioux City and Con cordia. The area in
dicating the fall in emperature had ad-
vanced to the eighteenth meridian, ard
covers the whole country from that
meridian to the Rocky Mountains, except
Northern Louis lana, extreme Northeast
ern Texas, Georgia and South Carolina,
where the tenn perature has risen.
1t is probable that this cooler tempera-
ture will re, ch the lower lake region and
the Atlantic States Sunday. giving cooler
weather for several days.
The streets below the weather bureau
seem to be huge steamship stoKen oles.
Several deaths have been indirectly attrib-
uted to the heat mere, but it is difficult 10
| really trace a fatality 10 that cause alone
.INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 10.-W hile
| the temperature was lower by several de-
grees at noon day than at any time for
| the past week, the humidity up to that
hour was so great that but little relief was
| to be had. Later the sun disappeared,
! and intermittent showers accompanied by
| cooling breezes sent the mercury down 10
comfortable point.
Besides several prostrations this morn
ing three deaths from the hea, were re-
| ported. They are: Oscar Mahew, May
| Robinson and man known as Okla
homa Bill" who died shortly after his re-
moval to the hospital.
| EVANSVILLE, IND, July 1O-After an
electric storm early this morning. which
cooled the atmosphere somewhat, the
| ermometer shot up TO 95 by IL A. NJ
The sky is overcast, partially relieving
| the Intense heat The thermometer has
not cen below 80 at midday here for ten
davs
MILWAUKEE, Wis July 1O-A ter
| rife winu' and rain storm struck Oak
| Grove last night, ieveling buildings and
| destroying crops.
Berlin, Wis, reported 1o5 degrees OF
| heat. A cool wave has arrived in Mil
waukee.
PITTSBURG, Pa, July fO.-There were
three deaths and several prostrations from
heat to-day. The dead are: Bridget Kee-
nan, Michael Barlie and John Danchulo
VIC. At o'clock this afternoon the mer-
curry wa 81 degrees.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, July 10.-.There
were many prosirations to-day, two prov
ing fatal up TO noon. The thermometer
stood al 90. The Weather Bureau predicts
relief in this locali y tonight.
DAYTON, ONO, July 10.-The tempera-
ture was 50 degrees at l O'Clock. Three
prosirations We reported this morning
PEORIA, ILL, July 10-The tempera-
ture al IL clock this morning was 102 de-
grees in the sHade.
NEWARK. N. j.. July 10.-James Ko-
ran, saloon-keeper. was stricken with
heat to dav and led to- night.
TROY, N. Y, July 10.-Two deaths d. ne |
to heat were reported to-day. At O'CLOCK
the temperature reached 1o2 degrees in The
shade.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, July 1O.-The ther-
mometer to-day registered l01 degrees,
the highest point reached this season.
Five deaths have been reported during
the last two days, due 10 prostrations
from heat