The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-05

SANtf~ ANA AtAr greater part ~ the ttSN. and
there We're over score OF ltru~trationS.
Two men were killed rs the ht%tt during
tie afternoon. Iamber Lager. a carpen-
ter, aDd Henry Eeblin, a teamstcV. Sew
eIal other eases ave reported.
At midnight a thunder storm swept over
the city. sending the mercury down se,-
erai points ana bringing a welcome rain
William sullivan. lahorer dropped
dead in his hCmc in Lowe avenue tonight
as a result al the extreme heat. making
the hird heat fatality today
Eight people were drowned in Lake
Michigan today while bathing along ,he
beach in an attempt to escape the heat
The dead are. Harry Nelson. T.. A. Rob
inSou, John Sodemau. James Sullivan.
john SpraWA. an unidentified man drown
"a at the foot OF Gray street. and George
Wallace.
Fourteen Deaths In Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. July 4-1his has been
the hottest day in the presen. turrid spell
The weather huvctu record showed the
mercury at = from 20 d. m, and was
al tiS maximum, 2>. at u. III. The sky
was cioUdless AT day. and bnt ftw peopIe
Vcntured on the streets. Local thermom-
eterS showed from leg Ia les in the shade
during the afternoon.
While there were ffty cases of sunstroke
in the cjty that required removal to hos
there were hfty lighter cases the victims
OF which went home for assistance tf
those requiring medical assistance ten
cases arr quite serious.
The names OF the dead as far a. obtain
able are. Mr. pyela RI tea Bertha Deck
or, Jacob Work, Mrs Mary \. kloster-
mann. OF CoNnEton: an unknown man.
believed 20 be l.. smith. OF Cincinnati!
Commercial Tribune dispatches from
ohio points report the extreme heat today
i "a follows
Dayton. ION to 10 degrees: two deaths.
many pros;rafions.
Lima. ln degrees. one death,
Newark. To- 80 lG degrees.
Upper Sandusky. % AT a. m. and l05 at
p. IN.
100 a. m.-Fuu investigation M TO a.
n- shows that thirteen deaths from heat
have occurred here ia the last twenty-four
hours.
2.l5 a. fnrhe following are the sun
struck in addition to those already given:
Michael Winters. Fnd Buehrng. Fred
Dietrich. Thomas Schnabel. Christine
Tisz,. Mary oure. John ZelIer.
Worst in Twenty-Five Years.
TOLEDO o. July 4.-Toiay was the
hottest July day in twenty fiye years in
this city. The government thermometer
rcsistered -. and the instruments on the
streets indicated a temperature Of from
100 80 rs. Many cases Of prostratlou have
been reported. bat none of the cases has
been fatal.
Heat Kills Two at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND July 1.-The heat today
has been most intense, the temperature
being the highest for the season Two
fatalities occurred today and one hast
night and there have been several pros
tratons The list is. Miss Clinton aged
81 and Mrs. Lena Srdusky aged 81. Mar
tin Burns aud Jacob liaaner were taken
10 the hospital suffering from the heat
+. Cunningham and s 81. stark wera
also taken - tho hospital ia serious
condition. The highest temperature WAS
8. degrees,
Victims OF Heat ia Michigan.
DETROIT Mich. July f.-The maxi
fnum hilsli temperature today, according
to the Official observation bureau. was -
degrees Tho only severe eases of pros
tratiou in the clty were those OF two en-
pioyes OF the Hotel barclay. and ~
were reported out 81 danger tonight An
unknown man died near Wyoudotte. tud
there wera several minor c8<ea of pros
trat4ou Cases of sunstioke are reported
from sorne of ihc Sagthern Michigan
towns.
Tho extrem. beat caused the hlowlne out
of TWO automatic Gre plugs Tho torrent
of water thus released flowed down
through the ballding damaging the Dr.
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of fhe Peerless Manufacturing Company
10 the extent az <lfar1 The iire plugs
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