Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-08
THE TORR|D HEAT.
Some Improvement RoTthva1d'
8ytHIgher Temperature South
M RELIEF IN SIGHT,
ggyji Wave Apparently as LOns-LiYed
as Widespread.
NOT WEATHER IN EUROPE, TOO.
commercial Traveller ComnSts Sui
eide. saying. I'll Must Get Out of the
world: VIII suffocnte"-Many
Dcnths ut New Yorb

WASHINGTON. June S.-The maximum
tcmperature to-day was 81, degree hot
fer than yesterday. The thunderstorm
which had been promised by the Weather
pureau. as an interude in the long not
spell. was apparently no nearer to-nishV
Than il was twenty-four hours ago Inv
city suffered intensely with the heat p"'
the absence OF casualties is consideIeu
,,arkable There is sin hope for STORM
that will clear the air, but that nope 10
beginning 60 grow more slend''
inc general situation mas improved on
,bo North Atlantic coast There was
lion NJ % degrees in twenty-four hours
o.. poston. and New York tonight was
,.rortcd degrees cooler than yesterday.
WARMER IN THE SOUTH.
Oh the other hand, the maximum tenn
,-.turcs had risen at points South, Nor
o.. and Charlotte being each 9S. Lynch
r-. g6. and Nashville and Chattanooga
each o.
r,lo relief is promised the country at
,.e.. except from local storms, all the
r atoms being that the hot wave is as
-re-uvcd as ii is widespread.
MANY FATALITIES.
vrW YORK. June 7-AlthQugh the
,~nsrature Was several degrees lower
during the latter part Of the day. and
..r cooling breeze from the northeast
started up tonight the record of fatali-
..- to-day exceeded by far those Of yes
CHER. there were twenty-five deaths
sru the heat i'm the vicinity, and ten OF
,fsse victims were women. Aside from
This there were thirty-three prostrations,
che victims of which are still in the city
r.,rt'als in more or less serious condi-
ton
n sew York city alone nineteen deaths
v,-a recorded up to 10 o'clock tonight
AID ckeusack, Newark, Plainfeld, Pas
s,N and Morr.stown, y. j., each report
e. one death.
4 SUICIDE.
Oro Of the victims to-day was suicide,
who took his own life because of his SUI
lsrugs from the heat.
At the beginning OF the day the tenn
I.rature registered 2 or above that of
yesterday but as the day passed the mer-
curry slowly contracted. and the afternoon
MAS SlGliN cooler imam NtSNtthaN' ~
tween s o'clock and $50 p. NJ. drop of l3
G. grees was recorded.
ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
Three additional deaths and seven Sc
rious prostrations were reported after
midnight.
HOT WAVE IN EUROPE.
LONDON, June IA heat wave similar
60 the one which is now affecting New
York prevails over Europe Here the con-
rnuance OF hot weather so early in June
almost breaks all records. The Their
81 meters in this city have been register
a- IS in the shade, at the hottest time
AZ 'le day for five days past, and there
lrr been several deaths from the heat.
4 numerical traveller committed suicide
y-.-day. saying: II must get out of the
rra. ! Will suffocate"
TWENTY-FIVE AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. June THE cXtraor-
diary heat OF the past few days continues
O. lated. The temperature reached % de-
gree, to-day. The average temperature
ilr the day was several degrees higher
than Yesterday. The humidity to-day was
- unusually high. There were no deaths
from the heat to-day, but more than
twenty-five p:ostrations were reported.