The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-01
A HEAT RECORD BROKEN.
Highest Temperature for July 1
Ever Known in Washington.

/ WIN the mercury tGucAl0g the century
mark at o'clock all records for a first
/ day of July were broken by the official
| Thermometer at the Weather Bureau. and
! the silver in the tube is still rising
: Weather Bureau officials predict that by
( o. clock maximum VIII be reached, which
viii break all existing July heat records.
| Thermometers on the downtown streets
! registered as high as 1G2 degrees at
] O'Clock. The hottest day last year was
/ August 2. when the official standing at
/ the Weather Bureau y3as 101. There is
/ little prospect OF a change today No rain
| is predicted in the forecast from the
| Weather Bureau this morning.
| Washington has sweitered as it prob
/ ably never sweltered before today
/ Several serious prostratiens from the
/ heat were reported to the various hos
pitaIs. one man, a coIored Iaborer, suf-
! fered fatal sunstrolxe- and at least one
other case is expected to prove fatal
/ There were large number of light pros
/ trations from the heat which did not re
/ qIire medical attention
| The day began hct, and it remained
! scOrching and bids fair not to reIent to
night
/ At o'clock this morning the mercury
/ stood at 81, after a night so humid that
/ sleep in an ordina y bedroom was utterly
/ impossible. At 10 o'clock the tube at the
/ Weather Bureau. reputed to be always
| conservative. registered 80, and at noon
| three more points had been passed. At
! O'Clock the standing vas 81. In the next
| hour it seemed as though d wave of fire
had swept over the city. The mercury
Ieaped three points higher to the 100
mark.
Those obliged to be on the streets s;1f-
| fered perhaps more than others did Not
only mankind, but animals, were op-
pressed to a painful degree by the bis
tering rays Of the sCu, reflected from the
asphalt with Increased Intensity Collars
were reduced from immaculate linen
bands TO soggy strings dripping with
peEspiTati0n. The straw bats with which
many horses have been equipped by their
owners were a salvation in many cases.
It was a hard-hearted driver thar urged
his beast much foster than a walk OF
slow trot- Soda fountains everywhere
did a large business. Waters in cafes and
saloons worked harder than ever before
TO supply the wants Of the thirsty The
| general tendency was toward iced drinks.
The fermented drink that is heating is ia
booed by those who cars for comfort
In business Offices about the city there
was more OF less discomfort 1t Is safe
to say that scarcely building is coof this
afternoon except through the agency Of
electric fans or some ether artificial
means. The street cars afford one OF the
most satisfactory results in efforts to keep
cool ride on one Of the fast suburban
lines with strong breeze whrIing the
length of the car is a sure method for the
reduction Of bodily temperature IN the
residence districts of the city everyone not
/ obliged TO be out is staying within doors
with blinds drawn to exclude as much
as possible Of the suns glare When
o'clock comes and the clerks pour oat of
/ the departments there VIII be an eager
rush for cars to suburban resorts and TO
/ the cooling spots along the Bay
IN many Of the departments today the
condition Of affairs was htehiy uneomfort-
able. Electric fans were brought
into play wherever possible, and
the big awnings which sha..@ many Of the
windows were c0nsidera be protection
Inert and unconscious, i young woman
clerk was carried from the Census Bureau
this afternoon and sent u her home IN
the fearfuliy hot building supposed to be
one Of the best ventilated structures I'm
u Washington, there were a number Of heat
| prostTatiOns. Of which the one above men
toned was the most serious. The girl was
| overcome about l1:30 O'Clock at her desk.
and was carried into q, room set aside for
the use of trained nurse who cares for
a large number Of heat prostTedon cases
each day. An hour and half later she
was sent to her home in a cab.
| Eu some of the rooms OF the Census. .Bu-
reau the thermometers this afternoon reg
/ istered as high as I04 degrees. At ? o-cIock.
there had been no indication Of a drop in
the temperature and the atmosphere was
almost at baking heat In the large pop
uIation room. the condition was almost
) intoierable. Several hundred clerks work
ia this low-pitched apartment. upon the
| roof Of which the sun beats vita fierce
intensity
Many applications for leave were grant
Cd. over 100 seats were empty on this
account All who complained seriously
of the heat were permitted TO go home.
Postmaster Merritt in consideration of
the extreme heat has made arrangements
to make the burdens Of the letter car
rieTs as light as possible during the not
spell The three trip mon viii only make
two trips and the four-trtp men viii only
make three.
The oEiy fatal case Of prostTation Of
the day reported from the hospitals was
that Of Lewis Ashton, coiored Iaborer,
whose temperature was 40 when he
reached the Emergency Hospital shortly
after noon Despite the efforts of the ply
SLAMS Ashton died at q clock.
Ashton was forty-six years old and lived
at 1121 Half Street southwest. He was
AZ work in ditch when ne was overcome
with heat
Daniel Green, colorea, tlIirty-six years
old Of IS'f Thirteenth Street northwest,
also tax 70 the Emergency Hospital
shortly before noon. He is employed as
a cook in = restauranr -4t-12o9 C Street,
and was attending to his duties in the
kitchen when he succuTnbed to the intense
heat 1t is believed that he VIII recover.
There were four cases at the Casualty
| Hospital but none OF them were of a Sc
riOus nature. John Baycr, coIored sew
enty years old. was taken there at I0:35
o'clock. from his place Of employment at
the corner Of Fifth and Washington
Streets northwest in 4 patrol wagon His
home is at 2OO9 Eleventh Street north
west
Mary Betters. coIored. fifty years old,
was overcome by ihe heat at the corner
Of Thirteenth Street and Massachusetts
Avenue southeast and WAS removed TO
the Casualty Hospital by the police of
the Ninth precinct Aleck Forrest. col
oTed, of IL Delaware Avenue southwest,
was overcome by the sun & rays near the ,
New jersey Avenue stationheuse and he
also was taken To the Casualty Hospital
He is about Sixty-fuur years old The
fourth patient to be taken TO that hospi-
tai was Samuel J. McCauieY- who was
working - a new baildinS on Q Street,
between FirNt and Second Streets north