Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
SUNS DOOR OPEN.
A Deadly Wave of Heat Sweeps
Over the West.
Dozens OF People Died from Its Ef-
fects-Crops Withered and Died
Under the Terrible Blister
Ing They Received-An
Records Broken.

perature Monday was peasant, De-
ing below 50, and the deaths and
prostrations were therefore the work
of Sunday.
Metropolis, H., July 23.-Heat here
Monday was greater than ever be-
fore in this section. Thermometers
registered 10 in the shade and sew
eral small thermometers in exposed
locations burst because of the inten-
sity of the suns rays.
Kansas City, July 23.-Monday was
the hottest day ever known in Kan
sas City, the temperature reaching
LOG. Twenty deaths from the heat
were reported Sunday and yesterday,
Topeka, Kan, July 23.-Three
deaths and ten prostrations form the
record of Mondays heat in Topeka.
The therm ometer registered 106.
From numerous places in Kansas
come reports of intense heat and
much resulting damage. Slight show
ers fell last evening in some regions,
but the larger part of the state is still
parched by the terrible heat. In
some parts of the state the tempera-
ture was as high as 109. The most
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corn yield has fallen from half crop
to quarter of crop. Many coun-
ties report total loss.
st. Paul, Mimi, July 24.-Reports
from all sections of Minnesota and
the Dakotas show that the heat wave
continues with increased intensity.
Many stations reported yesterday as
being a record breaker, with maxi
mum temperatures ranging from 100
to 10s. Bismarck reports maximum
of 1O6, the highest in many years. In
ST. Paul the top was reached at 100.
The heat has had the effect of ma
turing grain much earlier than usual
and in northern Minnesota and Da-
kota the wheat is about ready to cut.
Work in the harvest fields, however,
is carried on with great difficulty,
many prostrations of men and ami
mails being reported.
New York, July 24.-The Journal
of Commerce, which telegraphed to
large number of bank presidents in
Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kan
sas, prints a special report which
says:
"There is every reason for believ-
ing that the early reports of damage
to the corn crop by the drouth have
not been exaggerated. On the con-
trary it is quite evident that the situ
tion is very much worse than at first
reported and that much of the injury
iB beyond repair.
"The region of worst damage lies
within an irregular circle of about
600 miles in diameter, with st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, as an approximate CEN
ter.
'The following question was sent
to the bank presidents: Kindly wire
us opinion of percentage of damage
to corn and live stock by drouth in
your vicinity
"The answers indicate very serious
losses in the region specified. In
Kansas many report rs per cent.
damage to corn; in Missouri the ma
jority of reports are between so and
rs per cent. damage; in Nebraska the
reports are generally between 80
and 80 per cent damage, while in
Iowa the injury is generally between
25 and 80 per cent.
at would seem from the returns
given that a loss of so per cent. in
this district would be moderate es-
innate. This would indicate a loss
of at least 312,000,000 bushels in the
region of the greatest drouth."
Topeka, Kan, July 25.-The heat
record for Kansas was broken again
yesterday. At Topeka the govern
ment record gave 106 degrees and
thermometers in the street registered
10 and liz degrees. Manhattan re-
ported 112, Emporia 112, Ottawa 40,
Atchison 104, Abilene 10S. Numer-
Gus prostra tions are reported and in
Abilene there were three deaths.
The financial part of the situation
is lost sight of for the present. The
thought now is of the extreme physi-
cal discomfort resulting from the
heat, the alarming scarcity of drink
ing water and the prospect of much
sickness after the heated spell.
st. Louis, July 25.-The maximum
temperature here yesterday was 107,
a figure never reached before in this
city. Throughout the day people
droroed on the sidewarlks in all parts
of the city and horses in the streets
fell to the pavement unable to move.
In the "a hours ending at II o'clock
last night 40 deaths directly attrib-
utable to the heat had been report
ed. In the same period Is cases OF
| prostration went on record.
st. Louis, July 26.-Winds that pre-
| vailed yesterday made their presence
decidedly felt on the superheated at
mosphere and brought glad relief to
| suffering man and beast. A maximum
| of 80 degrees was recorded. The
| diminution in the intensity of the
heat was shown by the marked reduc
ton in the death and prostratior
lists. Thirty-three deaths and q
cases of prostration were reported
as against 43 deaths and rs prostra
tions in the previous ~ hours.
| EInc People Injured.
| Chicago, July 22.-Nine passengers
were seriously injured and severa
others painfully bruised in the wrecl
| of Madison street cable car Sunday