Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-07-02
HEAT RECORD BROKEN,
In Philadelphia, Where It Was
Hottest For July In
80 Years.
81 DEATHS IN NEW YORK.
In Manhattan and Bronx eoroushs,
and 81 Deaths in 6rooklyn-14
Deaths In Philadelphia-M Many Pros
trations In United States.


Washington. July 2.-The weather
bureau thermometer recorded a max
imum temperature of 102 degrees
here. Fortunately there was not
much humidity In the atmosphere.
There were 20 cases Of heat prostra-
ton reported and one resulted fatally,
Lewis Ashton, a negro labofer, 46I
years Of age, dying not long after he
reached the hospital.
The present hot wave started in
the west June 20, and yesterday the
weather bureau officials reported that
| high temperatures were recorded inl
most sections east of the Rocky
mountains and many places west OF
! them Rains, most of them moderate
in amount. had fallen in many places.
| The precipitation had been very great
| in a few places In Chicago the fall
1 amounted to 1.56 inches, in Jackson
| vile, Fla, to i.24 inches; Omaha
| Neb., .6S inches, and Davenport, la,
| "a of an inch. Thunder storms had oc-
| CURED in West Virginia, Iowa and the
| lower lake region. BY today relief
| was promised in the middle Missis-
| sippi valley, the lower Missouri val.
| ley, the Upper Lake region, and by to-
morrow in the Ohio valley and posi-
/ bly, the western part OF the Lower
| Lake region. For about As hours fol-
lowing last night, along the northeast.
ern coast, the prospects favored more
hot weather. In New York city the
probabilities seemed to favor con
| tinuation Of existing conditions, with
no immediate prospect of relief In
| the latter city the temperature yester-
day was again 50, the highest previ-
Gus records for that city in July for
| 80 years being 80. In Philadelphia the
heat broke all records for the past 80
| years for Jply, reaching maximum
of 102. Some Of the other high tenn
/ peratures recorded during the day by
| the weather bureau were:
Temperature at Some Places.
Atlanta, Ga. so degrees; Atlantic
City, 90; Boston, 90; Chicago. 80;
Cincinnati, 90; Davenport, Ia, Sc; Des
Moines, Ia. 90; Indianapolis, 81; Jack.
sonville, Fla, "a; Kansas City, Mo,
100, Little Rock, Ark, 90, Memphis,
Tenn, 90; New Orleans, 80; New
York. 9S; Omaha, 81: Pittsburg. 90;
Salt Lake. 50; st. Louis, 100; st. Paul,
80; Springfield, Ills, 90; Vieksburg,
Miss 80.
New York, July 1.-The maximum
| temperature reached here was SO de-
grees. 1t was the hottest July / on
| record. The records show that in the
30 years preceding on only two days
in all that period had higher tenn
perature been reached. These were
July 8, 1876, and July 3, 1898 On
these days the thermometer reached
SO degrees.
In the early morning hours Monday
there was what might be termed
light breeze blowing but during the
early part of the afternoon the breeze
died away, and the city was baking in
torrid heat. The suffering in the city,
particularly in the crowded tenement
house districts, was most intense. AS
| the day grew the deaths and proStra-
tons increased, and although provis
ion was made in all the hospitals for
this emergency the authorities were
scarcely able to cope with the great
tax made on their resources.
Many Deaths Reported.
Between the hours of a. m Mon
day and midnight last night there
were reported 81 deaths and 141 pros
| trations in the boroughs of Manhat-
tan and the Bronx
/ From midnight Sunday night to 8
O'Clock last night 81 deaths and So
prostrations had been reported in
| Brooklyn.
There were so many ambulance
calls that the police were called on to
| supply patti oil wagons, and every am
| bulanee did double duty i'll responding
to calls. Many patients were carried
to the hospitals ia cabs and carriages
| and several went to Bellevue and the
I Harlem hospitals in moving vans.
The prevalence of the grip among the
horses OF the city also tended to
initiate against effective work and in
many eases had to be obtained from
contractors to draw patrol wagons and
ambulances.
Although the weather bureau shows
that the maximum was 98 this does
not indicate the heat on the streets
Many thermometers registered 1903
about $40 and all Of them over 100
on the street level.
II the heat was killing on mankind
it Was worse fOa tic horses. They
dropped right and left At one time
there We're eight dead horses lying on
! Broadway between Twenty-third and
! Forty-second streets. There were IA
! nofseS proStrated IN the vicinity OF
Madison square alone
The rush Of the crowds to the parks
and TO the nearby seashore resorts
last night was unprecedented in the
history Of the city. 1t was noted at
the Brooklyn bridge that numbers of
men who boarded the cars for Coney
Island and other beaches carried
blankets in which they intended to
roll themselves and sleep on the
sands.
Extreme Heat at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, July Philadelphia
and vicinity experienced the highest
temperature ever recorded in this
city, the government thermometer on
the top Of the postoffice building, ITO
feet from the street registering a
maximum temperature of 102 degrees
even. The previous highest temper
allure recorded was on Sept. /, 1881,