The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-07-10
HUNDREDS DIE FROM HEAT.
Terrible Record Of Heat in New
York Yesterday.

Terrible Record OF Heat in New
York Yesterday.
New York, July 2.-The heat,
which has worked such havoc IN
this city since last Saturday, was
somewhat mitigated this afternoon
by 4 succession of thunder storms,
which cleared The atmosphere and sent
the mercury 5umbing down ten de-
erees between the hours of 80 and
8 II. M. Never did a downpour OF
rain receive such an enthusiastic re-
ception as did this one. The thunder
and lightning were heavy and many
houses were struck, causing fire, but
So far as known no person was k1lAed
or injured During the last. doWnpour
hail fell in quantities
ItSWas the hottest July 2 IN the ms.
tory of the local weather bureau and
day that almost reached the city's
record Of September 4. 1881
The morning opened with the tenn
perature at SO at 6 a. NJ, and. in an
hour It had gone to 81 and in anoth-
er hour had climbed a point higher.
jumping all the way to 50 by
O'Clock. The wind was scarcely per
ceptible and the humidity, which was
So per cent. aggravated the conditions.
Then the mercury kept on climb
ing. registering 95 at 10 o'clock and
going up posnt an hour until It
reached 9Ss in the hour between u
and /, and stayed there until after 8
O'Clock. -,
The suffering caused by the heat
was unprecedented ALI the ambul,
ances in the city as well as the patrol
wagons and many other vehicles We're
kept busy answering calls. At the
rate Of about oneSa minute the calls
came in over the police wires through
ont the day, breaking all records OF
demands upon the ambulance service
and providing patients enough to
crowd all the hospitals of the. city as
they have never before been crowded.
While the official temperature up IN
the lofty tower of the weather bureau
remained at SO, the thermometers on
the street level ranged all the way
from 100 TO lO6.
The terrible fatality Of the heat was
shown in the large percentage OF
deaths among those prostrated- Out
of 32S cases Of prostration reported
up to IL. 80 tonig ights1 14S resulted fatally.
Between the hours Of yesterday
and 10 tonight there were IN the
boroughs Of Manhattan and the Bronx
l55 deaths and us prostratlons. The
same weather conditions which pre-
vailed in this city obtained IN Brook
Nn. Itzwas estimated by the police
at midnight tonight that during Tues
dav there had been 90 deaths and loo
prostrations by the heat in Brooklyn.
Pittsbnrg, July FIFTY deaths
were reported in Pittsburg. Alegha-
ny and suburbs: with many prostra-
tions. At the Homestead plant fifty
two men were Frustrated and three
mills had to close down.
The mortality among children
throughout the city is unprecedented.
100 DEAD IN NEW JERSEY.
New York, July New Jersey
baked again today until local showers
in the afternoon caused a decided
drop in the temperature. The death
rate raj went up with a bound in the big
cities Of the State. Thirty-one per-
sons died in Newark as a direct re-
suit of the heat and sixty or more per
sons we're prostrated. Deaths ID other
cities of the State bring the total up
to 100
BALTIMORE AGAIN THE HOT
TEST.
Baltimore, July 2.-This city was
again at the head Of the list of hot
cities today. The highest point reach
ed by the mercury today was at = p.
maximum temperature Of yesterday,
and remained stationery for an hour.
New York, July To-day was the
hottest first Of July on record. At BIO
p. M. the thermometer at the weather