The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-05
SHOWERS AND COOIERWEATHER
The F0recaStcTs Make These Prcdfc-
ttous for This Afternoon,

local thunder showers this afternoon. y
prediction to this effect IS made by the
Weather Bureau officials -~ho assure the
Swe.terjnE popuIace Of the National Cap
itaI stalking their repUtat ticn upon the
statement. that temporary relief from
the heat Is in sight The foTecaster says
there viii be d gradual falling Of the
temperature this afternoon, and tomor-
row. but that the descent Of the mercury
VIII not be perceptibIc at first. Today
has been few degrees cooler than yes
terday.
Cloudy weather has prevailed during to-
day and ou yesterday in the Eastern sec
ton of the country. Banks OF heavy
white clouds hung over Washington dur
ing the morning hours and a breeze from
the West relieved the heavy atmosphere
to some extent At noon today the ther-
mometer at the Weather Bureau regis
tered 81 degrees. and the mercury was
stiII on an upward trend. with the pros
pect Of a higher temperature later in the
day. IN the business section of the city
the temperature vas somewhat higher
owing to the proximity Of concrete streets
and brick walls which act as store
houses for the intense heat
The lowest temperature dRrins the past
twenty-four hours was reached at Z
o'clock last night when the thermometer
showed only . degrees The thermometer
hovered about this point until morning
At 8 o'clock ii was still 75. BY 10 O'Clock
this morning the temperature had risen
to .. and ut Ie q m It had gone up to
s.. No serious prostratfoHs have been re
ported in the city today.
Conditions were some wlat better today
7vfI fan of slowly during the next few
days. but there IS 10 absolute prospect.
so the Weather Bureau officials say, OF a
permanent break in The hot wave. it
viii not, however, become as hot again.
in all probability, as it WIS during the
early part Of the week
According to the records Of the Health
Department there have been more deaths
from sunsJro1e and heat exhaustion with
in the last four days than CT any similar
period since 1882. The first deaths from
the heat reported at the Health Depart
ment during the present heated term
were on July /. when there were eight
On July there were eighteen, and on the
Cd there were six. and up to noon today
one was reported for July T. This is a to-
tai Of thirty fof three days, which is
thought by the officials Ok the depart
n2eut to be most unusual
Last year in the month # July there
were tweuty-six deaths from this cause
during the entire month. In August there
were seventeen and in September five
deaths During the months mentioned
unusually long and severe hot weather
visited the District but there were fewer
deaths then in a month than IN the last
three OF four days. For the fiscal year
ended June 90. 1901, there were ffty-eight
deaths from heat. exhaustion, and sun
stroke IN 1895 there were forty-thrCe
deaths from the same causes, That being
the largest number since Ig2
Or. william c. Woodward. the Health
Officer. today stated mat the figures were
very large, and should acInonish the
public to 20 slow and to t8<e~ the best
/ possible care Of themselves. lie express
Il the opinion that a still. Farm day is
the most dangerous to life and stated
! that when the heat was intense, the hui
Tnidfty high and accompanied by no
ceeze. people should be III the more
! careful.
On July /. deaths from sanstroke and
heat exhaustion were: Lillian V Kid
well. months, at 1855 x Street south
east. William r Schol}. 81 years. at 6l5
years at Emergency Hospital; Sarah O
Warner. 65 years. at 81 Myrtle Avenue
northwest: jeremiah Sweeney. 81 years
at g23 Twelfth Street northwest: Louis
Ashton. 46 years. at the Emergency Hos
pitaI. Charlotte Talbot. 65 years. at the
/ Government Hospital for the Insane;
( Nina VI. Greenly, . months, at the Chill
/ Ireu's Hospital
on July deaths from sunstroke anC
1 heat exhaustion were: Merrill Gardella
/ s months at the Chl-dTeH's $ Hospital; Al
/ bert c Briggs ] year s months. at 80 :
Street northwest. Esther e. Weston, g
/ wears. at the Garfield Memorial Hospital
Annie :. Smoot. - years, a. 80 Seventi
I Street southeast: John Braun, 5S years
! at SO Second Street northwest: X Tap
/ lin. y years. at 1l5 Green's Court north
| west: George Y Dick 75 years. at 1913
! Street northeast. Caroline Futt, &c years
/ at II and Third Streets northeast MarJ
/ Judge g years. atN 1912 Jackson Street
/ Josephine CTalmore, 5 months, at Fen
/ ton Place; Vail W johnson, 6 months, a
/ 1899 Thirty-third Street northwest: Loi:
/ Oyer. months, At 125 Second Stree
/ southwest; LuIy F. Morgan. Z months. a
! 2I5S Cook Street; Joseph D. Low.
/ months. at Z725 Rock Street. Joseph HO
! Iub. % years, at the Emergency Hospital
/ Thomas King, 81 years, It 2I7 Reeve
| Street: Celia Warfeld years, at 132
| Twenty-seventh Street northwest, aut
! Ellen Smith, I months. at the Children
| Hospital
On July 3. the deaths from sunstrok,
and heat exhaustion Were. Emma Wa
| ters, 2 months. At 1913 Third Stree
southwest; Mary Radclif year. at tn,
| ChHdren's Hospital; Virginia Wood,
! days at Sc First Street northwest; jaime!
| Poynter. 81 years, at the Emergency Hos
pitaI; Daniel T Gibbins. q years, 1T y
| FOur-and-a-Half Street southwest; Vic
toria Nichols. months, 1T IS Fentoi
| Place; Geneveve Gordon, months, at g
Franklin Street.
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