The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-25
RECORD GOES AGAIN
HIGHEST ST. PAUL EVER
SAW
MERCURY CLIMBED UP TO 1o4.5
Sudden Storm I'm the Afternoon Low
cred Mercury About 30 De-
grees-LittIe Hope of Re-
lief Held Out.

record was thrown into the shade by
nearly three degrees
81 do not wish to be discouraging, but
really cannot promise any relief to-
day." was Observer Lyons answer to an
inquiry addressed him in the morning,
and his doubt on the subject was more
than shared by others ere six hours had
passed
AT Z o'clock in the morning the mer-
curry stood at rs degrees. two higher than
at the same hour Tuesday; at it was 80;
at IL, 95 degrees; at L o'clock 100; and
at 3:15, 1O45.
This was the limit however, for at
that hour dark clouds were seen rising
from the western horizon, and a very
few minutes later the temperature had
made an astounding drop to rs degrees,
something almost unprecedented in not
weather annals.
According to the official marking it was
104 just before the storm broke, and in
just fifteen minutes it was only IS, a
drop Of just 20 degrees in a quarter of
an hour.
Then to show that it had not exhaust
ed its resources. the weather took anoth-
er change, and another thirty minutes
saw the official instrument recording IS
degrees. After this pyrotechnical exhi-
bition the weather man gave it UP and
refused to prognoSticate with any APP
proach to certainty.
WHAT THE WEATHER, MAN SAID.
After the sudden drop he was asked:
Does this mean that the hot spell Is
over?"
ooh, don't ask me that he replied
This hot spell appears to be a very
indefinite thing. My predictions tonight
are for tomorrow alone, and L am not
able to give you even the probabilities
beyond that. Hot weather is unreliable
and treacherous. I do not look for any
immediate relief
AS showing the astonishing variations
in temperature within a few minutes in
some parts Of the city, thermometer
was laid on the pavement on a street on
ST. Anthony hill, and in a few minutes
the mercury showed 1873 degrees In less
than an hour afterward this same Their
mometer indicated IS in the open air,
variation Of just sixty degrees. In the
morning two patrons of a. Fifth street
restaurant, after discussing the cooking
power of the sun, resolved to try the
experiment with an egg. Some butter
was spread on the asphalt and an egg
broken in It, In five minutes the ex-
pertinent was pronounced a complete sue
cess.
To many constitutions the sudden
cnange was almost, if not more, trying
than continuation of the sultry wealth
er, and several policemen remarked that
the rapid fall in the temperature almost
overcame them
AS to today, the observer has framed
his prediction cautiously, and while some
localities are promised local showers and
cloudy weather for part of the day. no
definite assurance of cooler weather is
given. 1t is almost safe to say that 104
will not be reached today, although the
same remark was made after last Satur-
days comparatively feeble attempt of
101
WIND DID LITTLE DAMAGE.
The cycIonic wind which heralded the
approach of yesterday afternoons storm
cld much less damage than most people
feared. To those who saw it from build
lngs overlooking the river it appeared
that hurricane of even worse proper
tion than that of several weeks ago was
approaching, but fortunately it passed
over before much damage was done
The river itself was dashed until white
caps were plentiful, and for "a time UNI
til the rain laid the dust, it was impos-
sible to see the Wabasha bridge from
that spanning it at Robert street Most
OF the damage reported was on the West
side. Just as the storm was at its worst
long fence, extending between DeCoster
d Clark'S furniture warehouse at 800
South robert street to Morrison street.
blew down, and in the crash James Lof-
tus, sixty-three years of age was caught
! and severely injured between the fence
and the sidewalk
At the time he was walking with his
wife and his daughter, and all three, see
ing that the fence was likely to blow
over, started to run. The two women
were clear of the fence when it fell but
the old man was caught, and it was some
time before he was rescued as the woI1l-
en- of his family thought he might have
found shelter elsewhere, they having
themselves ran into the fiat building at
the corner When it was finally real
lied that he must be under the fence. a
number of men began to pull away the
debris, and he was soon found almost
unconscious The Ducas and the central
patrol wagons were soon on the scene
and an offer was made to take the IN
1ured man to the city hospital This he
refused, and lay in the basement of the
fiat building until the arrival of the am
bulance. On reaching the hospital it was
found that his back was severely wrench
ed, but there is little fear of paralysis
The section of the overturned fence was
about $50 feet in length, and the car serv-
ice was blocked for almost an hour An
other shorter section of fence between
295 South Robert street and the South
down, ripping out the sidewalk as it fell
This obstruction was cleared away quick
ly, and did not delay street railway traf-
nc.
On State street a great deal of sidewalk
was blown away and three of the street
lamps were blown down. The rear porch
was blown away from a house at 1S7
South Wabasha street. Billboards at
South Robert and Delos streets were also
blown down.
| A number of the billboards along
University avenue near Lexington. were
wrecked. A large sign on a building at
Third and Wabasha streets was blown
down.
| A tent on Delos street, in which the
Rev. David Morgan had been conducting
revival services, was blown down.
ALMOST A PANIC.
The high wind caused a lively exodus
from the Court block, on Fourth street
| The occupants, many Of them attired in
any old thing that would assure tenn
porary relief from the heat, came out the
front doors with rush, where they took
refuge in the city hall and waited until
| the storm was over.
/ The elevator attendant seeing the ex-
| odus, took 1t for granted that sometime,
| was wrong, and left Also those in the
top story of the building being compelled
to take the stairway in an effort to to es-
cape from the imaginary danger.
Many claimed that the building shook
under the effects of the high wind, and
1t was only after the storm had entirely
| abated that anyone would return
/ The tin roof covering the south eight
rooms of the Van Buren, school was
blown off, and crew of six men worked
until late at night in covering the ex-
| posed portion with tar paper until per-