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however had fallen to Al per cent.
The suffering caused by the heat was
unprecedented. All the ambulances in tie
city, as well as the patrol wagons and
other vehicles, were kept busy an
sWering calls. AT the rate OF
about one minute the calls
came in over the police wires through
out the day, breaking all records of de-
mands upon the ambulance service.
While the official temperature up in the
lofty tower of the weather bureau re-
manned at 9S the thermometer on the
street level ranged all the way from 100
to 10S
The terrible fatality of the heat was
shown in the large percentage of deaths
among those prostrated Out of 1913 cases
OF prostration reported up to II 80 tonight
14S resulted fatally.
Among the more prominent victims
were Rev. DR. Newland Maynard, the
Episcopal clergyman and lecturer, and
Jacob S. Rogers. the former locomotive
builder.
Between the hours Of a. m yesterday
CTuesday) and 12:45 a. m. today (Wednes-
day., there were in the boroughs of MAN.
haitian and the Bronx 1853 deaths and 178
! prostrations.
The same weather conditions which
prevailed in this city was experienced in
| Brooklyn. 1t was estimated by the police
!
had been 60 deaths and $50 prostrations
| by the heat in Brooklyn.
MANY DEAD IN MANY CITIES.
PHILADELPHIA, July 2-Philadelhpla
passed through another period of torture
| today, and tonight many persons lie dead
as a result Of the days excessive heat
and more than 200 others were pros
! trated. The official record of temperature
| made yesterday, 102 degrees, was eclipsed
| today, when the government thermom-
eter at 3 p. m touched 102 $40 degrees,
which now stands as the Quaker City's
! record. Just as the temperature attained
/ these figures an electrical disturbance
! off to the south caused welcome change
in the atmosphere In twenty minutes
the temperature fell to IS degrees and
| the wind rose from a hot zephyr of seven
miles to a cool breeze of twenty miles
| an hour. The temperature continued to
| fall, and at 5 p. m. 50 degrees, the min
! mum for the day, was recorded. At that
! time the wind had increased to thirty
| miles an hour. Then there was another
| change, and by o'clock the temperature
had shot up to go but Immediately after
that 1t began to grow cooler and at
| o'clock tonight sc degrees of heat were
| registered, with an eighteen-miIe breeze
! blowing over the city. Until the distant
| storm referred to relieved the suffering
! Of man and beast matters were becoming
! serious. Early in the morning the hos
! pitfalls began to receive heat patients, and
! there was not one such institution in the
! city that was not taxed to its limit
! throughout the day. Yesterdays record
in the way Of deaths was outdone before
noon, at which hour twenty-six deaths
! had been reported to the police. The
prostrations also outnumbered those OF
yesterday. Up to IL p. M So deaths had
tod
| These lists Of deaths and prastrations are
increased hourly as further reports are
received from police stations and hos
pitfalls.
BALTIMORE, Md, July 2.-This city
was again ait the head of list of hottest
cities today. AT a. m. the temperature
was at 81 degrees. The highest point
reached by the mercury was at p. H.,
when it touched 103 degrees, the maxi
mum temperature of yesterday, and re-
NAMED stationary for an hour. slight
breeze between and o'clock brought
it down to Sc degrees, and the minimum
temperature of the day, so degrees. was
recorded at p. m. Up to midnight %
deaths and 40 prostrations were reported.
PITTSBURG, July while the maxi
mum temperature today did not reach
yesterdays figures, the effects of the
long continued torrid weather was more
disastrous than any day since the not
spell began. Up to II p. m fifty deaths
had been reported in Pittsburg Allie
gheny and suburbs, with many prostra-
tons. The prostrations have been 30
numerous that it is hardly possible to
keep track of them. Beginning with 8
o'clock this morning the Thermometer
registered So degrees and at no time dur.
ing the day did it go below that point.
lnnumerable children throughout the
city are heat victims and the mortality
among them is unprecedented. So many
horses have succumbed to the heat that
deliveries of all kinds are badly Grip
pied. One Ice company lost fifty-six
horses while other companies suffered
in proportion.
BOSTON, July "A gale Of wind ac-
companied by a beautiful electric dis
play on great banks of black clouds. and
here and there a deluge of rain tenn
porarily broke the heat wave throughout
New England today. The storm in many
places gathered in about half an hour
and spent It's force in a few minutes,
leaving considerable ruin to mark the
visit. The storm ended the sixth day and
practically the worst Of the heated spell
for while fatalities were not quite as
numerous as on other days the prostra-
IloilS were many ana severe; ANIMALS sue
cumbed more readily, and infantile dis
eases increased to an alarming extent
During the six days of intense weather
about seventy deaths from heat were re-
ported in New England of which num-
Der score were in Boston.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 1.-Two
deaths and sixteen prostrations were re-
ported here today, making a total of
seventeen deaths and ninety-one pros
trations during the present hot SPELL
The government thermometer at D. m
registered 80 degrees, which is 8 degrees
lower than at the same hour yesterday
At o'clock tonight the thermometer
recorded temperature of 85 degrees. A
light breeze tonight has tempered the at,
mosphere slightly
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 2.-The drought
that has been experienced in this vicinity
for several weeks was broken at last this
afternoon by heavy thunderstorm.
After the rain this afternoon the mer-
curry dropped to so degrees, a sheer fal
of Is degrees. During the twenty-four
hours ending at o'clock tonight four
deaths and seven prostrat;ons had be
reported.
perature at p. m. was 100 degrees and
there was very little breeze Four heat
prostrations were reported, none fatal A
number of horses died on the street The
prospect is for continued hot weather to-
morrow and on the Fourth of July Some
of the highest temperatures in the Unit
ed States TODAY were repOrtad from