The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-25
ANOTHER HOT WAVE
Practically the Entire Country
SWeltered In Sundays Heat.
PREVIOUS RECORDS EXCEEDED
Prayers Ascend In Kansas and MIS-
souri, churehes-Farmers PioW.
Ing Up Corn and Sowing
Grasses.

IN kansas. Ihe mercury ranged lTOIu
: el06 to 100. Farmers are beginning tc
plow the early ruined corn fields and
sow them in wheat and alfalfa to make
pasture fields for the stock IN the fall
and winter, but the Kansas river, run
ming through Topeka, is so dry that
green grass is growing in the center of
the river bed. Most of the streams
OF the state, except the larger ones,
have gone dry, and there is a poor
prospect for stock water.
The weather bureau at Washington
issued the following bulletin Sunday
night:
Practically the entire country was
covered by hot wave today, except the
{ Immediate Pacific coast and in the
states of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois
nearly all previous records were ex-
ceeded. The maximum temperature
line Of 100 degrees encircles the en-
: tire great corn belt. At Davenport anI
Dubuque, Iowa, and at Springfield, ILL.,.
the maximum temperature of 106 de-
grees were degrees above the hign-
est previous record, while at st. Louis
the maximum Of 106 has been equa!cd
but once before, on August II, 1881.
AT Chicago the maximum of 1O2 de-
grees equals the previous high record
of July 10th of the present year. In
the states of Iowa, Missouri and Kan
sas the duration of the present heated
term Is without precedent, there hav-
ing been practically no interruption to
temperature of 80 or over since June
18th, period of thirty-four days. On
eighteen days of this period the maxi
mum temperature at Kansas City was
100 or more.
There are as yet no indications OF
any relief from the abnormal heat. No
rain has fallen in the corn belt for the
past three days, and none is in sight.
: It is, of course, probable that scatter
ed local thunderstorms, which are al
ways Accomplishments of protracted
periods of heat, may fall at times, but
no hope can be entertained at this
timeSof any general rains or perma.
nent relief"
Hottest at Omaha Since 1894.
With the exception of July 26, 1894,
sson which day the temperature reach
{ ed 105 degrees, Sunday has been the
hottest day Omaha, Neb., has expert
enced in twenty-seven years. The max
imum was 104 $40. There was not
trace Of rain anywhere in the vicinity
and what little wind there was came
from the south and instead Of being
relief added to the discomfort.
Three Deaths at Kansas City.
The heat at Kansas City broke all
records, the temperature at p. m. be-
ing 104. Thermometers on the street
at IL o'clock Sunday night recorded
SO. In Kansas City, Kans, three deaths
from heat were reported. during the
day.
2 Prayers for rain were offered in
nearly all the churches in Kansas City
and generally throughout Kansas.
Goes to 1os at ST. Louis.
On the day Sunday that Governor
Dockery designated for fasting and
praying to God that the present
drought might be broken in Missouri.
all records for hot weather in st. Louis
were broken, the weather bureau ther-
mometer on the custom house register
ling 10S degrees. On the streets and in
exposed places the mercury went
many degrees higher. The record bro
ken was that of 106, made in the early
eighties.
This was the second proclamation OF
the character ever made in the history
sof Missouri. In 1875, time of drought
and grasshopper pest, Governor
Charles H. Hardin called upon the peo-
pie of the state to pray for relief. This
caH was also generally observed.
Chicago Records 1903.
All heat records since the establish
ment of the weather bureau in Chicago
thirty years ago, were broken. the gov
&ernment thermometer registering 103
degrees. Down on the street 1t was
from 3 to degrees hotter, and, to add
5 to the suffering, hot, smiling wind
like blast from furnace, blew all
day from the southwest. From o'clock
in the morning, when the thermome-
ter registered II, a gradual rise fol-
lowed until at 4:30 Sunday afternoon
the top notch had been reached.
Prostrations we're numerous and po-
lice ambulances were kept busy TAX
ing care of persons who were over
come on the streets.
Jos at Decatur I'll.
At Decatur I'LL, it was the hottest
day ever .kno&n. The government
thermometer registered 106.