The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-02

NEW YORK, July l.-Today was the
hottest July l on record. At BIC this
afternoon the thermometer at the wealth.
er Office reached 98 degrees, l degree
hotter than yesterday. The records snow
that in thirty years preceding on only
two days in all that period has a higher
temperature been reached. These were
July 9, 1876, and July 3, 1893.
On these days the thermometer reached
SO degrees. The percentage of humidity
TO-DAY was only 49,
After $40 p. m. decline began until
at p. m. the thermometer registered r.
In the early morning hours there was
what might be called a light breeze,
but In the early part of the afternoon
the breeze died away and the city was
baking in torrid heat. The suffering In
the city, particularly in the crowded ten
ement house districts, was most in
tense. AS the day grew the deaths and
prostrations increased, and although
preparations were made In all hospitals
for this emergency, the institutions were
scarcely able to cope with the demand
made upon their energies.
Between the hours Of p. m. today
and midnight there were reported 81
deaths and 1H prostrations in the bor-
oughs Of Manhattan and the Bronx.
From midnight last night to 9 O'Clock
tonight Fl deaths and IS prostrations had
DSNu ICpOIlSh III DIOOhlSus
There were so many ambulance calls
that the police were called on to supply
patrol wagons, and every ambulance. did
double duty in responding TO calls.
Many patients were carried to hos
pitfalls in cabs and carriages, and several
went to Bellevue and the Harlem hos
pital in moving vans The prevalence
of the grip among the horses of the city
also tended to initiate against relief
T,,
obtained from contractors 70 draw patrol
wagons and ambulances.
The weather bureau shows that the
maximum was 95, but this does not indi-
cate the heat on the streets. Many ther-
mometers registered 10S at $40, and an
of them over 100 on the street level
If the heat was killing on mankind, It
was worse on the horses. They dropped
right and left. At one time there were
eight dead horses lying on Broadway,
between Twenty-third street and Forty
second street. There were fourteen
horses prostrated in the vicinity of Mad
ison Square alone.
The rush of the crowds to the parks
and to the nearby seashore resorts to-
night was unprecedented in the history
of the city. 1t was noted at the Brook
lyn bridge that numbers OF men who
boarded the cars for Coney Island and
they intended to roll themselves and
sleep on the sand.
FIFTEEN IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-PhlIadephia
and vicinity today experienced the high
est temperature ever recorded In this
city, the government thermometer on the
top Of the postoffice building 10 feet from
the street registering l02 degrees. The
previous highest temperature recorded
was on Sept. l, 1881, when the weather
bureau thermometer touched 10l.5 degrees.
All records as to the number Of deaths
and prostrations due to the hot blast
were broken. Every one of Philadelphia
many hospitals was taxed TO it's capacity.
The extreme heat had a most demo saliz-
ing effect upon the city. The great In
dustrial plants at Kensington were badly
crippled many OF them having to close
down. At Cramps SHY yards prostra-
tions were so numerous that he 5000
men employed there were relieved from
further duty at noon. Up to midnight
fifteen deaths were reported and upward
of 100 persons were treated at hospitals
for heat exhaustion.
FOURTEEN IN BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, July l. - According to
the weather bureau reports Baltimore
was the hottest city in the United States
today. The weather bureau thermometer
recorded So degrees at a.. m, and from
that hour the mercury steadily mounted
upward until 102 was reached at noon.
At l p. m 1t dropped to 81, but sta y ID
upward agair and reached the maximum
temperature of 103 degrees at 8 o'clock.
From that hour there was a gradual
drop to 90 degrees at p. m. Up to mid
night fourteen deaths and twenty-eight
prostrations had been reported.
Many factory hands had to stop work
during the day because Of the heat.
FIVE DEATHS AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, July 1--Five persons drop
ped dead on the streets in Chicago to-
day from excessive heat, and fifteen 9TH
ers were so badly overcome that they
had to be removed to hospitals. A num-
Der of the prostrated are in a serious
condition and may die At noon the
temperature in the weather bureau In
the Auditorium tower was 93 and on
the streets over 100. A severe thunder
storm at l o'clock brought relief, and
the mercury dropped 20 degrees.
FIVE A. CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 1.-The spell
Of torrid heat which had sway here dur
ing the past week and which left death
and prostration in it's wake was broken
this evening by a squall. A storm came
u
time the wind blew at a rate of sixty
miles an hour. This was followed by
a thunder shower and the thermometer
dropped to rs. 1t was merciful relief,
for during the short duration the storm
carried off from over the city the bank
Of heated air which had been undisturbed
for a week The storm played havoc
with telephone and telegraph wires,
| especially in the suburban districts, but
so far no damage of a serious nature
has been reported. The maximum tenn
perature today was 90 at the government
observation station. and 80 on the street.
There were FIVE deaths from heat today,
making twelve in all since the hot spell
began week ago. There were numerous
! prostrations during the day. and about
twelve are now at the city hospital in a
serious condition.
SIX AT ST. LOUIS.
| ST. LOUIS, July July was ushered
in today with scarcely any abatement OF
| the heat which marked the closing days