Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-04

merous, but throughout Pennsylva
mia. New York and parts of New Eng
land the condition is alarming
At IL o'clock 4 deaths and pros
trations We're reported from Pitts
burg. The intense heat has been
playing havoc with the mill men in
that city. The Pennsylvania works
were compelled to suspend operations
The temperature at noon was 81
and at st. Louis it was SO at O'Clock
At that time there had been IS pros
trations reported from the latter city
of which were fatal.
| The official thermometer in Phila.
delphia at 2:10 recorded SO degrees
and the police reported 3 deaths and
~ prostratIons. In the suburbs of
Philadelphia deaths are reported.
with 26 prostrations. Boston reports
81 prostrations at noon. with the ther-
mometer still climbing
| 1t Ia believed that many hundreds
will die from the excessive heat on
the Atlantic coast. and the sad part of
it is, there is no promising prospect of
the conditions improving.
| In Chicago rain came up about 10
O'Clock and the thermometer dropped
to "A degrees. shortly after noon the
rain ceased and awful humidity set in.
The thermometer commenced to go
up again. The people are generally
prostrated throughout the east from
the lakes to the sea and the record of
fatalities from the hot wave promises
to be enormous.
BALTIMORE. July 1.-The heat to-
day is awful The thermometer reg
lstered 102 degrees at noon. The en-
tire business section of the city is de-
serted.
Kansas City, Jply 1.-The thermom-
eter stood at 95 early this afternoon
There have been no deaths or pros
trations from the heat on account of a
lack of humidity
NEW YORK, july g.-Thsre is very
little relief this morning in the Sc
verify of the heat which yesterday re
suited in over 100 deaths in this city
and vicinity AT $3.50 today the ther
mometer touched so degrees and the
humidity was SO. The humidity was
10 degrees denser than yesterday at
the same hour. Eight deaths and 20
prostrations were reported up to 10
o'clock
Reports from all of the interior
cities show continuation of the in.
tense heat. The only abatement re
ported was in Buffalo. where the ther
mometer has dropped considerable
At 0 o'clock this morning it was 80
degrees in Albany, 30 at Troy, So at
Rochester and 76 at Buffalo. Phila
lelphia and Washington are still the
scorching centers. There was much
'uffering during the night. The air
vas very still and the people gasped
or breath.
In Washington the thermometer reg
| istered SO at 10 O'Clock this forenoon,
While in Philadelphia 1t was 90 at the
same hour The people generally are
Frustrated after the awful night and
he day they passed yesterday
twenty prostrations are reported from
Philadelphia today. and no relief is
promised by the weather man.
Boston and New England are still
iuffering. All the other conditions
,re slightly improved this morning
Pittsburg is still blistering. The !
leaths of yesterday in that city are
likely to be duplicated today. The
thermometer is 8S at an early hour
this morning and still rising.
Farther west the conditions are q
little better St. Paul is having pleas
ant. normal weather Cincinnati is en-
ioying a breeze, the thermometer is
under 80 at Chicago. which renders the
weather in that city fairly comforta-
BILE. The most terrific heat seems to
be confined to the Atlantic coast re
gion.
NEW YORK, July AT II O'Clock
the police reported total of 81
adult deaths from the fierce heat since
sunrise this morning. The number of
prostrations cannot be counted.
Scores of people go down every hour
The police themselves are nearly worn
out by their extra duties caused by
the excessive heat
NEW YORK, July 2--The heat sit
uation is growing no better fast. Al
| 3 O'Clock this afternoon the temper.
ature was ON the verge of 100, two
degrees higher than yesterday The
total number of deaths today up to
this hour Is Il. Business is greatly
decreased. The courts have had to
close because in three instances the
members of the juries collapsed.
The hospitals are overworked and
notice has been sent out that it will
be impossible to respond to any more
ambulance calls today Horses are
being disabled and others are not OBJ
| tainable.
In the surrounding cities the Sc
verify of the heat is fully equal to that
here. Eleven deaths are reported in
Jersey City up to this hour All the
foundries of that city have banked
their fires. Ten thousand foundry
men have ceased work in the vicin
ity of Newark, Patterson. Paisaig and
New Brunswick, Many prostrations
are reported from that regon.
Vegetation is burning up. and unlcss
rain soon falls. all crops will be en-