The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-07-04
HEAT RECORDS BROKEN
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
In Chicago Sunday Was the Hottest
Day Experienced Since
1872.
KILLING HEAT IN ALL SECTIONS
East, West, North and south All Suffered
From tho Torrldity-Many Prostra-
lions and Deaths Reported
In Large cities.

Washington, July 2.-Intense heat
prevailed here yesterday and far into
the night. The sun shone with relent-
less fury from cloudess sky all day,
and there was scarcely breath OF air
to temper the atmosphere During the
afternoon the temperature at the wea-
Their bureau was 50 degrees and main
tanned high record throughout the
evening.
Reports to the weather bureau from
points throughout the hot wave area
show remarkably high temperatures
generally with little or no rainfall and
but poor prospects for any substan-
tial relief in the next forty-eig hours
IN the eastern part of the country. In
the south Atlantic and middle and
eastern gulf states there were local
rains and thunderstorms and in the ex-
IRENE northwest cooler weather came
from the local showers
H1gh temperatures continued in all
districts east Of the Rocky mountains
At New York the maximum, So degrees,
broke all records there fore June and
at Philadelphia the maximum 9S,
reached the highest tempera ture pre-
Viously recorded there.
Some fthe high tempera lures re-
ported at the bureau were the follow
Us @.iaie!o Slly, u, boSlOn, w,
Chicago, 50; Cincinnati 90; Des Moines,
Ia. So; Davenport, Ia. 9S; Denver, "a;
indianapolis, a. Jacksonville, "a:
Kansas City, 50; Little Rock, 30; New
Orleans, "a; North Platte, 80; Omaha,
SO; Pittsburg, 81; St. f'aul, 80; Spring
field, H.. 9S; Vickshurg, Miss, 90;
Washington, D. c., SS and ST. Louis,
100.
East Is scorched.
J,,1x
the killing heat Of the past week which
was promised in the shape of thunder
storms, did not materialize Instead
the temperature increased; there was
less breeze than the day before and
what little air did stir was surcharged
with heat. There was scarcely a cloud
all day to shield the city's populace
from the suns burning rays.
Therewas an increase in the fatali-
ties reported over Saturday, though the
number OF simple prostrations was not
so large Up to midnight last night
nineteen deaths had been recorded and
twenty prostrotions. The deaths Satur-
day numbered II.
At noon yesterday the government
thermometer registered SO degrees; at 3
p. m. SO, at p. m, 81 degrees degrees
more than the maximum temperature
Saturday. After this drop came, and
at o'clock p. m. the mercury stood at
S.
Philadelphia, July 1.-The maximum
temperature in this city yesterday was
49, One death and rs prostrations were
reported.
Hottest Since 1872.
Chicago, Julq 2.-The heat in Chicago
broke all records for June since 1872.
For three hours yesterday afternoon
the government thermometer in the
weather bureau at the top Of the Audi
forum tower registered 81. In many
places in the street it was 104 and 106.
A northwest breeze brought some re-
lief after nightfall, but at II o'clock the
mercury was again soaring around 80.
There was intense suffering throughout
the city especially in the poorer districts
and the police ambulances were kept
busy picking up victims who had sue
cumbed to the heat.
No fatalities were reported. but sew
eral Of those who were Frustrated are
in serious condition.
Forecaster Cox says it will be still
hotter today.
Threatens Crops.
Kansas City, July 2.-Missouri and
Kansas are suffering from hot winds
that threaten great damage to corn.
Atchison, Kan, reports the greatest
drought in northeastern Kansas since
1860, warm wind having blown from
the south almost INCREASINGLY for the
past seven days.
Abilene, Kan, reports los degrees,
with many fields in south Dickinson
county ruined.
A Mexico, Mo-, dispatch says the
thermometer in that part of the state
registered 101 Saturday and Sunday,
and that If rain does not come soon
the farmers will have to put their
stock on the market Immediately to