The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-07-05
BURNING SUN KILLS
People Die Like Flies In All
the Eastern Cities.
mining Also Gets in Its Deadly
Work and Kills
Dozen People.

ueeu, the temperature increased. thor
was less breeze than the day before an
what little air did stir was surcharoe
with heat. There was an increase in fb
fatalities reported today over vesterda
though the number of simple nrostre
tons was not so large. Up to midnigb
~ deaths had been recorded and D
prostratiOns. The government ther
m0meter reached 81 degrees.
Philadelphia, June 30-This was tn
hottest J une day Philadelphia has ex
perlenced since 1877. The maximun
temperature was 90. The humidit,
registered 66 per cent. One death from
neat and 20 prOstrations we're reported
| Plttsburg, June 30.-Fifteen prOstra
tlOns and two deaths is the record for tn,
heat wave today. The normal deatt
rate is 16. The maximum temperatur,
today was "a.
Burlington. Iowa, June 80. = TIL,
| mercury touched 100 here TODAY. Frank
Dunham, for the past 10 years chic
clerk LOT the burlington division railway
mail service, died of sunstrOke.
Chicago, June 3O-The heat TODAY
broke all June records. On the street
today it was 1O3. Tonight the mercury
was soaring around 90. No fatalities
were reported, but several OF those who
were prOstrated are in a serious condi-
ton.
MattO N, ILL.,, June 3O.-E. J. Walsh,
Sr., president OF the Mississippi Glass
company and the st. Louis Terminal
company and prominently identified
with leading st. Louis enterprises, died
this afternoon from heat prOstratiOn on
board the KnickerbOcker express Of the
Big -Four road between GAYS and this
city. Death was totally unexpected
Mr.. Walsh was en- route to Hot Springs.
Va, to recuperate from a severe siege OF
grippe.
Cincinnati, June 30 Henry Mver.
president of the st. Bernard Shooting
club,swooned while delivering his annual
address at the meeting today, and he
died soon afterwards. His death is said
to be due to heat prOstratiOn.
Heat Kills Many PeOpIe
New York, June 2S.-New York ex-
perienced the hottest weather of the
year today, the thermometer registering
92 degrees. In Greater New York eight
Deaths and 80 prostratOns we're re-
ported up to midnight. In jersey Citv
aaBBd P6aGRE ,tA%Rs IN New Iersey ,aG +bh bhcat ~
OIrSuU 5UnCfv UTetAC UUUle0 the at
mOsphere somewhat.
Pittsburg, June 2S.-While the maxi
mum temperature today was but SS
and the minimum 72, three deaths and
several prOstratiOns were reported.
Chicago, June 2S.-This was the eighth
day of the hot wave. The temperature
reached SO degrees and there were no
deaths.
Omaha, Neb., June 28.-Today was
the hottest June day on the records of
the weather bureau, the Thermometer
reaching 100 degrees. The whole week
has been a record breaker. Wednesday
the register was 9S, and 96 was the
minimum high point for the week.
Kansas City, Mo, June 28.-The tenn
perature at p. m. was 100. Michael
Carter, a plasterer, was overcome by
the heat and his condition is critical
Monday Was Hotter.
New York, July l. Today was the
hottest July day on record. At $50
the thermometer at the weather bureau
registered 80 degrees, one degree hotter
than yesterday. The records show that
in the 30 years preceding on only two
days in all that period has a higher
temperature been recorded. The suffer
ing in the city, particularly in the
crowded tenement house districts, was
most intense. AS the day grew the
deaths and prOstrations increased, and
although provision was made in all the
hospitals for this emergency, the
authorities were scarcely able to cope
with the great tax made on their
resources.
Between the hours of 2 a. m. today
and midnight there were 81 deaths and
141 prostratiOns in the bOroughs of
Manhattan and the Bronx. From mid
night last night until nine O'Clock
tonight two deaths and Sc prostrations
had been reported in Brooklyn
There were so many ambulance calls
that the police we're called on to supply
patrol wagons and every ambulance did
double duty in responding to calls
Many patients were carried to the
hospitals in cabs and carriages.
Although the weather bureau shows
that the maximum was SO this does not
Indicate the heat on the streets. Many
thermometers registered 108 at 3:15 and
all of them over 100 on the street. L
the heat was killing on mankind il
was worse on the horses. They dropped
right and left. At one time there were
eight dead horses lying on Broadway
between Twenty third and Forty-secOnC
streets. There we're IA horses prostrateG
in the vicinity of Madison square alone
There were so cases of prostration al
Washington City two of which were
fatal Five died at Chicago.
The present hot wave commenced in
the west June 20, and the weathe
bureau officials report that high temper
atures are recorded in most sections cas-
OF the Rocky mountains and in man.
places west of them. Rains in moderate
amount have fallen in many places.
Tuesday Was Worse.
New York, July 3.-The total numbe
OF deaths from heat in the bOrOughs o
Manhattan and the Bronx, between tn
hours Of 2 q. N. yesterday tuesday
and a. N. this Wednesday morniuI
was 165. The prostrations during tn
same period were 173. The total j
Greater New York was: Deaths, 225
prostrations, 375.
Broke the Record.
In Philadelphia the heat broke all ret
ords for the past 80 years Tor Jul
reaching maximum of 1O2. Some
the other high temperatures recorde