Milford chronicle., 1901-07-05
TWO HOTTEST CITIES
Philadelphia and Baltimore Held
This Record Yesterday
vERY LITTLE RELIEF in SIGHT
Thirty-seven Deaths In This citl

Thirty-ssven Deaths In This City
AIone-Brief Winds In the Lat:
Afternoon Sent Thermometers Down
Sharply.
Philadelphia, July S.-Philadelphia
and Baltimore were the hottest cities
in the United States yesterday. Al
both points the thermometer regis
tered 90 degrees at s o'clock in the
morning and from then on, until the
mild storms along the coast ensued
around 4 o'clock. it steadily advanced.
At o'clock in this city it had reached
1913. but at O'Clock it suddenly
dropped to SO. Thirty-seven deaths
and over $50 prostrations was the
record in this city. In New York city
/ the death list was estimated at be
tween rs and so up to 9 o'clock in the
afternoon.
The weather bureau at Washington
holds forth little signs Of relief. At p
o'clock yesterday it issued the follow
ing bulletin:
There are no present indications OIL
a permanent break in the warm wave
which covers the country generally
east of the Rocky mountains. Local
rains and thunder storms will furnish
, Temporary relief in the lower lake re-
gion, the upper Ohio valley and in the
mountain districts OF Pennsylvania,
( Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia,
! and there is a possibility that these
local rains may occur in limited areas
in Atlantic coast statess
Although Philadelphia was fortunate
enough to be slightly relieved yester
day New York received the bulk Of Ma
/ lures gratitude Heavy thunder storms
occurred at Poughkeepsie and at
Is o'clock a storm accompanied by mucl
<. rain swept over New York city.
d In this state Shamolin's thermom
g eters reached 1913 in the shade ant
business was at a standstill. At VII
r Transport there was no let up in tn
warm wave. A slight breeze prevalle
f. and the intensity of the heat was NO
no felt so much as on Wednesday. At
o'clock, it was 100 in the shade on tn
- moneter in the tower of the city hal
III In the sun the mercury got up to II
u degrees. Monday night was the no
test experienced in that section, II
nd minimum temperature being 81 d
RS. grees.
of AT Lancaster the sweltering he
lr. caused two more deaths, making thr'
in all. as the result of the hot wave
ant that city. John W. Campbell. aged
:. after working all morning in harye
- field near the city, quit work becau
of the heat, and started for his hon
Irs' Just as he entered his house he fl
dead. Benjamin Souders, aged
az while working on farm north of
lay city. was overcome and died in Il
minutes. The mercury reached 1O4
hill 8 o'clock in the afternoon, one degl
less than Monday at the same tin
ned and continued at about that point
A. til 6 o'clock. when it fell to SO. Fife
minutes latter it had dropped 10
grees. In Scranton a young CHI
! 70 Julian Christian, died.
,am- At York the mercury reached the
with degree point at 5 o'clock in the aff
for noon.
that At Louisville, KY, a shortage of
ears which. following the breaking dowr
, ,IvSS seYertl ice making machines Mono
ealth resulted in the stoppage OF shipme
,rma to small Kentucky towns, became
T. f. ious Yesterday when two leading d
ers announced the exhaustion Of Il
supplies. Rush orders have been
80. north for a supply, but much suffel
yhtcb will ensue, it is feared, before
pro strain can be relieved.