Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-07-04
HOTTEST ON RECORD
Monday, July |, a Pay of Tcrid
Feat.
MANY DEATHS AND PROSTRATIONS
Intense Suffering Among the Poorer
Glasses n the Great Cities-Warm.
est D9y in Years.

New York, Special.-Monday was
the hottest July on record. AT $40
p. M, the thermometer at the weather
office reached 50 degrees, one degree
hotter than Sunday The records
show taEt in the 80 years preceding
on only two days in all that period
mas higher temperature been reach
ed. These were July 8, 1876. and j. lr
!, 1898. On these days the thermome-
ter reached 80 degrees. The percen-
tage CT humidity was only 48. After
$40 p. m, decline began until 9 ..
m. the thermometer registered 90.
In the early morning hours there
was what might be termed a Hebt
breeze blowing, but during the early
Part Of the afternoon the breeze died
aWay and the city was baking in toy
rid heat. The suffering in the city,
particularly in the crowded tenement
mousse districts was most intense As
the day grew the deaths and prostra-
tons increased and although provision
was made in all the hospitals for this
emergency the authorities were scarce
y able to cope with the great tax
made on their resources. Theer were
50 many ambulance calls that the no
ice were called on to supply pat rOl
wagons and every ambulance did
double duty in responding to calls.
Many patients We're carried to ae
hospitals in cabs and carriages and
several went to Bellevue and the Ear-
lem Hospital in moving vans ''he
prevalence of the grip among he
hOrSeS or the city tended to milit ite
effective work. In many cases horses
had to be obtained from contractors to
draw patrol wagons and ambulanccs.
Between the hours of 2 a. NJ, sud
midnight there were reported Z 81
deaths and III prostrations in the
borOughs Of Manhattan and the Bronx
From midnight ia 9 o'clock p
deaths and &c prostrations had been
reported in Brooklyn
Although the Weather Bureau shows
that the maximum was 90 that does
not indicate the heat on the streets
Many thermometers registered 102 at
$40 and all Of them over 100 on the
street level.
ii 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 Thirtv-third street
and FOrty-secOnd street. There were
IA horses prOstrated in the vicinity
CT Madison Square alone. The rueh
OF the crowds to the parks and 10 the
nearby seashOre resorts tonight was
unprecedented in the history of the
city. 1t was noted at the Brooklyn
bridge that numbers Of men who
boarded the cars for COney Island and
other beaches carried blankets in
which they intended to roll themselves
and sleep on the island.
New York. Special.-At o'clock
Tuesday morning the death record flr
the "A hours ending at that time in
Greater New York was 81, the prostra-
ton 1873. For the last five days, Gov
ering the present heated term, the
total deaths in the same territory were
1876.
The Whole Country Sweiterirg.
Washington. SpeciaI.-The hot
weather continued here with unabated
fierceness. the climax coming in the
FfteTnOon when the local record 70 this
early in the summer was broken, the
Weather Bureau thermometer register
ing a temDera ture OF 102 degrees. For
tunately there was not much humidity
in the atmosphere. There were so cases
of heat prOstratiOns reported and two
resulted fatally. At 8 o'clock at night
the thermometer had fallen to 80 de-
grees, with every probability that il
would not fall greatly below that dur
ing the night. There seems to be 20
prospects for any relief for the next 48
hours for this vicinity. Beyond that
length of time the Weather Bureau Of
fcials make no predictions.
Io2 at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Special.-Philadelph
and vicinity experienced the highest
recorded in this city, the
government thermometer on the top OF
the p0stoffice building. 40 feet from
the street. registering 102 degrees even. !
At Cramps shinyard the prostrations
were SO numerous that the 5000 men |
employed there were relieved from fur |
ther duty at noon.