Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-25
HUMIDITY ALLIED TO HEAT
COMBINATION MAKES PIrILESs AS
SAULT ON WASHINGTON.
Uncomfortable Conditions Indoor
and Out-RecOrds of Thermome-
tiers and Effects.

Heat and humidity are again proving
disastrous to humanity in Washington, and
reports Of prostrations are becoming fire.
quent
People are suffering. They do not like
the sticky heat. Patience has ceased to be
a virtue, and when the weather is spoken
OF. and this is not an infrequent occur
renee. the remarks are very rarely fit for
publication. no matter who is doing the
talking. Weather bureau officials are be-
| coming tired Of being interviewed. They
lean back thoughtfuily in their revolving
chairs, let the electric fan on their desk
ruffie their hair. and tell the perspiring
newsgatherer to '.just say the same thing
prolonged heated spell, with no relief In
| sight
Some Spots Are Hotter.
The Thermometer has not been 50 high
here as It has in several other places in
the United States during the past few
days. but It has been decidedly too high
for comfort, and the moisture in the air
adds more to the discomfort than several
degrees of dry heat would do.
AT o'clock this afternoon it was 81
at the weather bureau, and 81 at 9TH and
l street, with the mercury st1ll on its
up trip. 1t started at 10 at o'clock this
morning. At 8 o'clock it had reached IS
downtown. At II O. clock il was 30 at the
will record a still higher temperature be-
fore night is safe prediction.
Prostrations Recorded.
While on H street near % northeast .his
n orning Mrs. Myrtle Daish was overcome
by the heat. She was taken to he Cas-
ualty Hospital, where she soon recovered
enough to be taken to her home, IA New
York avenue northeast.
PrOstratiOns by Heat.
Henry Powers. colored, sixty years old.
was found sick from heat effects near It'll
and streets southeast late yesterday af-
ternoon He was removed to the Wash
ington Asylum Hospital.
Joseph Thomas, forty years old. of los
Van street southeast, was overcome by the
heat yesterday afternoon while working in
an asphalt block factory in Southeast
Washington, and taken to Providence Hos
pital for treatment.
Henry Williams, fifty-one years old. OF
324 street southeast, was taken sick at
Massachusetts avenue and Sth street north
east yesterday afternoon. He declined
treatment at Casualty Hospital and was
sent home.
Thomas Campbell, thirty years old. was
taken from the works Of the Washington
Gas Light Company at Goth and G streets
yesterday suffering from the effects Of the
hot weather. He was given treatment at
the Emergency Hospital.
General Conditions and Forecast.
While the hot wave continued as usual
during Wednesday. it was somewhat tenn
pered over the northern tier Of states by
local thunder storms. which were quite
numerous though light. Over the great
corn belt the showers were limited to its
northern half, the southern portion. with
the exception Of Oklahoma and southern
Ohio. remaining almost absolutely dry.
Over the northern boundary states the
showers extended from the Atlantic al
most to the Pacific and were accompanied
by a general and marked fall In tempera-
ture. particularly in the lower lake region
and New England There were also local
showers in the middle and west gulf states
and the extreme southwest.
There will be showers tonight and Friday
in the lower lake region. middle Atlantic
states and southern portions of the gulf
lantic states the weather will be generally
fair.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will become light to fresh northerly. On
the south Atlantic coast they Will be light
to fresh south to west. On the gulf coast
light southerly. On the lower lakes fresh
easterly.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
winds and local rains to the Grand Banks.
inches) has been reported during the past
tventy-four hours: New Orleans. LIS:
Melville. La, 224: Natchez Miss, 80:
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