The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-02
MORE HOT WAVE VICTIMS.
GEEa
Five Deaths and Many fTOstratiOns
in Washington Today.
: Temporary RrcuIz in the Torrid
Wave Caused by the Threatened
StorE5I-NG Permanent Relief Prom
iScd - Highest Temperature 99Iz.

! most irtoIerabIe heat At > o'clock the
/ Thermometer at the Weather Bureau reg
! istered g degrees. having sustained fan
! of degrees since noon ana ~ degrees
/ since I-I0 o'clock this afternoon, when the
I highest point Of the day was reached
/ g91z degrees.
/ At AHleck-s the Thermometer registered
/ lol degrees at O'Clock. 1 degree higher
/ than at the same hour yesterday For SIN
h-vrs today the heat grew steadily more
and m1r@ intense, carrying death and suf-
! ferins in its wg-Se and taxing the ingenu-
! itE Of man and beast to keep comfort
able.
/ At , o'clock this afternoon five deaths
/ had been reported from the heat tcday.
/ while there had been many E-gstratioas
/ in various parts Of the city. at least
/ eight Of them being serious and three
probably fatal Heavy clouds hang over
/ TIE city this afternoon and storms are
I threatening. Slightly cooler weather set
/ in as q result shortly after / O'Clock. and
al 2.gG the reading at the Weather Blu
/ r-au was - and the temperature was re
gardea as about stationary. Weather Bu-
reau officials say the promised storm is
only local and that nc permanent rcIiet
/ from the oppressive heat is in Sight
At noon today the following bulletin was
Z
There are no present indications of a
/ permanent break in the warm wave which
covers the country generally east of the
Rocky Mountains. Local rains and thun-
deTstoFmS viii furnish temporary relief in
the lower lake region. the upper Ohio
Valley. and in the mountain districts Of
Pennsylvania. Maryland, West Virginia,
and Virginia and there IS d possibility
that these local rains may occur in him
/ tied areas in Atlantic Coast States
Ii. Z. WILLIAMS
acting Chief
The first death of the day was reported
from Garfield Hospital where Esther
Weston fsrty-five years old. succurnbed
10 the heat at $50 o'clock this morning
She lived at 1919 Biuney Street where
her friends were found shortly after
the waman's death. The unfortunate
woman was found in an unconscious
condition in a vacant lot at the corner
of Fourteenth Street and Harvard Ave
nue.. Mount Pleasant. about $50 O'Clock
last night Mounted Policeman Fideld,
who was notified mad hcr removed to the
Garfield Hospital, where she continued to
sink until death ended her sUfferings this
morning
About o'clock this morning Kirk Tap
let, cUIored, a driver for J. Maury Dove
was found dead in his bed at 1e5 Green
Court northwest. He was about fifty
years old and was complaining of the heat
before ne retired last night. Coroner New
lit was uotifed, as the man died without
medical attention, but it is believed that
death was due 10 the heat
Charles Farrell. coIored. of 2Il5 Cham
plain Avenue northwest, was another VIC
tim Of the heat Farrell was in a serious
condition when ne was taken from his
home about I-5J O'Clock this morning and
despite the Efforts Of the physicians at the
edman-s Hospital. where ne was TAX
en, he died about TWO hours later His
mother was notified and VIII take charge
Of the remains.
a s-veu-months-uld infant of Laura
Cray. colored. whose horre. is on the Suth-
erland Road. beyond Anacostia. succlIrnb-
Cd 70 the heat about $50 O'Clock this
morning. As no physician was in at
tendance the Coroner was notified
\ colored infant, two months old, died
Of prostratiOn 1T the home Of it's parents.
Fenton Place. between X and I and
North Capitol and First Streets north
west, this afternoon. The Coroner was
notified
Many Of the more serious, though not
fatal, cases Of prostration were reported
to the Emergency Hospital today Four
teen cases had been treated at that in
stitution up 10 o'clock this afternoon.
Five Of them were serious.
d Il Rosemon succumbed TO the suns
rays at the corner Of Ninth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue at 500 this morning.
and was carried to the Emergency in the
ambulance. He rallied and was later re-
moved to his home, 14e5 Fifth Street
northwest.
Daniel Porter, coIored, twenty-six years
old, Of zZ12 Twelfth Street northwest, was
unconscious from the heat when he was
picked up on r Street, between Twelfth
and Thirteenth Streets northwest. He IS
still unconscious and his condition is crit
icaI
William Nolty, sixty years old. Of Pts
Getaway, Md. is also in critical coudi-
ton He was prostrated at the corner Of
Seventh Street and Pennsylvania AvenlAa
David Ambrose, colored, fifty years old.
whose home Is !. Philadelphia was also
unconscious when picked up at the cor
ner Of Fifteenth and X Streets northwest,
but he responded rapidly 10 treatment,
and IS in a fair way to recover
Emanuel Watcher thirty-e:@ht years
old. who came from Baltimore. where
he was q barber. was overcome bv heat
in Bielisk's saloon, ~ Seventh Street
northwest. where he had temporary en-
pIoyment- He is still unconscious. and
his condition is serious although IL is be
Heved that he viii recover.
Richard Spriggs. cOI0red, twenty-seven
years old Of I31 G Street southeast. was
the only patient at the Casualty Hospital
whose condition gave the physicians any
concern At 5he UOmeopa thic Hospital
many persons applied for treatment. but
only two eases were Of 4 serious nature
Amelia Carlos, seventy-two years old,
whose home Is on II Street between
Sixth and Seventh had a pulse of I0fz
and her respiration reached rs when she
arrived al that institution. She is now
cut OF danger. Mrs Amelia Iceland.
thirtE-Tve years old. of IZ57 New Jersey
Avenue northwest, was also taken to the
Homeopathic Hospital, but she Is now re-
ported 20 be cOHyalesciug. The only other
hospital to report serious case 10 to 4
late hour this afternoon was Freelruan's
Hospital, where Benjamin Mitchell. col
order, thirty-fve years old. was carried
from ZZIJ Tenth Street northwest. His
condition is critical.
At > clock this morning the .teFnpera-
tJre had fallen slightly. since last night.
and the thermometer registered 50 de
grees, d drop Of only 10 degrees in nine
hours during the night
BY 5 o'clock a. m. the temperature had
gone up degrees and the CITY, was swell
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