The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
HOTTER RTHANEvER
Ambulance Horses Give Out in
New York City.
Hospitals Are Filled to Their
Greatest Capacity.
FELL FROM WINDOW.
Two Lost Their Lives i'm This
Way This Morning.
Five Deaths Reported as Early
as O'clock.
Heat Crazed Mother Stabs Her
Sleeping Infant.

OAoOplHS 1H1dut.
New York, July 19.-The death roll
on account of the heat increased rapid
ly today, II deaths being reported
during the forenoon.
At IL o'clock the weather bureau
reported the temperature to be 81.
Boston, July 19.-From all over
New England today came reports of
| record breaking heat. Boston at IL
o'clock had a temperature of 90. This
was one degree higher than yesterday
at the same hour. Rhode Island cities
were to 5 degrees warmer than yes
terday. Pawtucket reported 95 de-
grees at 1920. Vermont and New
Hampshire also announced higher
temperatures than yesterday while
Portland reported a record of SO at 10
o'clock, which was the highest for that
hour ever noted by the Portland
weather bureau.
New York, July 1s-No relief. but
| rather a promise of more heat and even
| greater suffering came to New York
| today. Even with every park in the
/ city thrown wide open, and with prac-
L t1cally every restriction removed hun
| dreds of thousands have been unable
terday with nearly two scores of deaths
and ten times as many serious heat
prostrations officially reported, taxed
facilities Of every hospital and like in
/ stitution in the city. Ambulance sur
| geons, drivers and horses, worn down
| by the terrible heat and the strain of
| incessant work, were completely ex-
hausted. The horses gave out earlier
| than the men and comparatively early
it became necessary to press police pa
| troll wagons into service as temporary
| ambulances. Then the hospitals be-
came filled to their capacity and sew
eral were forced to announce that no
! more sufferers could be received.
| Although many thousand tenement
/ dwellerS availed themselves of oppor-
| tunities given by the open parks,
sleep in the outer air, there were many
/ more that could not leave their homes
in the parched and sweltering lower
| section of the city. 1t was from that
| section that the first reports of deaths
| due to the heat came today. Before Z
a. M, five fatalities had been reported.
! Two of the victims fell from windows,
| where they were sleeping. Others died
directly from heat exhaustion.
In Brooklyn, a heat-crazed mother
plunged carving nife into her sleep
ing 19-months-old child, killing it in
stantly.
/ Of1ciaI figures given out by the gov
| ernment weather bureau show today
that the lowest temperature recorded
| turing the last "a hours was rs at s
o'clock a. m. From that time on the
mercury began to rise, reaching "a at
a. m.
Philadelphia, July 1s-Torrid weather
| prevails again in this city and vicinity.
| The intense heat continued throughout
| the night and at o'clock this morning
the mercury registered IS, the same fig
ures reported at o'clock yesterday.
At 9 o'clock the thermometer had
risen to 80, rise of degrees in one
hour, and at 10 o'clock 90 was the rec
| ord.
Boston, July 19-Another day of in
tense heat was in prospect in this city
today when the residents awoke after
a night which had brought little relief.
Scarcely a breath of air stirred during
the night and the lowest point register
| ed by the official thermometer was 1S
at 4. m. At a. m. it had risen to S3.
Il The humidity was 81 and the wind was
very light.
New Haven, Conn.,, July 19.-Three
. deaths and IL prostrations from heat
occurred in Connecticut during the last
Cincinnati. July 19-Three more
, deaths from heat were reported today
A breeze this morning tempered the
heat somewhat
Hottest in Three Years.
Baltimore, July 19.-Extremely hot
weather continues, the thermometer
reaching 81 at 10 a. m. Last night
was the warmest in Baltimore for the
past three years.
Chicago, July 19.-Breezes from
Lake Michigan tempered the heat here
ttoday. Light clouds broke the suns
\ glare and aided in moderating the
weather.
Nevertheless deaths from excessive
heat continued to be reported today
; This is doubtless due to the fact tina
: last night was the hottest of the year
thousands of men, women and children
: sleeping on roofs, porches and fire es
: capes and in the streets and parks.
t. Was Climbing White House Fence.
e washington, July 19.-Joln c
s Eckleston, 3S years of age, of Phila
: delphia, was arrested shortly afte
: midnight at the White House, wher
" he was caught climbing over higl
to see the president, and carried let
ters addressed to the president offer
,r ing suggestions for government meth
:: DDS, and also had letters from
h United States senator and representa-
tive from Pennsylvania recommendini
II him to a consulship at Rosario, Argen
W tine republic. Eckleston was pros
\ trated by the heat last Monday, ant
: he will be examined as to his SAINT.
e today.
.r The Weather Situation in General.
: washington, July 19.-The high tenn
d perature continued today but a muc
n lower humidity and a stirring breez
: offered considerable relief. At a. n
st the Temperature recorded at the wealth
er bureau was 80, practically the sam
as yesterday at the same hour. TIL
humidity was only 5S against 70 yes
T. terday. The temperature is rising RAP
IS idly and doubtless the maximum wi
: be from SO to 95 degrees.
70 The heated term continues with lii
n tie or no abatement in every quartz
s. In Iowa northern Illinois and souther
K Wisconsin there have been a few earl
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