The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-18
MERCURY
SOARING
TODAY

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sunset the record mark Of the season, s5
degrees. may be passed.
The humidity has not been oppressive
| or at least the mark ~ 81 sent from Hope
| reservoir is not considered so. Still. suf-
fering humanity is inclined to be sceptieal
| sometimes and today is one OF those
times II the humidity has not been ex-
cessive the heat has been felt none the
! less and It's up 10 weather sharks 10 ex-
plain II.
The maximum temperature reached yes
terday was % degrees at O'Clock in the
afternoon.
Today at a m. the mencury reached
1914 degrees, s31a ar 9 o'clock, IS at noon
OVERCOME BY HEAT.
Alice Simmons, an employe of the ID. G.
W Fuse company, was overcome by heat
while at work at 10 o'clock this morning
An ambulance conveyed her to her home.
50 Ford street.
! MOST UNCOMFORTABLE IN YEARS
The q hours ending this noon are
| counted the most uncomfortably hot In
years AT Woonsocket, the thermometer
| touching 9S IN the day and the tempera-
I
unusual in this valley,
DRILLS SUSPENDED.
Drill at the forts in the vicinity and on
the warships in Newport harbor, as we'll
! as all outdoor work in the glare OF the
! sun was suspended at noon today on ac
| count OF the heat
| Al noon the thermometer stood at 90 IN
the shade and the day was declared to be
the hottest in ten years. Cottagers did
not dare 20 use their horses and re-
sorted 10 automobiles.
NEAR RECORD MARK.
Boston. July 1s-The heat which acquir-
! ed new energy late yesterday continued
today with promise OF nearing the record
mark for the summer During the night
the mercury did not go below 20 and IL be-
gan it's upward course with the dawn.
BY S o'clock IL stood at 50 and In the
next hour it added Ave degrees 20 that
! figure. according to the official thermome-
| ter Instruments at various parts of the
city. however. were above 20 at the same
time. The humidity today was slightly
below normal and there was a northwest
breeze OF about eight miles velocity.
BY 1880 a. m. the weather bureau said
| the thermometer registered 50 degrees. At
that hour there was every prospect that
the thermometer would rise still further
| Despite the heat no cases OF prostration
had been reported.
| At o'clock the Thermometer al the
| weather bureau registered 80. one degree
! below the highest point OF the day. which
was reached between O'Clock and 2 The
humidity was &C, which is four degrees be-
| low normal. A breeze off the sea was
blowing.
HEAT INTENSE
New York July ls.-The heat in New
York became more intense today. the
| mercury rising several degrees higher,
| however, than II did yesterday. which
was the hottest day in the year The
death list was more than doubled even
in the morning and prostrations were con-
1 tinuous
An hour before noon the weather bu-
reau had recorded a temperature OF 81.
five degrees hotter than al the corre-
| spending hour yesterday. Five deaths had
! occurred up to that time. The humidity
dropped rapidly the mercury rose from
| 72 TO 90, somewhat moderating the heat
RECORD BREAKING HOT WAVE.
Philadelphia, Pa, July 1s.-Today's hot
wave promises 10 Be a record breaker for
this summer. At s a. IN. today the govern
| ment thermometer on top OF the Post
office building registered So degrees. nino
| degrees higher than at the same hour
yesterday The suffering in the tenement
district is intense.
|
! One death had occurred and there had
been about a score OF prostrations up To
| l o'clock. At that hour the government
thermometer registered 9s two higher
than yesterday
HOTTEST OF THE SEASON.
| New Haven. Conn. July ls-With the
| temperature at So at o'clock this morn
| ing the weather bureau officials predicted
| that today would prove to be the hottest
| of the season thus far. Some encourage
ment, however, was offered in the fact
| that there vas only 30 per cent OF humid
| ity, much less than on most OF the days
OF the present hot spell. Thus far there
| have been remarkably few cases OF heat
| prostration I'm this city.
At noon the instruments above the roof
! OF the Weather bureau recorded al Tho
humidity remained during the morning al
% per cent In this city the normal
humidity Is about S.. Records OF the
local weather bureau show that this is
the longest term Of hot weather that has
been experienced since July 1876.
This Is the nth day that the tempera-
ture has been above 50 degrees. In 1876
the hot spell lasted % days beginning
on the first day OF the month.
TEN DIE OF HEAT.
Chicago. Ill. July 1S.-After 81 persons
had been prostrated and 10 OF them had
died during the hottest day up 10 date
this summer a breath OF cool air relieved
Chicago last night. The relief was short
lived. After a fow hours the wind veered
again and the heat was intense through
out the early morning hours
Cooler weather is declared 10 I've I'm store
for the latter part OF the week The
maximum temperature OF yesterday, ~,
equaled the record Of last summer. which
by odd coincidence was mado on the same
da", July IT,
ONE DEATH AT BALTIMORE.
Baltimore Md. July 1S-Today is the
warmest OF the present summer SO far.
the thermometer having reached ~ de-
grees AZ 10 n. m. with the humidity at
81 There has been one death from, the