The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
A Few Hot Weather Records,

Eighty degrees in the shade is
about as high temperature as
human nature can patiently endure
for an extended period. Weather
can be so much hotter, however,
that eighty degrees would seem
blissfully cool.
Whenever an unusually hot sea-
son is upon us, sweltering humanity
talks about the charges in climate
and shakes it's head in a foreboding
fashion.
But let no one feel that he has
seen the worst. There have been
many superlatively hot waves in
different parts Of the globe. and IN
different centuries. Fortunately,
they do not come often.
NEW YORK ROASTED IN 1872.
Tn times long gone Ky people
erumbled at and enjoyed heat waves
much the same way as we do. That
they had some scorching seasons a
dip into the records amply testiies.
For example, in 1909, so fearfully
hot was it in Spain that the streets
of Madrid and other cities were de-
serted, while laborers expired IL the
fields, and the vines were scorched
and spoiled.
The summer of 1872 was a dread
ful one in New York. and it is re-
lated that The principal thorough
fares reese mbled battle fields in min
iature, people were struck down by
the score. no fewer than one hun
dred and fiftv-fve cases of surstroke
occurring on July 4. of whom nearly
one-half died. The following year
IN France the thermometer rose TO
118 degrees Fahrenheit.
France also experienced two
periods of great heat in 1904 and
1918. In the former year it was de-
scribed as being equal to that OF a
glass furnace" Meat could be pre-
pared for the table merely by expos
ing it to the rays of the sun, and be-
tween noon and four in the after
noon it was certain death to ven ture
out of doors, In the latter year it
was so hot that many shops had to
close, and the theaters did not open
for three months, while not drop
ofsrain fell during double that
period.
RHINE DRIED UP IN l132.
Going back many centuries, one
comes across years when great heat
was experienced. In 1882 the
Rhine dried up, as it did partially.
together with the Danube, in 1903;
and that it was more than warm in
the summer of 1852 is indicated by
the statement that during that sea-
son eggs were cooked merely by BE-
ing placed in the sand.
That man can exist under great
heat has often beer shown, although
no one has probably demonstrated
it more clearly than did Spaniard
on June rs, 1928. In Paris an oven
was heated to over 300 degrees Fab
renheit, and the man entered this
inferno, where he remained for five
minutes. On emerging, his pulse
was found to be beating two hun
dred times in sixty seconds, but a
few minutes later he seemed none
the worse for his experiment.
This was an extreme case, for d
heat of 100 to $50 degrees Fohren-
heit would appear to be the utmost
any man can remain in for an y
length of time. In this respect the
men who worked in the Comstock
silver mines in Nevada-the hottest
mines in the world-are to be pitied
The shafts and galleries of these
mines are over 25J miles in length,
are more than 5000 feet deep, and
at the 200 foot level the tempera-
ture of the water is 1853 degrees, and
the air 1875 degrees. In another
shaft the temperature rises to 40
degrees, and it is only possible for
men to work in it for ten or fifteen
minutes at suretch.
HEAT IN PERSIAN GULF.
There are other parts of the world,
TOO, where the heat, even in the
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