Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-12
SOME MORE SIZZLING
WAR-I WEATHER WILL RESUME
BUSINESS TOMORROW.

The intermittent showers that have passed
over Washington since yesterday afternoon
gave some relief from the hot wave which
was in evidence here with a maximum
downtown temperature of 100 degrees in the
shade at pm. yesterday, but it was only
temporary relief
The atmosphere in the business section of
the city after the noon hour yesterday was
described as the hot breath from fur
mace" and two fatalities are reported as
a result of the torrid conditions. In adj
diton to the heat prostrations reported in
The Star yesterday, three others have been
recorded by the police today.
When Prof. Henry, official forecaster 0.
the weather bureau, was asked this after
noon if there is any cool condition in sight,
he said there will be temporary relief to-
night due to the thunderstorms and
squalls that are generally reported from
this section of the country.
But the meteorolog zeal prophet added,
the warm weather will resume business
tomorrow, according to the present out
look and there will be some more siZ-
ZllnS and sWelterlng.
Conditions Oppressive.
The conditions today were oppressive,
Notwithstanding the sky was generally
overcast by heavy masses of dense cumu-
lus clouds, which bore down on TIE under
atmosphere like great steaming wet
blankets of vapor. The first break in the
torrid conditions came about AS o'clock
yesterday afternoon. when heavy storm
of thunder and lightning passed over the
northern section of Washington Similar
disturbances are said to have been pretty
general throughout the country.
While the rainstorm was passing over the
northeastern section of the city about )
O'Clock yesterday afternoon a bolt of light
nil DWELLING Quincy
near No. T. engine house. Besides tearing
off lot of safe from the cupola and roof
no damage resulted. Following the dis
charge of electricity, it is said, the neigh
borhood was illuminated with a blush
flame.
The highest downtown temperature today
was S3l2 degrees, which was 1872 degrees
lower than the maximum of 100 degrees
yesterday.
Cause of Death.
One death occurred in this city last night
from heat prostration, the victim being
William Achterkirch, forty-four years CT
age. whose home was at 3O4 10Th street
southeast Achterkirch was stricken about
4:3o o'clock yesterday afternoon and as
removed to Providence Hospital in a pri-
waite ambulance. 1t was realized that
his condition was critical when he was
removed from his home to the hospital. the
physicians failing to find anything about
his condition to indicate he would recover.
Death occurred about 1870 O'Clock last
night Acting Coroner GlaZebrook was
notified and he gave the necessary death
certificate today.
1t was also stated that the sudden death
of Charles H. Vincent, noted in The Star
yesterday. resulted from heart failure su-
perinduced by the heat and the oppressive
ness of the atmosphere.
Harry A. kohler. thirty-one years of
age, of 1904 Maryland avenue northeast
was taken i'll while, on the street near his
home last night about O'Clock. He was
cared for until the arrival of the ambu-
lance, when he taken to the Casualty
Hospital for treatment.
Arthur Fordham, forty-two years of age
a resident of Fairfax county, Va, was
taken i'll while in the alley in rear of 9lS
l street this morning about $50 O'Clock.
The ambulance was summoned and the sick
man removed to the Emergency Hos
pital for treatment. The physicians at the
hospital found that he was suffering from
an attack of heat prostraton.
Nebb Smith, colored, thirty-six years of
age, was taken i'll yesterday afternoon
Smith, whose home is at 1906 Wylie street
northeast was given treatment at the
Emergency Hospital.
Thunder Showers and Squalls.
Thunder showers and squalls were re-
ported by the weather bureau to have been
general yesterday afternoon and last night
from the Mississippi valley eastward and
in the central Rocky mountain region and
the southwest. In the middle west the
northwest and the extreme west the wealth
fair.
Temperatures were moderate, considering
the season, over the shower area. except
in the south Atlantic and south portion of
the middle Atlantic states, where they were
quite high until lowered by the afternoon
showers
1t is considerably warmer in the north
west, and temperatures We're also quite
high over the districts west of the Rocky
mount ains.
The winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coast will be variable DOS
sibly thunder squalls today, becoming west
and fresh tomorrow; south Atlantic coast
fresh and mostly southwest possibly tnun-
der squalls today; east gulf coast light to
fresh south, probably occasional thunder
squalls; west gulf coast, fresh south; on
the lower lakes, variable today, probably
thunder squalls, later becoming fresh west
upper lakes. light to fresh northwest to
north becoming variable