The Washington herald., 1908-08-15

Heat and humidity went hand IN hand
through the city Of Washington yester-
day and played general havoc with com
fort
Even the street cars were hot. and the
asphalt worked overtime. Pennsylvania
avenue sizzled and sputtered. and was
primed and ready for the man who want
ed to cook an egg on its soorching bosom.
Six persons feH under the rays Of the
sun IN various parts Of the city. Down
on the Avenue the thermometers regis
tered anywhere from 1ne in the shade 10
-12- At the Weather Bureau the needle
was q few degrees lower. The weather
officials are afraid 20 let the needle 20
/ too high They are conservative. people.
Z even though the weather is radical
Adopt Cooling Methods.
n the meantime. the people os Wash
inE1on adopted all sorts OF methods 20
( keep cool physically and msnt4Iy. Not
even Baltimore was mentioned in we'll
regulated families
And while Il was not the hottest day
Of the summer. the honest Washiugrouian
VIII agree that the atmospheric condi-
tions were the most unpleasant OF any
day up 20 the present time There was
some consolation in the weather mans
promise that to-day would be somewhat
cooler
The six heat prostrations were treated
al the Emergency and Casually h0spi-
tables. four al the former and two al the
latter. The day recorded the greatest
number Of prostrations Of any day Of the
sumner season.
One Of the patients taken 70 the Ener-
gency Hospital IS in a serious condition
and may not recover
Duncan May Not survive.
Charles Duncan. thIrty-thres years old.
OF 515 H street northeast. was overcome
at Seventeenth and c street northwest
al o'clock Duncan was working on
the new building Of the Bureau Of Amer
lean Republics He complained Of severe
pains in his head. and a moment later
fell 70 the ground unconscious He was
taken 10 the Emergency Hospital Phy-
sicians there said last night he was stfu
unconscious, and had only a slight
chance Of recovery.
Even in the heights Of Mount Pleasant
/ the heat was intense. and B c Bell
thirty-fve years old. motorman on a Con
necricur avenue car. was overcome while
running his car at Mount Pleasant street
and Park Road. He was removed to the
I Emergency Hospital After receiving
/ treatment he was taken 10 his home. Ga
c street northeast at 5 O'Clock last night.
Philip z Barnes, twenty-five years old.
Of IS T street northwest. was overcome
/ in Rhode Island avenue. between Second
and Third streets northwest at 8 O'Clock
yesterday evening. He was taken to the
Emergency Hospital The physicians
there at first believed Barnes 70 be suf-
fering from alcoholism. but later decided
he. had been overcome by the heat
Frustrated by the heat while working
at the Farragut apartment house. Seven
teenth and streets northwest. at ;
o'clock Annie Sneed. negro. twenty-three
years old. was taken to the Emergency
Hospital in an ambulance Later, she
was sent 10 her home
Negro sent to His Home.
While working at Seventh and H streets
{ northeast, at 10 O'Clock yesterday morn
( ing. George Howard. negro. thIrty-fve
years old. living at HyattsviiIe. Nd. was
f prostrated by the heat He was taken
F 20 the Casualty Hospital and was later
( sent home
/ A case that puzzled the physicians at the
i Casualty Hospital was that OF William
! Powers negro, sixty-seven years old. Of
4 III D street southeast, VINO was taken
I to the hospital from in front Of his home
( at 8 o'clock The case was diagnosed. as
/ heat prostrati0n- but members Of
4 Powers family said he had been III for
I days After several hours observation il
was decided Powers was suffering from
I the heat
2oaooo Feet Edre Grnin G.orri.