Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-25

wave in this city yesterday
Three fatalities four prostra tions and a
number of minor cases of heat sickness,
With a downtown temperature of 102 de-
grees in the shade. was the fateful record.
The relief from the terrible tropical tor
ridty came late yesterday afternoon. as
predicted by Prof. Edward B. Garriott, Of
fetal forecaster of the weather bureau.
OFF i'm the southeast there appeared a
small, suspicious looking cloud about 4:15
O'Clock pm. 1t was bluish-gray in color
and seemed to Ike pirouetting in cloud
land. Suddenly it began to spread. and
then came the wind in squall-fashion. fill
ing the southeast atmosphere with yell
low dust The sky took on peculiar col
orinG. and the wind shifted to stiff
breeze directly from the north. Rain fell
in places. but only in the form of a few
big drops.
The wind was cooling and refreshing to
wilted humanity and the temperature as
rererCed at the weather bureau took
sudden drop of between 10 and Id de-
grees.
The forecaster gave sigh Of relief as
he exclaimed:
The heat wave is broken
Cooling North Breeze.
Just before the little cloud appeared in
the eastern sky the big thermometer at
Ameck's pharmacy registered a persistent
temperature of 1O2. The atmosphere
seemed to be fairly ablaze and pedes-'
trians moped along laboriously mopping
their countenances. Conditions were akin
TO I. tabled dead calm in the tropics"
Then me the cooling north breeze and
the hottest day of the year became cooler
for the nonce.
At I 30 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
downtown temperature was 1O1. Today
a. n Y, n1 10 u
Reports from the hospitals and the con-
gested tenement districts tell of much hu-
man suffering while the heat wave was
at its zenith. The conditions today are a
marked improvement on the weather of
the past few days The official tempera-
ture as given by the weather bureau at
. o'clock this afternoon was So degrees.
AT the same hour yesterday it was ga
grees Fahrenheit. The drop yesterday
afternoon in the face of the north wind
was from 81 to 81 in about twenty min
utes.
Asked as to the outlook for tonight and
tomorrow. Prof. Garriott said this after
noon tnat moderate temperatures will
prevail The cool from the west Is
mere. and the atmosphere tonight prom
ises to be cooler and more pleasant.
1t will he fine night for Sleep" Prof.
Garriott explained.
Tomorrow the conditions will be similar
10 those of today.
Heat Fatal in Three Cases.
The hot weather yesterday proved fatal
in three instances. as stated One of the
age. a shoemaker: another being George
Carter. colored twenty-five years of age.
employed as a cook at Harvey's Carter
was taken i'll while at work yesterday
afternoon. Friends went with him to his
home. 1921 9th street. Shortly before I
O'Clock he complained of feeling worse
and was soon unconscious. DR. Morhart
was summoned. but life was extinct when
he reached the house.
Steele complained of the heat when he
returned home from work last night. bu,
there was nothing about his condition tc
ger of dissolution. He was much worse
at an early hour this morning and death
claimed him about o'clock, before a
physician could be summoned. Coroner
hewitt visited the Noble home. 724 3d
street. later in the day and gave the
necessary certificate of death.
The third victim of the high tempera.
ture was the eight-months-old infant OF
Sadie Redmond. colored. of S14 I'd street
southeast. The baby died about 81,
o'clock yesterday afternoon. There was
no physician in attendance. and 1t was
necessary for the coroner TO give a GER
tihcate of death.
Prostration Case Improves.
Patrick Grady. eighty five years of age.
an inmate of the Soldiers Home. suffer
ed an attack Of heat prostration yester-
day afternoon shortly after 3 o'clocl
while at the corner OF 10th and F streets
The ambulance was summoned and the
patent conveyed to the Emergency Hos
piial- His condition was serious when he
reached the hospital but this morning
he reported out of danger.
Amanda Bingham. colored. twenty
t?ree years of age. was found seated on
the curb near Rhode Island avenue and
10 the Emergency Hospital II was
thought she was suffering from an attack
OF heat prostrat ion. but the physicians
diagnosed her ailment as typhoid fever
Her condition was serious that she
was detained at the hospital
Henry BriSCoe, ColOred. forty-five year:
of age. of 63 Defrees street. was taker
i'll yesterday afternoon while at the cor
ner Of North Capitol and II streets The
hot weather and a disordered stomach
contributed 20 make him i'll
Joshua Stewart. Colored. thirty-one year:
of age suffered from heat prostratior
while working at 18th and T streets abou
80 O'Clock Yesterday afternoon. and haC
20 stop working Others working will
him summoned an ambulance and hat
him taken to Freedmen's Hospital II,
soon recovered, and was able To go I,
east.
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature registered today b.
Afecks standard thermometer was fol