The Washington herald., 1909-07-30
FIVE REGISTRATIONS
RECORD FOR A DAY
Heat and Humidity Felt in
Capital Yesterday.
ARKS'BECOME A RENDEZVOUS
Hundreds of Washington People
spend Portion OF the Night in
Reservations I'm Effort TO Keep
COoI-Intense Suffering During Day
and Night Among All Classes.

There were five prostratiOns from heat
yesterday. none Of which was serious.
Each victim was taken TO a hospital and
was doing well late last night.
The maximum temperature officially re-
ported by the United States Weather Blu
reau was Sc, and the minimum 20. The
humidity recorded was 81 at S o'clock yes
terday morning. 45 at O'Clock IN the
afternoon. and 20 at o'clock last night
The official thermometricaI readings. as
reported. were as follows: s a. m. IS. 10
a. m, s.; u noon. 90: . p. m. 80; p. M,
95: 6 .. m. 90: s p. m, So
After o'clock last night there was a
gradual. but hardly perceptible. fail in the
temperature At o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon there was light shower OF a few
minutes duration which TO some extent
cooled the atmosphere. there being a drop
OF two or three degrees
Intense Suffering.
There was intense suffering all over
the city all day and last night. partic-
ularly in the tenement and alley and
court sections, occupied by the poorer
classes. Practically no air was stirring,
and for that reason the heat was more
oppressive than Il would have been under
other conditions. In many sections OF the
city people remained on their lawns front
porches. stoops. and In the parks until a
late hour. to take every advantage OF
catching what little fresh air that might
be stirring. In ali the parks there were
many lounging on the grass. and all the
benches were filed. In some OF the alley
and court sections. sleep was impossible
IN the small quarters OF tenement houses.
and many occupants spent the better part
OF the night out Of doors. IN nearby
parks or near their houses.
The day was one OF those bright.
scorshlng hot days that make the asphalt
paw srnents and TOadways soft and mushy.
Ike a thick Bigelow velvet carpet under
foot. marked by the tracks Of wagons.
autos, and lighter vehicles and the i'm
print Of shoes Of the lightest pedestrians.
Il was one OF those sweltering good old
summer time" days that has won for the
National Capital the weil-deserved dis
tinction OF being one OF the hottest spots
on the continent when old Sol gets down
TO real business.
As a result Of the hot wave, many Of
those WHO naQ put OlA A44N4a Qekal AAl q ANF
the seashore OF mountains hurriedly
packed their belongings and got out OF
the city. Last nights trains out OF the
Union Station were literally patronized
by the exodus Of Washingtouians running
away from the heat.
ProstratiOns Reported.
The prostrations reported by the police
were as follows:
Louisa Mcdonald, negro, twenty-five
years old, Of 4s2 o street northwest. over
come in Kentucky avenue. between Fifth
and Sixth streets northwest. shortly after
noon. She wasN Naken to the Homeopathic
Hospital
zane Mast. negro. thirty years old, at
tending a hearing in Police Court yester-
day morning at II o'clock Taken 10 the
Emergency Hospital
Julia Carter negro, forty-1ve years old.
overcome a. the Eleventh sereet wharf
southwest at noon and taken TO Freed
mans Hospital
Lucy Hanson, negro, twenty-three years
old, OF 1917 Pierce place, overcome at
Eighteenth and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest late yesterday afternoon.
Taken 10 Emergency Hospital
Joe CASTOR. negro. forty years old, OF
III Rhodes court. taken 10 the Emergency
Hospital at 7;3O o'clock last night.