The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
Weather Downtown
D.. Nsa.-E
THE DEAD

North Capitol street
THE FRUSTRATED.
James Payne, foEty-nine years old. Of LIS street
northwest.
Ernest Hauscr, faty-seven years Old. Of z7 Q
street northwest
Samuel Harris. negro. hfty-six years old, Of gls
Third street northwest
Adam Larcun. negro. twenty five years old. Of za
Rock court northwest.
Randolph Former nerro fourteen vears old ~
Gio Wylis court northeast.
Heat killed one and prostrated five per
sons in Washington yesterday the hot
test day OF the yea-
Victims were carried 10 hospitals in
ambulances. where lives were saved by
the timely appliance Of remedies The
dead and prOstrated are men. with the
exception OF one. a -year-old boy.
The man who died wandered away from
home in the early hours Of the morning
and collapsed on a vacant lot. weak from
exhaustion. lie lost consciousness. and
when the sun rose its rays beat down on
me PROSTATE body with ever increasing
fury until life had been driven away.
Hours later the body was found It
was removed 10 the morgue. where an
autopsy showed death was caused By
heat While the autopsy was being per
formed the temperature Of the body was
more than 100
May Have Been Others.
Two Of the prostrated are white men.
the others being negroes. two men
and boy. None will die Although
lists Of hospital patients show only i've
prostrations this number would be much
larger II the names OF all overcome nv
the heat had been obtained. Several men
and women were stricken and removed 10
their homes without the knowledge Of the
police; hence the official list Of prostra-
tons shows only a fraction Of the num-
Der OF persons who were victims of the
meTciless rays Of the sun.
Maurice a JOY, coach painter. died
from neat He is the second person 10 be
kliled IN Washington this season. A ne
slo was stricken few days ago and
died al Freedmen's Hospital.
The body OF Joy was discovered about
O'Clock In the afternoon by Capt. James
NJ. Pipes, superintendent Of the ware
mouse OF the House Of Representatives.
The body was almost hidden by weeds
on lot adjacent 20 the warehouse. Il
mad lain there several hours. Death IS
supposed 10 have occurred three hours
before the body was discovered.
Joy was member OF 81. Patrlck's
Catholic Church, and had recently ar
rived in Washington from PurceIlviIe.
Va He was a members Of the painters
union Of this city. II is thought Joy
could not sleep at home. and left the
house IN an endeavor 20 get breath Of
fresh air. Police Of the Second precinct
say he probably entered the lot, where
he sat down 10 rest. and was overcome.
Ernest Hauser was overcome while
walking through the Agricultural grounds
He was removed to Emergency Hospital
James PAYNE was stricken while ar work
IN a planning mill al Wisconsin avenue and
X street northwest. He was taken tC
Georgetown University Hospital in a
wagon from the Second precinct station
Samuel Harris. negro, was overcome al
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenuC
northwest and taken 70 Emergency Hos.
pital. Adam LaTcum, negro, was stricken
near Thirteenth and X streets northwest
He was removed 10 Emergency Hospital
The boy Randolph Fortner, was removed
10 Casualty Hospital from Massachusett!
avenue and First street northeast.
Residents Of the sUn-parched Capital oi
the nation grasp at the promise OF Prof
Willis L. Moore. chief of the Weather
Bureau, as a drowning man clings 20
straw. Prof. Moore promises relief. 4
promise OF an atmospheric difference, al
though Il may be delayed. is received witt
Joyous welcome,
Prof Moore says there may b,
showers to-day. but the may is &C
cepted with distrust. II was said ther,
might be showers last night. but q clos
watch failed 20 reveal even a drop.
Last night was slightly cooler. but tha
IS not saying much in view of the fac
that Friday night was as hot as an,
night since gloved and booted mel
shoveled snow from the path OF the in
augural parade
Casts n Blazing Eye.
When the sun rose yesterday morning
It cast blinking, blazing eye Of fire OF
& city which had received little refresh
ment from the cooling shades Of night
As the day grew longer the sun grew
hotter, until at 1 o'clock in the after
noon its rays had assisted the mercur1
in the downtown kiosk 10 shove a littl
black-pointed needle past the 100 mark.
Gloating over the sufferings Of tn.
human race. the sun continued its work
and the needle registered 1904 I0i. an
so on, until the high mark Of the day
1o4. mad been reached. Apparently sat
isfied with its success. the sun hid feI
minutes behind some clouds. and when I
came out the mercury had fallen.
II continued 10 fall until at o'clocl
at night It showed 81 degrees. Although
the downtown kiosk gave 1O4 as the max
iInum. the thermometer at the Weathe
Bureau registered 10 degrees lower as tn
maximum Persons who were forced L
walk in Pennsylvania near Thirteenth
street. where the kiosk is located, vii
readily accept the figures OF the machin
IN preference 10 the thermometer at III
l Weather Bureau.
The difference in the temperatures 1
prObably due in large measure 20 IN
asphalt, hundreds OF square yards o
rhich surround the kiosk. while IN
Gather Bureau is on a hill surrounde
grass plots and shady trees.
While you think OF II, telephone you
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