Evening star., 1909-06-24

Washington today is a summer resort
compared with Atlantic City, where the
| temperature, although tempered by the
sea breeze, reached more than ninety de-
| grees.
Compared with Arizona. where the ther-
mometers registered from 1OI to log in
the shade of the jungles, Washington is
al icehouse.
So the weather man in his sunproof
| sanctum this afternoon bade Washington
look on the bright side and be grateful
for comparative comfort.
Four heat strokes, one of which proved
fatal. have already been reported in this
city as result of the prevailing hot
wave Records of hospitals would no
doubt lengthen the list.
| The intense heat here today i'm the
| open was shown by the instruments in
| the weather bureau kiosk at 14th street
| and Pennsylvania avenue. Beginning at
. o'clock this morning at 81 degrees the
temperature went up steadily until at =
| O'Clock 1t reached the 81 mark.
There is no prospect of relief says Prof.
Edward B. Garriott, official weather fore
| caster, from the torrid conditions during
the remainder of the week. There will be
heat and humidity, a combination that
will produce misery and a lingering thirst
| for ice water and other cold and wet
| things
The hot wave covers practically the en-
tire country. It's influence may even be
felt at the north pole, where polar bears
are eating snow and chunks of ice The
average temperature of the United States
| is in the nineties.
The maximum temperature was reached
in shis city at O'Clock yesterday, when
the weather service thermometers regis
tered 92 degrees. The mercury registered
80 yesterday at Philadelphia. Albany, Bos-
/ ton and other northern and eastern points.
1t reached "a at Richmond.
Four Victims of Heat.
Thomas r. Jackson, colored, fifty years
of age, of 205 X street northwest was
sunstruck at 18th and streets north
west about 6 o'clock last night. He was
| removed to the Freedmen's Hospital in
the ambulance, where he died about one
| hour later.
Overcome by the heat shortly before 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon on ( street
near 10Th street northeast, John Smith,
colored, forty-two years of age, was re-
moved to the Casualty Hospital.
Bernard d. Gallagher, fifty-five years of
age, of SD4 9th street southwest was taken
| ill at Az street and Virginia avenue
| southwest yesterday afternoon and was
| removed to his home in the police patrol
| wagor.
While at work in the works of the
Georgetown GaS lnlS
Washington C. Hurdle, twenty-three
years of age. of 1863 Jefferson street
northwest was overcome by the heat
He was removed to the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital in the seventh precinct
patrol His condition is not regarded as
serious.
Horses Great Sufferers.
The accumulated heat along Pennsyl-
vania avenue and other concreted streets
! in Washington today szzled upward,
while Old Sol sent his blistering rays
down direct upon man and beast Men
and women carried heat umbrellas or
parasols and big fans.
The horses out in the middle OF the
stewing concrete staggered along In the
glare of the sun hauling heavy burdens.
Some of them went down under the
combination of effort heat and hu-
midity.
| Out in the. suburbs vegetation wilted.
Birds were too warm to sing. The tar
bricks between the railroad tracks at
the intersection of 1st and b streets
southeast, in front Of the Congressional
Library, melted and became smeare1
over the surface of the street. so thoS
horses had to wade through Verftable
puddle of tar.