Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11
HEAT WAVE TO STAY
Forecaster Says There Is No
Relief in Sight.
RAIN BARELY POSSIBLE
Two Deaths and Four Prostrations
in City Yesterday.
HUMDITYADD TO DISCOMFORT
Conditions That Were Predicted for
This Evening Sidetracked. q,
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The Weather Elsewhere.
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HUMIDITY ADDS TO DISCOMFORT
Today's Heat Record.
At weather Bureau. at pownoovr

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There is no decided relief in sight from
the blistering heat and blighting humid
ity.
This unwelcome announcement was
made today by Forecaster Edward H.
Bowie of the United States weather bu-
reau. Conditions that were expected TO
prevail in this vicinity this evening or to-
morrow and break the hot wave haze
been sidetracked while en- route. and the
outlook is now that torridity will con-
tinue.
There will be slightly lower tempera-
ture tonight" Forecaster Bowie said.
but the change will not be in the ma
ture OF cool wave by any means. The
mercury may not go above 90 tomorrow.
There is a possibility OF a local shower
or two. but 1t is very remote
Two deaths and four cases OF prostra--
ton constituted the toll exacted by the
excessive heat and humidity yesterday
Another prostration was added to the list
this afternoon.
Mrs. Margaret Harbridge. nifty years
old. who resides at 3S3 Carrollton avenue.
Philadelphia, was taken to the Emer-
gency Hospital from an street dining
room this afternoon and treated for heat
prostrat.on. Mrs. Harbridge and her hus-
band. John l. Harbridge. reached here
this morning on an excursion from Phil
adeiphia. The wife felt the effects OF the
heat and while In the restaurant she b.
came so Ill that DR.. J. E. Mitchell was
SUMMONED to attend her. Later she was
taken to the hospital. 1t Is thought she
will recover.
Deaths and Prostrations.
Lucillus Bowman, q 'colored man.
thirty-nve years old. who was taken Ill
at the fish wharf. foot OF 18th street.
Saturday night, died at his home. f37 D
street southwest, about o'clock yes
terday morning. Bowman's illness was
due to the excessive heat OF Saturday
night He was taken to the Emergency
Hospital He soon became better and
was able to leave the hospital, but be-
fore morning he suffered another at
tack and died. The coroner deemed an
inquest unnecessary.
Martha Johnson, colored. four months
old. died yesterday at the home OF her
parents. 33S Jackson Hall alley. as the
TSSult VI the not weather ne child
had been sick several days, and had
been treated at a dispensary. Yester-
day afternoon she died suddenly. Cor
oner hewitt gave a certificate Of death
from natural causes.
Patients in Hospitals.
Yesterdays heat was too much Tor
Richard Johnson. colored. thirty-four
years old. OF 43 Jackson street northeast.
and 1t became necessary for him to be
given treatment at the Casualty Hospital
He was taken i'll while at his home.
John Hargrove. colored, twenty years
old. suffered from the heat yesterday
afternoon, and was taken from North
Capitol and F streets to the Casualty
Hospital for treatment. His home Is at
% F street northwest
Ira Cnger, eighteen years old employed
as lineman for the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. and living in a car at
the freight yard. was overcome by the
heat last night about $50 O'Clock. The
police had the sick man taken to the
Casualty Hospital for treatment HIS
condition Is not serious.
Henry Hill, colored, thirteen years old.
was overcome by the heat ABOUT $50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon while at I4th
and w streets northwest. The sick
boy, whose parents live at 4th and
streets. was taken TO rreedmens Hospi-
tai for treatment.
While working in an excavation at 18th
and II streets northwest about lV:k
O'Clock this morning. Albert Winding.
colored, seventy years old, who resides
at $40 Massachusetts avenue northeast
suffered an attack Of heat prostration He
was taken to the Emergency Hospital.
Showers in Nearby Sections.
The showers that were expected to
reach the District prevailed last night
in Virginia and Maryland and In the sec
zion north Of this city. There were also
cooling rains in the lower lake region
and the Ohio valley.
The crowd of Washingtonians at
Chesapeake Beach yesterday enjoyed
comparatively cool weather. Between
and o'clock last evening the So
journers there were treated to a fine
electrical display over the northern and
western horizons. There was a slight
fall OF rain at the beach, while between
that place and the Patuxent river the
fall was quite heavy. 1t cooled of the
atmosphere and. farmers say. was OF
great benefit to the growing crops.
Washington was cooler place this
than were Atlantic City and
Otner seaside resorts. Inc temperature
here at o'clock this morning was 1s,
while at Atlantic City at the same nour
1t was 81. The minimum for the Dis
trict for the past twenty-four hours
was registered at 6 o'clock this morn
ing, when the mercury went down 10
the 73 mark.
Telegraphic reports from the northwest
ern states this morning tell of autumnal
in that section down in the
4OS.
Extremely warm weather is reported
from northern New England, Pennsylva-
MIA and southern New York.
Breeze Gives Relief.
Slight north winds made conditions
somewhat bearaple in this city today, but
the concreted roadways continued to radi-
ate heat like 'red-hot cooking stove.
Pedestrians discarded their coats. and
those of the feminine gender wore the
filmiest OF garments and carried sun
shades, fans and other hot weather ac-
cessories The heat haze formed a
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