Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-12
DEATH AND REGISTRATIONS
ARE STILL CONTINUING
Thermometer Takes Drop This
Morning-Humidity Makes At
mosphere Uncomfortable.

Complying with the ukase. mandate
and request of the weather bureau, the
hot wave that kept all Newark Sleep
less last night in it's sitting thraldom
reluctantly abdicated today.
Although the thermometer hovered
not many points below 80 during the
night. standing as high as s6 at mid
night, the cloudy skies and breeze Of
today heralded a lower Temperatures
than that of yesterday, -yheff 96 was
reached at o'clock. The indications
seem to be- SO the weather prophets
say. that the tide of the hot wave will
gradually recede until the normal SUM
mer weather Is again attained.
Three succumbed to the heat in New
ark during the last twenty-four hours.
The almost uncomfortable heat of the
night made Itself terribly felt in New
York, however. Following yesterdays
maximum of "a degrees death stalked
through the crowded tenements az It
never had done before since the hot
spell began Twenty deaths were re-
ported during the night after IL o'clock.
The deaths from the heat up to mid
night had numbered twenty-fl This
brings the total deaths during the ten
days since the extreme heat flrst.
visited New York up to 275, and. beats
all previous records.
Humidity Nears 90.
"This means the breaking up of the
hot spell. l think said Professor
Weiner, the local weather man, today.
"The humidity ls somewhere in the
neighborhood of 50, however, and that
makes 1t decidedly unpleasant. The
weather will be unsettled.
Last night the humidity was unua-
ually high and so was the tempera-
ture. l should say that the humidity
varied from 65 to rs, perhaps little
higher. The combination of high tenn
perature and high humidity made 1t
a night of unusual severity"
The thermometer took a sudden drop
between Il o'clock and noon, from 81
to So. Starting at o'clock this morn
ing with the mercury at 7S, 1t rose
slowly to "a at and jumped to 81 at
10, where 1t remained until IL. The
humidity WIS 66 at noon.
The fNtnght of almost continuous
reeord-l eaking heat has 80 weakened
and exhausted the people. the doctors
say, that even short exposure to the
sun is In many cases dangerous. In
fact, IL Newark is forced to pass
through tonight such another sitting
and sleepless period of torture as last
night proved itself to be, 1t is feared
that the list of fatalities will grow
longer than ever.
The protracted hot spell has brought
men and women and children in New
ark almost to the breaking point, par
ticularly in the more crowded and
poorer districts of the city.
Philadelphia suffered greatly yester-
day, with a death roll of tVenty-six.
The temperature jumped to one degree
higher than it did in Newark
That the end of the heat wave is
near, however, is suggested by the gem
eral weather reports showing more
tolerable conditions throughout the
country. Cooling winds and showers
have visited many sections. including
the Ohio Valley, the lower lake region,
Pennsylvania and Western New York.
In Kansas City yesterday the maximum
was 104 and in Boston 100. but in few
cities was the heat SO great yesterday
as 1t was the day before.
HEAT DEATHS.
CLEMENS, KATHERINE, ~ Parls
avenue; died at her home last night
JOHNSON. JOSEPH T.. 60 years old. /
112 Orange street, employed Siegel-
Cooper Company, New York. overcome