Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-07-06
CARRIED A SLED.
New Britain Man Created Sensation
With Mercury Near Century Mark.

New Haven. July 5.-The wave of
excessive heat which arrived here on
Sunday continued today almost un-
abated and claimed seven victims. while
"a prostrations were reported. Official
ly the thermometer ranged from 96 to
sS. while unofficialIy on the streets it
reached 103. There was some relief
during the day for parts of the state
which were visited by electrical storms,
and tonight there is refreshing breeze
blowing in several of the cities which
has caused the mercury to drop a few
degrees.
Many of the factories which were
closed for the Fourth and the day be-
fore did not open this morning on ac-
count of the heat. and many shut down
at noon, the employees being unable to
work in safety. In addition to the
deaths and prostrations, two wandered
away, their actions probably being due
to the weather. In Willimantic -
year old Annie Venarric disappeared
from her home this morning, and Miss
Fannie Blackman is missing from her
home in New Haven.
The excessive heat affected people
in different ways, some of them anus
ing, as was instanced in New Britain,
where a man, evidently not having full
control over his actions, was seen pass
ing through the streets with a snow
sled under each arm. He would not
the playthings of winter.
Hartford led the cities in the state
in the number of prostrations, II be-
ing reported from there. the remaining
10 being pretty well scattered. Of the
deaths. two occurred in Bristol. Mrs.
found dead in bed this morning, and
tonight Otto F. Strunz 81, a former
member of the state legislature, died
from heart failure brought on by the
heat. In New Britain Mrs. Caroline
P. Rackliffe. SO years old, succumbed
to apoplexy brought on by the contin-
ued hot weather, and in Willimantic a
three year old daughter of Adolph
Dailant died. In Waterbury Albert
Johnson, crazed by the heat, jumped
into the new dam pond and was
drowned. The total deaths caused by
heat prostrations the past four days
is 16.
One Death at Detroit.
Detroit, Mich, July 5.-One death
and more than a dozen prostrations
from heat were reported here today.
The maximum temperature was SO de-
grees.
Kansas City Expecting Showers.
Kansas City, July 5.-New hot
weather marks for the year were es-
tablished in the southwest today but
tonight a forecast of thunder showers
was given In6 local bureau.
AT Junction City, usually the hottest
city in Kansas, the mercury climbed to
113, the highest this year.
Twenty Nine Deaths at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, July 5.-Twenty- nine
deaths from the heat were reported at
the coroner's Office today, making
total of 81 cases since the present hot
wave reached this city last Saturday.
The maximum temperature here today
was "a degrees at p. m. Deaths from
the heat were also reported from many
parts of the state, two from Scranton,
and there were cases in Wilkesbarre,
Hazelton. Lancaster. Shenandoah, Sha-
mokin and York.
Undertaken Drops Dead.
Hudson. Mass, July 5-While J.
Henry Herrick, a local undertaken, was
engaged in preparing a body for burial
today. he dropped dead of heart failure
brought on by the heat. He was 62
years old.
Heat Kills 81 in Chicago.
Chicago. July 5.-Heat killed 81 per-
sons, including 12 babies, and pros
trated dozens in Chicago today, the
fifth day of the present heat wave A
temperature of 101.5 degrees was re-
corded at the weather bureau tower at
2.30 O'clock this afternoon.
Two Deaths at Cincinnati
Cincinnati, July 5.-After night Of
comparative GOODNESS there was .