Evening journal., 1911-07-03
WHEW, BUT
IT'S HOT TODAY
Thermometer Registers 100
Degrees in Center Of City
at Noon
HUMANITY SWELTERS
UNDER SIZZLING HEAT
bod degrees bod. Whewl

100 degrees hot. Whewl
Yes. suffering humanity, that's what
the thermometer on Belts corner reg
istered at noon today. When the same
thermometer registered 96 degrees at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon every
man wiped his forehead and remark
ed that it was the hottest day OF the
year So It was but today had no;
dawned Early this morning Sol
blazing from a cloudless sky, began
to heat up hotter than over and at
noon everybody was swelterine as
they had not sweltered for years Ger
tainly It is the hottest day for years.
Teamsters drove their horses slowly,
while IN Offices clerks worked under
additional fans IN homes many wo-
men abandoned house work for the
day. OF course the swimming pools
and the upper Brandywine were
crowded with bathers. Many persons
who intended TO remain az home over
tho Fourth packed up this morning
for trips to the seashore or country
I'm the hope Of finding cooler breezes.
But they will get little relief there
for the weather men say it viii be
scorchlng hot all over the East again
tomorrow.
The heat wave OF yesterday brought
a storm which ripped up trees while
letting down cooling showers but the
latter blessing did not continue long
the high humidity Of the night again
making rest almost impossible.
Uprooted an Orchard.
The storm was particularly severe
at Elan. Pa. a short distance above
the Delaware line. Trees were dam.
aged or blown down At the farm OF
Edward Hanaway. a blacksmith Of
Fifth and Madison streets, al ELAN the
entire orchard was uprooted or the
trees were wrecked by the high wind
which was of cyclonic fury
Up around Oxford. Pa, the wind
did much damage too
The wind demolished a part Of IN,
fence surrounding the property occu.
pied by David r. Short at Thirty frs
and Wooddale avenue and at the pro
perty of the Concord Heights Com
tpany a large white oak was destroyed
During the.short time that the wlnl
was blowing the roof on q one stor.
building owned by Layton Barnes. a
Thirtieth and Monroe streets. wa
torn on and deposited IN the yard
! At Madison street. a block away
tree on the property of Harry Nun
dorf was broken of a few feet from
the ground
/ Numerous trees I'm the park at Thir
tieth and. Boulevard were damaged
Inquiry at Centreville showed th
storm 10 have been mild there but a
Talleyville communication by tele
phone was impossible. Arden wal
likewise. caught by the wind and moth
. ing could be learned from there.
At Shellpot Park the tights were on
for a while last evening and numer
. GUS limbs from the trees were down
( A barn owned by Sheriff Logue, o.
the Foulk road Brandywine hundred
! WAS blown down. He used the bar
p for storing hay.
[ The storm hit Newark hard. Tn
wind. which for ten minutes blew a
e hurricane rate, left probably 10
Z trees down I'm its trail A number d
the large shade trees on Delawar
= College campus we're damaged. bu
r. fortunately, no one was injured
4 The most damage was sustained b
! farmers whose wheat was cut and I
- shocks, as the shocks were blow
a over.
The wind and rain was especial
4 severe near the Blue Ball. Six or seve
4 large trees were uprooted and one {
q the chimneys upon the residence OF
n Atwood Weldin was blown down.
large willow tree alongside
! Cowgill's grocery store at Thirty-firl
j and Market street was blown dow
breaking telephone and trolley wire
p Repairs were made as quickly as POI
\ ,sible.
telephone pole near the residenc
Of II. Mcdaniel of Montrose. wa
struck by lightning and severi
phones we're put out Of service.