Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-07-05
DROP
LIKE FLIES
Unprecedented Hot Wave
Still Torments East and
Middle West
HUNDREDS OF PR0STRATi0NS
In Chicago Alone Twenty-Seven
Died From Terrific
Sultriness.

no relief in sight before Friday, ac-
cording to the prediction of the official
forecaster. At t-9~o'clock the mercury
showed 93.>two points higher than the
same. hour yesterday. Twenty-seven
dead from heat is the record made in
Chicago during the "a hours ended at
4 a. m. today.
Growing Hotter.
Chicago, ILL.,, July 5.-At p. m.
the temperature was 1905, or six.
tenths higher than at that hour yester-
day.
Heat swamps coroner's Office.
Chicago, July 5.-Deaths during ,ne
present heat wave have swamped the
coroner's office which must hold in
quests in all cases of sudden or unex.
planned deaths.
Not Enough Ambulances.
There are not enough police ambu
lances in the city to care for the
Iprostration cases. Private ambulan-
ces are being hired and frequently
called into requisition TWO deaths
due directly to heat, and two cases
superinduced thereby were reported
Iup to noon. Nothing like complete
reports on the prostrations were avail
able, but the forenoon's roll was es-
timated at fifty.
Kansas CITY Has Ice Famine.
! Kansas City, Mo-, July 5.-No relief
from hot, dry weather in the south.
west was predicted by the United
States weather forecaster here today
Indications were that this would be
| the fourth of extreme heat over the
entire section, and that yesterdays
maximum temperature of 1O8 would
be equaled, he said. Threatened with
/ ice famine, consumers of that COM
modify are giving serious considera-
ton to economy in its use. At Z
o'clock this morning the thermometer
registered "a degrees, at st. Joseph,
Mo-, Omaha, and Des Moines. At
Sioux City it was "a at 10 O'clock.
In the Hundreds.
] Kansas City, Mo-, July 5.-Hutchin-
son, Kansas, reported temperature
of los at II o'clock. UP to noon, when
! the temperature in Kansas City was
100, three prostrations had been re-
ported. Atchison reported 102 at
moon with one death. A light rain fell
at Norfolk, Nebraska, this morning.
Topeka Breaks Heat Record.
Topeka, Kans., July 5.-This is the
hottest July 5, ever recorded at the
government weather bureau. The mer-
curry at s o'clock had reached the 100
mark.
Only Standing Room in Morgue.
Philadelphia, Pa, July 5.-The
keeper of the morgue today notified
the coroner that the Dead House was
over-crowded and that he would be
unable to care for any bodies until
some now in the place were removed.
Thirty-seven deaths from all causes
were reported today. Among those,
nineteen were due to heat. There
have been Al fatalities from this cause
during the present hot wave. At / p.
M, the temperature was 90 degrees.
Minneapolis Is Scorching.
| Minneapolis, Mimi. July 5.-The
hot wave has caused two deaths here.
Four other prostrations We're reported
today.
Cooling of.
| Washington, D. c., July 5.-Refresh-
ing westerly breezes sweeping along
the Atlantic coast today brought some
relief from the hot wave to the eastern
section of the country, though the
government weather experts say there
lis no appreciable change in register
ed temperatures.
Cooler weather tomorrow is prom
ised for Chicago, and the middle west
region, where today the mercury start
ed even higher than it was at the same
time yesterday.
Breaks in the torrid spell are being
reported, the extreme northwest hav.
ling change to considerably cooler
weather with temperatures dropping
below the seasonable average.
New York began today with the
thermometer registering 78 degrees
at s o'clock as compared with 50 de-
grees at the same time yesterday. At
Washington it was 80.
Akron Has Three Deaths.
Akron, Ohio, July Three deaths
here are attributed to the hot wave.
I'VE had 4S inquests Monday and II
yesterday, mostly due directly or In
i directly to the heat" said Coroner
Hoffman. "The mortality continues
II today
u Cleveland, Ohio, is sweltering.
y Cleveland, Ohio, July 5.-A temp
erature OF 80 degrees at noon made
this the hottest day Of the year. The
4average temperature for the first five
days in July is the highest in forty.
one years.
j All school buildings and school
grounds will be thrown open to be
used as sleeping quarters BY the
public tonight. There 10 shortage
in the ice supply.
j SO Dead From Heat In New York.
\ New York, N. Y, July 5.-The accu.
Imulated exhaustion of three sweltsr.
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