Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-04
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT
Mercury Not Likely to Drop tor
Thirty-Six Hours.
FAINT BREEZE MAY COME
Washington, However, One of the
Coolest Places in East.
ALL NEW ENGLAND SWELTERS
Half q Dozen Prostrations Are Re-
ported, But None Has
Fatal Results.
ALL NEW ENGLAND SWELTERS
Weather Bureau Records.


tions in the most advanced cities with
the same vehemence as on the most
frenzied fire-cracker fest in the small
town, the sun today beat down on one
of the hottest Independence days re-
corded. And hot as 1t was, Washing
ton has been one Of the coolest places
in the east today There is no denying
that fact. The weather bureau got the
official figures early this morning and
kept getting them hourly throughout
the day, the bulletins showing that
there are other cities in the sdeltering
east and south which are many degrees
hotter than Washington.
There will be no drop In the mercury
for thirty-six hours. according to the
forecaster at the weather bureau. There
is no rain in sight, other than the ever
just the thing which 1T is expected not
to do. There will be a faint southerly
breeze. but that is about all the relief
the weather bureau will offer tooay.
The hot wave is general. Throughout
"a
little Yankee villages are going through
the throes Of an old-time Fourth, the
weather is hotter than it is here.
The old backgrounds of the early days
Of the revolution are hotter by many de-
grees today than are the fields over which
Cen Marion, the swamp fox" chased tht
British in the southern campaigns. Phila'
delphia, the birthplace Of American lib
erty, is hotter than the capital Of the
nation today.
Concord, N H, the Hottest.
Concord, n. H.. is nine degrees hotter by
official mercury than Washington. Bostor
is FIVE degrees hotter. New York one degre'
hotter. Chicago is three degrees hotter
and St Louis is sweltering in the same
temperature, and Omaha is hotter by IA
than this city.
Throughout the south. where the
Fourth of July picnic is q great feature
the weather is just as sunny. just as fall
and just as warm as 1t Is anywhere else
Washington, however. is favored some.
how or other. There is hole In the
heat right at this point, and when the
official thermometer said 80 at Concord
N. H, the mercury registered only 81
here.
To the roll Of heat prostrations yes
terday half a dozen were added today
before 1 o'clock. No deaths resulted to-
day and none yesterday. DR.. Charles
White. acting coroner, said this morning
that three sudden deaths attributed by
heat yesterday were investigated by him
and, in his opinion, the heat had nothing
to do with them
Burton H. Vaughan, 1914 c street south.
west. was overcome at South Capitol ano
s streets about noon today. He was
taken to Casualty Hospital. His condi
ton is critical.
Elmer Carrick. twenty weight years old
1910 l street northeast, was taken tc
Casualty Hospital suffering from a heal
stroke. He was overcome at "a ane
Virginia avenue southeast.
Overcome in the Street.
Tony Esteppin. fifty-four years old, Of
% jackson Hall alley was overcome by
the heat yesterday afternoon at Sd street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest. He
was treated at Casualty Hospital
While working at A street northeas,
yesterday afternoon Thomas William.
thirty-four years old, of 945 Maryland
avenue southwest, was overcome by the
heat He was taken to the Casualty Hos.
pital.
Annie Fletcher, colored, of o7O3 < street
northwest, employed at a laundry at 171(
E street, was overcome Dy tHe heal dI oei
place of employment. She was taken to
Emergency Hospital in the third precinct
patrol wagon.
Mike Mcdonald Of the Soldiers Home,
who was taken TO Emergency Hospital
yesterday morning from 12S Az street
southwest. suffering from heat exhaus-
ton, is In a serious condition today.
Frank w. Roberts Of 1853 Wisconsin
avenue was found unconscious IN the
rear OF 1916 NJ street northwest yester-
day evening. He was taken to George
town University Hospital where 1t was
found he was suffering from heat exhahs-
tion.
Women Stand Heat Best.
Yesterdays record Of prostrations Of
fers emphatic suggestion. a woman de-
clares, that women can stand the ex-
treme heat better than men. OF the
seventeen people overcome but five were
women, all Of them colored. The shop
ping district was alive with bargain
hunters and the market was unusually
crowded because Of today's holiday, but,
SO far as the newspapers could ascertain,
not one white woman was victim to
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