The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-03
Coatless and Collarless Citi-
zens, Mopping Dripping
Brows, Expect to Be Fried
to Death Soon.
SUNDAY THE HOTTEST
DAY OF THE SEASON
Mercury in One Thermome-
ter Revolts and Breaks the
Tube-Street Department
Gang Refuses to Work.

Sunday was the hottest day of the
year in Richmond and vicinity, the Of
ficial records at the government sta
ton. east of the city, recording 9S de-
grees as the maximum. But govern
ment station, was a cool, delightful
spot in comparison to the down town
district of Richmond. The heat from
the fierce sun rays was intensified by
the reflection from the streets and at
5 o'clock Sunday afternoon, at the cor
ner of Eighth and Main streets,
thermometer, in the shade of an avn
ing, registered 104 degrees. Painting
citizens gloomily gazed at this ther-
mometer. then realized more keeniy
how hot it was, intensifying their suf-
ferings twofold.
Those citizens who did not lounge
about their homes in abbreviated cos
tunes all day hurried to the country
only to find it was just about as hot
on the rural routes as it was in the
city.
Glen Miller Crowded.
Glen Miller park was filled with
sweltering humanity throughout the
day and until late at night. The su;try
atmosphere Sunday night was so op-
pressive that hundreds of people slept
on their back porches or in their back
yards. Physicians say there is con-
siderable illness as a result of the in
tense heat, but SO far as known there
were no prostrations Sunday.
Old Sol cut loose again today with
his fierce heat bombardment and this
hour Sunday. Government reports do
not promise immediate relief from the
hot wave, which is general throughout
the country.
In this section of the state rain is
badly needed as the heat has had a
bad effect on the crops and farmers
are apprehensive for their welfare If
the hot wave continues much longer.
One Mercury Revolts.
| Sunday at the Auto station, between
Fourth and Fifth streets on Main, a
| thermometer after the mercury climb
ed as high as it could get burst through
the tube. The mercury in three other
thermometers on North Fifth street,
near the city hall, climbed as far as
| possible, but did not spill out
| An ordinary thermometer will burst
at about 125 degrees.
| Street Commissioner Gem is having
great deal of trouble keeping men at
work on the streets. Frank Neuchter,
65 years old, member of the street
department, was slightly prostrated on
Saturday, while working On South A
street His condition, while not seri-
Gus, is keeping him at home.
| Gem says the men are not able to
do more than two-thirds of a days
work at present. The entire force
| was put on the hummer" Saturday.
| While unloading stone from a car near
| an ice house, one of the men suggest
! ed ice water. After the gang of twen-
ty men had drank considerable ice wa
| ter they were ready to quit work.
Burned Their Feet.
! The floor of the car, especially the
| iron parts. was so hot that the men
| had to work in shifts, to keep from
burning their shoes. 1t was almost i'm
/ possible to climb into the cars without
using gloves, according to Gem. That
there was not prostration is ceGsid-
| cred remarkable.
| At the municipal light plant, yester-
| day the thermometer stood about 10
| in the engine room. This morning,
! that temperature was maintained in
/! the engine and boiler rooms, while in
F.. the other parts of the plant, which is
about the temperature of the river
valley the mercury stood at los de-
, grees. II is thought the temperature
will exceed this today.
| Mayor Zimmerman presided over
police court in his shirt sleeves this
morning, and the board OF works met
coatless, vestless, and coilarless.