The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-04
From Coast to Col
Peoples Suffering
Is Intense.
TOLL OF DEATH
CIR O. S Dali
No Relief Is in Sight, and Hot
Fourth of July on Record
Promised-Ricamond Swel
tiers at SO Degrees, and
Crowds Flee to Cooler
Regions.

While humanity staggered and
painted under the terrific heat yesteS-
day. the mercury made desperate
upward squirt and touched ss degrees
as the high mark of the day. accord
ing to the official reading at the bus
reau on Chimboraso Park. Once be-
fore this summer-on June 23--that 3
same high mark was reached, although
the suffering yesterday was the great
est experienced here this year. stand
ing out in the broiling sun in Capitol y
Square the red tracing needle OF the
kiosk wiggled its way to 1o7 degrees.
which was the exact temperature OF 3
the street.
But even around % the temperature
failed to bring prostration, due largely 3
to the fact that people We're cautious
and that nine mile breeze swept in
from the northeast. There was enough
humidity to send victims down by the
score. ~
May BE Warmer To-day.
II the present gait is continued this
ought to be one of the hottest Inde-
pendence Days on record. In the North
Central valleys and throughout the
North Atlantic States the most severe
hot wave of the year is spreading It's
fangs. Temperatures were abnormal.
running up and beyond 100 in the
shade. In this city at s o'clock yes-
terday morning the therm ometer stood
at a. which was IL degrees lower
than New York. From o'clock on
it continued to rise, touching ga at
noon. % at r. NJ. and going to sS
little later. and then lacked energy
to crawl higher. Z
Warned by that Sunday perform
ance. people locked away from the
city yesterday by the thousands. Pas
Nal fha hoa las aN,
known hereabout for July 8. trains
for the mountains and seashore being
forced TO pick up extra coaches to
handle the congestion.
Fair and continued warm is the pre- 4
diction sent forth for to-day.
Renches From Coast to Const.
Washington. D. c.. July ga Fourth
of July more oppressive and sweIter-
ing than any for decade past is the
prophecy made by Weather Bureau
officials tonight, after a careful study
of the weather map. With reports OF
l0+ degree temperatures in four wide
~ separated cities. together with
score of other cities broiling in
temperature of 100 or higher. no hope
for relief could be discovered. Local
thunder showers may alleviate suf-
fering in some sections. but they will
be showers by blest chance, for no
indica iions of rain are anywhere to be
seen
The heat is taking a heavy toll of
death, according to reports, and the
suffering is increased by drought &
that practically has been unbroken,
except in the South Atlantic and East
Gulf States. where the temperatures
are moderate.
AT the Weather Bureau here to-&ayts
the mercury reached the 80 mark at 2
o'clock, while two hours later the bu-
reau thermome ters on the street level
showed a temperature of 107. There
We're two fatalities the first from the
heat this year. Nineteen persons. who
We're overcome. received treatment in
hospitals. and numbers of others were
given private attention.
Rench lO4 MurIS.
Louisville. Ky: st Joseph. Mo: Dav.
EXPORT, iowa. ana Yuma. Arz., were the
four cities in which the loi mark was
reached Boston attained a record OF
l02 the highest ever reached there.
like temperature being also recorded
in Albany. " Y, Kansas City Con-
cordla, Kan: Columbus Ohio; rerkerEn
burg w Va; Dubuque, Iowa: Des
Moines. Iowa and Fresno. Cal.
Fol the first time in Its history Hart
ford, Conn, scored zoe. that record be-
ing also eauaied a such divergent
points as Fort Wayne, Ind. Cincinnati.
Ohio Springfield, III, Harrisburg Pa;
Chicago. ST. Louis Indianapolis. To-
ledo. Ohio. Oklahoma CITY. Omaha and
Fort Smith. Ark.
Rockliffe. Ont. which yesterday held
he record with los. dropped to IS to-
day. along with New York. Philadel-
phia NorthAeld VT. Pittsburg. Lynch
burg. Va; Wichita. Kan and Grand
Rapids. Mich. Even Montreal and Que
bee thermometers registered 81. and
Father Point at the mouth of the st.
Lawrence River. boasted of %.
Tho intense heat was general from
coast to coast. except that there was
Rome slight moderation over the North.
western and Rocky Mountain States
and IN parts of the Great Lakes re-
eion There were scattered showers
in some of the Southern States. In the
Rockies and in the northern Plains
States
List of Dead Grows Rapidly.
New York, July S--The seSe OF OPP
pressive hot weather continues
throughout New York state.
To the maximum OF si,5 degreez
which the heat wave officially reached
here yesterday, three and half de-
| grees were added by to-day's MAKE
mum of 9S. recorded at noon. To tho
| list of ten lives which succumbsd here
In yesterdays torrid tide, az many
prostr ations officially reported ra!a up
Upstate points reported sintilsr sx0ESs
Il AT the Cornell weather u~Sf4tq<z~E13H13l|