East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-03

Washington, July 3.-With down
town thermometers registering 1O7
degrees, a weather record for the sea-
son was made here yesterday. The
official temperature was SO and the
suffering was increased by the hu-
midity.
The heat record for the North AM
erican continent was not held by the
United states. but went to Canada.
for at Cockliffe, Ont, the thermome-
ter registered los degrees. The hot
test place in the United States was
Marquette, Mich, 10i, while st. JOS
eph and Kansas CITY, Mo-. Des
Moines, Iowa, Omaha, Charles City,
Iowa, reported 1O2 degrees: Fort
Smith, Ark, Louisville, Ky, Keokuk,
Iowa, Alpena, Mich, and Sioux City,
Iowa, 100; Chicago, st. Louis, De-
troit, Harrisburg, Cairo, H., and To-
ledo, Ohio, 80.
Fifteen Die I'm New York.
New York, July 3.-The advanc-
ing heat wave from the west struck
New York and vicinity with full
force yesterday, driving the official
thermometer up 10 94.5, the high
record for July 2. and causing fifteen
deaths and many prostrations. There
were two deaths by drowning.
Five additions to the death list were
made last night, swelling the total
10 fifteen. Reports of additional ia
talities i'm harbor and river waters
kept coming in until a total of nine
deaths by drowning was recorded,
One man committed suicide because
OF the heat.
1t is estimated that half million
people slept on the sands at Coney
Island last night.
The temperature went to 9S at noon
today.
o5 Die I'm Chicago.
Chicago July 8. - Twenty-Five
deaths superlnduced by heat, two
drownings and a score of prostrations
have rsulted from torid scorchng
day of the present heat wave. In the
weather bureau tower the mercury
recorded 9S degrees. But at the street
level the temperature officially was
registered at 100 degrees.
If Drown at Boston.
Boston, July 3.-Yesterday's tor
rid temperature tempted many New
Englanders to take plunge in the
ocean, lake or river 10 seek Tellel
Eleven drownings resulted.
A maximum temperature of 90 was
recorded. Mp prostrations were re-
ported Two deaths from the heat,
one in Leasington, Mass, and one in
Providence, II. l., was reported to-
day.
Frustrated I'm Toledo.
Toledo, Ohio, July 3.-Two were
prostratei by the heat here yester-
day. The mercury reached 972, a
record for the year.
Killed at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee,, Wis July 3.-Two
prostrations, one death from Satur-
day prostration and two deaths by
downing marked the heat wave in
Milwaukee yesterday.
3 Drown at Albany.
Albany, y. Y, July 3.-With the
mercury near the 100 mark high hui
midity and no breeze Albany expert
encod one of the hottest days of the
year Sunday. At midnight the ther-
mometcrs on the streets stood at So
Two drownings and two prostrations
were reported.
% ut st. Louis.
81. Louis. July 3.--Nowhere in the
city or nearby was relief to be had
yesterday from the heat A temper
aturc of 81 degrees was noted in the
government station.
One death and two prostration:
were reported, as well as a suicide
and two drownings, attributed t.
heat.
101 at Toronto.
Toronto, ont, July 3.-The ther
mometer at the observatory register
ed 101 degrees in the shade yester
day, tn highest on record. There wa
one death and many cases of pros
tration.
101 at Omaha.
Omaha, Neb. July 3.-The tenn
perature here yesterday and toda
reached 101. Several prostration
were reported, and three deaths.
Is getting hotter and no relief is II
sight.
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