The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
Conditions Prevailing Saturday
Much Less Trying Than
Those of Friday.
THERMOMETER FIGURES
ARE LOWER IN EVENING
Humidity Causes One Case Of
Partial Collapse, Which Is
Not Severe.

Saturdays maximum temperature AT
street level was 90 degrees The OF
fetal register by the apparatus on top
OF the Boston building was 90 degrees,
This is difference between yesterday
temperature and that OF the preceding
day of . degrees at street level and
degree officially. Despite the sllght
moderation, however, one case of par
tial collapse was recorded, that of Ed
Nesten. 1853 Mcclellan avenue. INC
mean relative humidity Of the day WAS
3S.S per cent as compared with 3S per
cent for the previous day. Although
the record shows only Il slight change
in weather conditions, the heat Tor
many reasons was not so oppressive.
The evening turned of much cooler and
the night was not unpleasant.
Early in the morning every lndlca-
ton pointed 10 another swelt5ring day,
and there was bright promise of Fri
DAYS record being either cqualed or
entirely smashed. At midnight lrl"
day the temperature as shown by the
needle in the kiosk was 20 degrees
The relative humidity WAS hoyerlng
dangerously near the 90 per cent mark,
having assembled 10 that locality after
a temporary breeze that brought rcllet
during the night AT > o clock yester-
day morning the Thermometer sank TO
Is degrees, continuing downward until
the figure 90 was reached at D o'clock
At this hour, however, the relative hui
midity rose TO "a per cent, where 1T
gave good promise for a while of re-
naming In the meantime the KIOSK
needle began to trace upward, reaching
90 degrees by noon.
One Is Overcome.
1t was during the sudden increase IN
temperature and while humid condi-
tions were so oppressive that Weston
was overcome lie was walking east.
ward on Fourth Solsh near Second
East street early in the forenoon when
he collapsed on the sidewalk and fell to
the pavement. Police headquarters was
notified. and Weston was hurried to the
emergency hospital in the auto patrol
DR.. II, 3. Sprague was summoned
Weston was soon revived and was Ia
ken to his home, where he IS none
the worse for the experience. No other
cases of persons being overcome by
the heat were reported, and cltlZens
generally found the moderation Of tenn
perature much to their liking.
With the humidity so high at noon
and the temperature slowly but surely
COuToluS upWaiu, ~ loO1NOu
another record day. At 2 o'clock IN
the afternoon the mercury reached 80
degrees, and at 2:20 clock it barely
touched the 90 degree line. However,
the relative humidity sank quickly as q
delightful breeze sprang up, and at 4
clock in the evening staggered back
to the % per cent mark. During the
rest of the evening the humidity
jumped back and forth between % and
30 per cent.
Evening Not Unpleasant.
Although the mercury sank slowly
decreasing from 80 degrees to 92 de
grees by 6 clock, the breeze and low.
cred percentage of humidity combined
to lessen the effect of the warmth. The
mean temperature for the day was
only 70 degrees, or degrees above
the normal line,
At the resorts the weather was, ideal
most of the day, excepting one briet
spell between noon and o'clock, Fri
days weather made itself so substan
tally felt upon residents of the city
that thousands nocked to Saltnir, La
goon, the canyons and other places
nearby, thinking to escape a repetI
tion of that days discomfort. How
ever, in the city. the hot spasm was
soon over, and during the evening and
night pleasanter climate could not
have been wished for.
The forecast for today is for gen
orally fair weather.