Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Death List From Heat
Grows Through West.

CHICAGO, June 2s.--There was no
! relief from the intense heat blanket
ing the Middle West and extending
eastward to-day Temperatures con-
tinued TO hug the 100 mark. and re-
ports Of deaths and prostrations con-
tinued to come from all directions.
Official high temperatures reported
to the Weather Bureau were as fol-
lows: Cincinnati, Evansville, Ind, Pc
oria. Ill, Springfield, ILL.,, and st.
Louis. SO.
Two deaths and several prostra-
tions were reported from Milwaukee.
Spreading rails as a result of the
heat caused the derailing OF an inter-
urban street ear bound from Milwau-
kee to Kenosha. The passengers we're
shaken up. but none was seriously in
jured. Cincinnati reported the hottest
June day in the history of the wealth
er bureau there. The official temper
allure was 97Ia degrees, while street
thermometers were almost 10 degrees
higher. one suicide resulted from the
heat, while there were a dozen pros
trations. A store window full Of fire.
works was fred when the heat caused
a premature explosion
Thermometer Registers 101.
The thermometer in the Govern
ment kiosk on the public square reg
istered 101. Thirteen died from the
heat. Three were driven insane, two
were killed and five seriously injured
by lightning and 3S prostrations were
reported to hospitals The intense
heat of the summer In Cleveland has
caused the deaths Of 14S babies and IL
adults
Hammond. Ind, reported four
deaths from the heat in that vicinity.
In. IA 1ra.1 loo
| ids picked out day the hottest of
| the year. to strike for raise They
/ got It,
Dayton, Ohio; Fort Wayne, Ind;
| Davenport, Iowa; Cairo, ILL.,, and Cons
cordia, hans., showed temperatures Of
96. 81
All business was suspended for
three hours In Centralia, H., during
the afternoon because of the heat. Il
was the hottest day in twenty years
Sycamore, ILL.,, reported an official
| temperature of 101 1-2.
Furs Reported Farther West.
ray of hope was seen in reports
from Salt Lake City and Duluth,
where furs and overcoats were much
in evidence, but the chilly winds so
far have failed to reach the heat
swept belt.
Local Forecaster Henry j. Cox can
see no immediate relief in sight. In
fact, he is inclined TO think still hot
ter weather is ahead.
A lake breeze came to the relief of
Chicago during the afternoon. but it
was confined to a narrow zone along
the lake shore.
Babies Suffer Most.
The two days heat wave already
has increased infant mortality. Tween
ty-one deaths Of infants were report
ed and according to the Health De-
partment, this number is expected to
increase daily unless there is a gen
eral and sudden drop in the tenn
perature
The heat had no effect on the grist
of the divorce mill in Chicago. Sew
entyfive cases were heard despite
the fact that the judicial force was
short
Reports of almost unprecedented
heat continued to come from the
South and West.
Missouri and Kansas still were in
the grip of the hot wave The maxi
mum temperature at Kansas City
was 95 degrees. but the humidity was
great. Only one case of prostration
was reported. Southeastern Kansas
got some slight relief during the day,
but the rest of the State sizzled, and
fields was stopped.
Record in ST. Louis.
st. Louis reported the hottest day
of the year, the thermometer reach
ing 9S 1-2 degrees. Despite the high
temperature but one heat prostration
was reported
In Omaha, the official Government
temperature was 9S, but unofficial
thermometers went as high as 102.
s.rf,.
out the State of Nebraska, Valentine
reporting 104. No deaths were re-
ported in Omaha, although there were
many prostratiOns. Lincoln reported
four pTostrations, and scattering re-
ports from the State at large bring
the total prostration up to 20. The
weather forecaster at Omaha holds
out no hope of relief
Practically all public work was
suspended in Dubuque, Iowa, because
of the heat The thermometer was 90.
One death resulted.
Judge Discards Coat.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 2S-"There
is no use sitting here in the heat suf-
fering,' announced Judge James A.
Collins, as he went on the bench in
police court to-day with his coat off.
The order OF CoatleSs license will
continue in effect during the present
game with the temperature"
The entire audience in the court
room soon was coatless. The Their
mometer reached "a degrees at 2