The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-02
MANY MORE DEATHS
CAUSED by THE HEAT
twenty-five Persons Sue
cumb in Chicago, Bringing
the Total to S3.

/
NEW YORK. July New York swell
tered today before a heat wave which
drove the temperature and humidity up
to record figure for the season. AT 4
D. m the temperature was 9l and the
humidity registered 63. One man dropped
dead on the street and scores were pros
trated under the broilng sun. while
thousands of persons neglected business
TO rush to the beaches in the hope of re-
| lief.
| CHICAGO, July 1.-The heat wave was
| broken throughout the middle west to-
day. General rains fell throughout Ok
| lahoma. Missouri. Kansas and Nebraska.
| Scattering showers fell i'm Illinois. Tenn
| peratures were much lower In the entire
| Mississippi valley
| heat victims. however In Chicago there
were twenty five adult deaths and forty
| two prostrations The toll OF the four
| days heat wave has been eighty-three
adults dead and over 500 prostrations.
During the same period eighty-tive ba :
| bies have died and hundreds have been
made ILL.,
| In the stoclyards hundreds OF animals
| have died Of the heat The losses are
expected TO reach S250,O0o. The highest
| temperature of the day was SO degrees.
COLUMBUS, O., July 1.-Two deaths
and four prostra tions. due to the intense
| heat, were recorded here today. Tbe
government thermometer registered 81
tered l02 degrees. Thunder showers
brought slight relief tonight.
SOUTH BEND, Ind July -Four per
| sons died from the effects of the heat
and another was overcome here today.
| Five died yesterday. the result OF pros
trations. thunderstorm late this aft
ernoon caused drop In temperature
e.,
CINCINNATI. July 1.-Three deaths
and twenty p:ostrations, from the heat
were reported today il. The nl number ber,ou OF
broke the record for the heated term.
The high temperature for the day was
| 96 at the government bureau and lO3 at
the street level Relief came at o'clock
when northeast wind brought thunder
| showers and the mercury rapidly receded
EThe showers continued throughout the
night. attendant lightning causing slight
damage,
BOSTON. Mass. July 1.-one man
and one woman died and more than
half a hundred persons collapsed
in Greater Boston today and to-
night. Victims Of extreme heat 1t was
the hottest day of the year. The maxi
mum temperature was &c. but thermom :
eters in many places indicated over 100
degrees The humidity was above nor
NAL
LOUISVILLE, Ky, July -Four
deaths resulted from the heat here to-
day. although a drop in temperature and
a breeze modified suffering. Two wom-
en- were prostrated and died later, and
two boys were drowned while in bathing,
seeking relief from the heat
PITTSBURG, Pa. July six dead
from heat. three drowned while seeking
relief in the rivers, 'and more than a
score OF prostrations marked the heat
wave here TO-DAY. Late this afternoon a
terrific electrical storm occurred. Al
least four persons were killed by light
ming and number stunned.
PHILADELPHIAsJ July l-rhree deaths
and numerous prostrationS were caused
by the excessive heat today. The high
est temperature was 81 at 3;i5 this af-
ternoon The humidity ranged from 50
nor cent al m TO II at s D. IN