Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-07
TERRIBLE HEAT
CAUSES SUFFERING
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pital authorities and physicians,
hundreds have been incapacitated
for work during the three days heat
wave.
Rita Wade, aged 81, colored. of
Locust Grove, succumbed to the heat
at o'clock this morning, after hos
pital nurses and physicians had made
every effort to save his life. He col
lapsed shortly after midnight, and
was brought to the hospital at 1.30.
Joseph Rife, aged 33. a lineman
on the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad. is in the Harrisburg Hos
pital suffering from the effects of the
terrible heat. He was admitted at
11.S0 last evening. He lives at ola
Walnut street.
sherman l. Albert, 1906 North
street, a car repairer on the Penn
sylvania railroad, was admitted to
the hospital yesterday afternoon
suffering from heat prostration. He
is aged so years.
The List GROWS
Two men and a young girl, over
come by the heat, were admitted to
the Harrisburg Hospital late this
morning, adding three to the list OF
heat prosuations recorded during
the intense heat wave.
Walter Shippley. aged IS, Of 24O0
Reel street, was overcome while at
work and brought to the hospital at
$50. He Is employed as brakeman
on the Pennsylvania railroad.
Lillian Flynn, aged is, who Is em-
ployed at the Moorhead Knitting
Company, Is the young girl victim at
the hospital. She was admitted at
Ills. She lives at 1858 Market
street.
The heat il the Enola yards. al
ways intense during the summer,
was never known to be so bad as
during the last two days. Many mon
employed there have been overcome
and unable to work. Harry Bickel,
aged 3S, las Columbia street. Enola,
was brought to the Harrisburg Hos
pital at l145 suffering from heas
prostration. He is employed as a
fireman in the yards by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. His con-
dition is reported to be fairly good.
browns While Swimming
Intense heat yesterday was the IN
direct cause OF two deaths. The death
of Charles c. Bowen, occurred yes
terday morning and was reported
yesterday. The second death oc-
CURED in Roth's Run. near Middle.
town. when John Felker, 1S-year-old
son of NJ. and Mrs. John E. Felker.
of Hillsdale. drowned while seeking
relief from the excessive heat
Felker with several companions
had gone bathing at Roth's Run. He
was seized with cramps and before
any of his companions could reach
him he went down. His body was
recovered shortly afterward.
Felker was employed in the Amer
lean Stores Company in South Union
street since il opened up. He is sur
Nived by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John E. Felker, two brothers. Allen
Felker and Marlin Felker; two SIS
ters, Ruth Felker and Mary Felker,
all of HiEsdale. Funeral arrange
ments have not been completed.
Ice Shortage
With the mercury lowering
around the 100 mark to-day, many
Harrisburgers will be unable TO be
supplied with ice. The intense heat
of this wave to-day has caused de-
mands for almost $50 tons of ice,
but the United Ice and Coal Com
pany, supplying virtually the entire
city. will be unable o-day to nearly
supply the demand. Only two hun
dred tons of the frozen crystal Will
he available for the needs of Harris
burgers. Harvey DeWalt, general
manager this morning announced.
Heavy demands of HarTisburgers
during the present heat period have
LthtH dllOSelnNT the ICSCLNC supply
90 manufactured ice stored here,
and the only quantity of the aru-
ticial product that will be distrib-
uted in Harrisburg to-day is that
which is being received from out
,l-town plants. Some natural ice is
.-ill stored in Harrisburg. officials
f the plant this morning said, but
The labor situation is such that IT
'trnot be taken from storage in
amounts sufficient TO fill the deficit
hetween the amount demanded and
the amount shipped here.
Shipping facilities and the labor
situation are largely responsible for
the shortage in Harrisburg to-day.
Cars of ice are not being shipped
with the greatest amount of speed,
because of the pressure of shipments
for Government use. Not a sufn-
Cient amount of laborers can be Sc
cured for handling the ice.
Loaded Up" Yesterday
Sufficient ice would have been on
hand in Harrisburg to-day, officials
cf the United Ice and Coal Company
this morning said. if Harrisburgers
had not loaded up with ice yester-
day and had been satisfied with one
half the amount they secured. This
amount. he believed would have
been enough to meet their needs.
The fifteen "jitney'' ice stations
OF the company. located throughout
various sections of the city. have
helped relieve the ice situation in
Harrisburg during this period of ex-
cessive heat. These stations are
serving from 100 to 500 people daily
with the total number of patrons
being about FIVE thousand. An
equal number of patrons are served
(; ON wagons of the company.
Harrisburgers are being asked to
husband their supplies of ice as
much as possible in order that suf-
fering may be kept at a minimum.
These conservation hints are neld
out:
Put the ice in the refrigerator as
soon as it is delivered.
Keep the refrigerator in a cool
place.
Do not open refrigerator doors
more often than necessary. Every
time they are opened the cold air
pours out and the warm air that
takes its place is cooled at the eX-
pense of the ice.
Do not put warm food in a re-
frigerator. Let it first cool to the
temperature of the atmosphere.
See that the trap through which
the meltage passes out at the bot
tom of the refrigerator is kept in
place. This trap is liable to become
lost or broken. in which cases a
constant stream of warm air flows
into the refrigerator.
With oply one city in the United
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