The Washington herald., 1918-08-07
WARM WAVE GENERAL
THOUGH COOLER SOUTH
Strange Contrast IN Official
Report Shows Phoenix.
Ariz., 80, Toledo, l04.
MARQUETTE, MICH; DULUTH,
MIMI, LOWEST in COUNTRY
Forecaster Henry Promises Little
Relief for Two Days to Come.
Break Being Due Thursday.

Washington yesterday sweltered
famed. gasped and gave up In de-
spair OF relief and passed through the
hottest day of its history with fifteen
INTERPRETATIONS.
The Official temperature announced
last night by the Weather Bureau
showed that the highest point reached
by the mercury of the ofiicial ther-
mometer was 1os degrees. and Pro
fessor A ]. Henry. forecaster. de-
clared that mark was the highest ever
recorded IN the city since the Weather
Bureau was founded
While the mercury at the Weather
Bureau climbed to 1O6 degrees, its
lowher relative IN the sheltered cor
ner Of the weather kiosk at Pennsyi
vania- avenue and E street northwest
labored on and climbed to 115 degrees
registering this temperature at g..
o'colck yesterday afternoon.
Relief Net In Sight.
It wos hot Monday, and Washing
ton suffered. but yesterday was
worse by far and there seems little
prospect OF relief froIa the heat wave
that has the entire Eastern seclion
of the country pers2iring. 1t win DC
at least thirty-six hours before reIiei
can be expected, Mr. Henry said last
night. He added. however,, though
apparently without great faith in his
belief, that the climax OF the heat
wave was passed yesterday. when
Washington hot weather records were
alt broken.
There were fourteen hours OF SUM-
shine yesterday and the city craw,ed
under 100 per cent of all the sun
shine possible So hot :yas It % at
the asphalt PAVING of the dn n-nIow n
streets oecon1a so soft that in places
the heel marks of pedestr.1rs were
left IN II. The breeze u n truck the
crowds IN the street cars <eit Ike q
blast from a great furnaes Tho neat
rose In waves from the streets and
relfer rom It Gts rrae:h'IhS impos-
si6le.
Up TO midnight last night sixteen
persons had been prostrated by the
heat and carried to various hospitals
in the city. Those Frustrated were:
Mrs. Edith Hunter, e1s East Capitol
street
Miss Grace Luckett. Carolina Apart
ments,
Gus Elessol. OF Hyattsville. Nd.
Frank Donaldson, a soldier stationed
at Camp Meigs, was prostrated by the
heat and taken to Walter Reed hos
pital for treatment.
Dozen COlored Pr0strations.
Joseph Nell. of $40 MONTGOMERY ave-
nue.. northeast; Joseph Gibson. 92S T
street. northwest; William Talbot, 222
H street. southwest; Emanuel Church.
Ill, 1914 Valley street. northwest; HI
ram Opey. 1913 Fifth street, northwest;
Eta Dryer, 925 Florida avenue, north
west: Ethel West. 1888 Fourth street,
northwest and Isnnay Beal, 37l8 Pros
pect avenue, northwest; Harry Pipps.
2Sa6 Champlain street northwest. all
colored. were prostrated and received
hospital treatment None Of the pros
trations. hospital physicions said last
night are expected to result seriously.
Perhaps the one thing that made
yesterday bearable and prevented a
large death list was the relative low
humidity. weather bureau officials
said last night. The highest humid
ity recorded yesterday was at
O'Clock in the morning when IT was
IS and it was 81 at o'clock in the
afternoon. Temperatures reported by
the weather bureau last night. from
midnight Monday to ten o'clock last
night follow:
Midnight. IS: II noon. s6: . a. m.
S.: a D. m, 102; a. m, 81: D. m.
1o4; s a. m, 70; s D. m. 10s: 8 a. m.
90; s .. m. 9s: 10 a. M, 20; 10 D. M,
IS. Highest, 1o6; lowest, Ts.