The sun., 1918-07-23
HEAT CLOSE TO 100;
SDIE;; II STRICKEN
Official Mercury Goes to 81;
Hottest July p on Record
Since 1871.
HUMIDITY IS MERCIFUL
Lieut.. Culver Finds Warmth as
Fierce 5000 Feet in Sky
as on the Ground.

There was no refuge from the tropical
wave that continued yesterday. making
the heat demons vbrate over the graf
inge OF the town. Down on the side
walks between the tallest and hottest
walls the mercury aspired to the hum
sun was shining on the bulb. Away
up at 5000 feet above the level OF the
sea. which was also ardent, Lieut.. Gull
yer of the aerial mail service. who
landed at Belmont Park after a nifty
eight minute flight from Philadelphia,
found the heat just about as fierce as
II was on the ground.
Up on the top OF the whitehall Build
ing, 414 feet above the steaming side
walk, Meteorological James II. Scarr re-
ported that he had nothing on the plain
man at the bottom of the canyons as
his official thermometer registered "a
at o'clock yesterday afternoon and
had been fuctuatihg between that fig-
ure and 90 for Ave supersunny hours.
No July 20 I'm the official history OF
weather hereabout has been so hot as
yesterday since 1871. But II might have
been worse. That is. the humidity
Enthusiastically remained far under
the normal, between 80 and SO per cent.
while the mercury was doing Its loftiest
stunt.
Hope for showers 10 Small.
Mr.. Scarf said that an unusually large
colony Of calorics had been sent adrift
| in the c!rcurnambient and that they were
| doing business like efficiency experts
from the Rocky Mountains to the Allan
| tic coast. They did not depend entirely
on the sunshine to work in. for 1t had
been noted that all OF the State Of Penn
sylvania except a small southwesterly
section had a record of 30 after sunset
| on Monday and yesterday. The hope
| OF showers, which Mr.. Scarr feared was
| small was the only thing optimistic he
had on tap for this day.
Three deaths attributed to the heat oc-
CURED in Brooklyn. Mrs. Alice Delaney
while working in a chemical factory al
Greenpolnt, was overcome and died be
| fore the arrival of an ambulance sur
geon. Annie Allen. found dead In bee
| by her sister at SO Fourth place. also
was a victim OF the heat. according tt
the Brooklyn Hospital surgeon sum
|
Brown, an infant. who died In he
| mothers arms while returning to hel
home In Beach lane. Coney Island.
There were five prostrations In Brook
| Ign and six in Manhattan requiring hos
pital attention.
PhRnix Rises to 1O4 Degrees.
| The hottest place in the country yes
| terlay was Phoenix. Ariz.. which Away
has large quantity Of parched ashes t.
rise from and which hit/the mercuria
rafters with 104 in the shade. Ever
Albany got up to 100: Philadelphia ant
| Washington scored 96. 1t was might,
| pleasant on the Pacific coast. Sesttlei
ocean breezes blowing the mercury dow
the tube to So. CALIFORNIA; sea from
| also had pleasant weather.
| When the nocturnal prophet was pre-
pairing to come down out OF the sky a
II o'clock last night he said the ten
perature was IS and the humidity SO
| remarking That both had gone up liz tn
hour preceding because of the cppres
sive blanket OF clouds hanging over tn
city. He added that to-day might be
| scorcher