Evening star., 1925-07-08
HOT SPELL TO LAST
DESPITE SHOWERS
Promised Rainfall Fails to
Give Relief and Humidity
Stays at High Peak.

! The depressing torrid weather, which
yesterday took toll of two lives here.
/ prostrated a number of others and
| discomforted every one within it's area,
will continue through today and
probably tomorrow, the Weather Bu-
reau sorrowfully predicted today.
A light shower at . O'Clock this
afternoon, however. brought the ther.
mometer tumbling from 81 degrees
which were registered an hour before,
TO 79 degrees, and forecasters at the
Weather Bureau predicted that there
would be some slight relief today
| The shower, predicted for last night
and which forecasters hesitated to an
nounce again for today, will not, how
ever, bring lasting cool weather, 1t
was explained, because Ii is only local.
Low-pressure areas moving East
| from the Lake section were expected 70
draw cooling thundershowers here last
night, but an unkind fate waited them
| farther north and Pennsylvania and
New York are rejoicing today and the
populace there is letting up on the
| furious vibrating of fans in order
to get a breath of air, made essential
yesterday.
/ The peak of the heat came yester-
| day at shortly after 4 o'clock. when
the thermometer registered 9s de-
/ grees. stiff breeze, sprirging UP
early this morning, brought the mer-
curry down to rs degrees at O'Clock.
| With the climbing of the sun to his
perch, however, the thermometer be-
gan to mount without delay and by
! 1890 the mercury had passed So de-
grees and was still climbing.
| A temperature of SO degrees had
been reached at IL o'clock and at
i 12:40 the Weather Bureau reported
| the red tube had climbed to 81 de-
| grees.
Two Workmen Dead.
! The heat caused the death of two
workmen yesterday afternoon and
! prostrated at least a half dozen other
/ persons, but a round of calls TO hos
/ pitals failed to reveal any additional
casualties today.
Burrell Johnson, colored, 40 years
/ old, of 327 Clark court southwest. a
workhouse prisoner. was stricken
while working on District property at
/ the foot of Ninth street southwest.
He was taken to Emergency Hospital.
| but died before he reached there.
Coroner hewitt gave a certificate of
death from heat prostration.
William Washington, colored, "a
years old, 1917 Thirty-seventh street,
was overcome while working on the
street in Georgetown. He died short
Iy after he had been taken to George
town University Hospital.
George Cooper of 1850 Wisconsin
avenue fell unconscious on the side
walk at Fifteenth and / streets yes
terday, from heat prostration, but re-
| gained consciousness at Emergency
| Hospital later. His recovery is ex-
| pected.
Howard Willoughby, 1130 Bladens-
| burg road northeast, was stricken
while at Seventeenth street and
Rhode Island avenue, but was report
| ed not to be in a dangerous condition
at Emergency Hospital, where he was
| taken. James Russell 1882 Twenty
| fourth street, was overcome while
seated in his motor truck on Florida
| avenue. He was given first aid at
Emergency Hospital and later taken
| home.
Miss Susan Miller of Wilmington,
| Del. suffered slight attack of heat
| prostration at Fifteenth street ana
/ Pennsylvania avenue yesterday and
| was taken to Emergency Hospital.
NINE DEAD IN EAST.