New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-07-09
sizzling HEAT HITS
CITY and SEABOARD
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men Thomas J. Devine and Frank
Riley were busy scurrying them to
shady places for rest and GOODNESS.
George kopeck of 206 fremont
street was taken home after he had
been Frustrated while working IN a
ditch on Osgood Hill. After Kopeck
had collapsed. Foreman Devine call
ed Martin O'Neill, a medical student
who is working on the same job,
and ONelll furnished first aid treat
ment.
The men for the most part are un-
used to hard labor, having been re-
cruited at city hall from among the
groups of unemployed who have
sought work since Mayor Paonessa
opened up street and sewer con-
struction work for this purpose.
Many of those who lasted through
the mornings toll did not report Tor
work this afternoon.
Firemen to Provide Showers
To bring some measure of relief
to the thousands of children who
must remain in the city during the
hot spell, Mayor Paonessa today re-
auested Chief w. j. Noble of the fire
department to have fire hose turned
on at five points in the city.
Acting on. the mayors suggestion,
the chief made arrangements to
have improvised showers furnished
at McCabe's park. near No. hre-
house, the town lot opposite the
triangle near Allen street. the Small
ley school grounds. Washington
school plot. and the East street
school plot.
The showers will be In use
throughout the hot spell with fire
man in charge of each.
The United States Weather Blu
reau at Hartford recorded an Off
cial temperature of SO degrees at
. o. M, eastern standard time. The
recording thermometer is located on
top of the Hartford National lInk
and Trust Company's building. for
merly the Connecticut Mutual
building, at Main and Pearl streets.
Weather bureau officials said today
that there is a difference of 10 to IL
degrees between street level and the
level of the instrument. This would
make the street temperature in
Hartford approximately 10s degrees.
The hottest official temperature ever
recorded previously in Hartford was
101 degrees in 1904.
Trite expressions such as The
hottest day in the year" and stereo-
typed comparisons such as Hotter
than any da ylast year" were conn.,
mon places yesterday when the mer-
curry scared to point where the
ma jority OF thermometers failed to
register.
1t seemed as though to make uI
for the cold and rainy days of June
the weather man had saved up all
the accumulated heat, long overdue
and poured it forth in unlimited and
generous quantities all in one ire
mendous dose. Fiery, scorching heat
the invaluable ultra violet rays fol
which one pays high prices during
the winter. if one wishes to be sun.
burned out of season. poured dowr
in the sweltering rays until New
Britain people steamed and sizzled
famed themselves and sat in Tho
shade and drank ice water. lemon
ade or ginger ale and other concoc
tons.
How hot it actually was probabl.
no one knows accurately. Small pri
vate thermometers. graduated t.
10 and 100 degrees. were made
quate to register the tremendou
heat.
At 9 o'clock last night a Their
mometer showed 81 degrees.
At 1880 o'clock this afternoon tn
thermometer at fire headquarter
registered 50 in the shade At nool
in the sun il recorded 112