The Washington times., 1929-07-09
NOUN INC
HEAT LAYS
ONE Low
TODAY's TEMPERATURES

Apparently no t, satisfied
with the discomfort it caused
yesterday, the heat wave pro-
ceeded today to wrap itself
more warmly about the Ma
tionaI Capital, sending the
temperature over the 90 degree
mark before noon.
The. first heat prostration of the
day was reported between and 8
a. m, when the mercury was ad-
vancing at the rate of degree every
10 minutes.
The Weather Bureaus official
thermometer out on NJ Street crash
ed the 90-degree mark about 1880.
Just as the less protected mercury in
the Kiosk on Pennsylvania Avenue
was scaling the 9S.degfee mark.
1t is being freely predicted that the
temperature this afternoon will
climb fully as high as yesterday s
officially recorded mark of 81 and
the Kiosk mark of 103. II this Is the
case, it is regarded as probable that
many Government bureaus housed
in wartime temporary buildings will
release employees.
COllapSes at Post
The first heat prostration of the
day was reported at Eighteenth St.
and Columbia Rd., n. W., when
Andrew Lancaster. .motorman on a
Chevy.C Chase Seventh st. wharf car
of the Capital Traction Company,
collapsed just as he brought his
car to a stop at the busy uptown
intersection.
A call was sent to the Fire De-
partment and No. 81 engine COM
pany. located around the corner in
Lanier Place, No. 2 rescue squad
and the Eighth precinct patrol re-
sponded. Lancaster, who is % and
lives in the 24O0 block Pennsylvania
Ave. N. w. was taken in the patrol
to Emergency Hospital. Doctors
there said his condition is un-
determined.
Yesterdays highest official tenn
perature. taken at the Weather Bu-
reau, was 81 at $3.50 o'clock. At
the same time the thermometer in
kiosk had reached 10S degrees.
Two Die of Heat
Two persons died yesterday from
the effects of the heat and seven
were prostrated.
William Edward BealI, proprietor
of the Broadway Delicatessen,
Eighth and K Streets Northwest,
collapsed while working at his desk
and died before aid could reach
him.
Bert Norton, so, of Suitland, Md,
died in Casualty Hospital of heart
attack, superinduced by heat. He
collapsed in front of Green Gables
roadhouse Sunday at midnight.
Only two cities reporting to the
Weather Bureau here showed
greater heat than the Capital City
yesterday, Phoenix. Ariz., where the
thermometer hit 102. and El Paso.
Tex, where the mercury went to 98.
Cheyenne. Wyo., was the lowest in
the country, with high" of 5S de.
grees, yesterday.
Weather Bureau officials here said
yesterdays high of 81 degrees failed
to establish a record for July, On
July 81, 1926 they said, their ther.
mometer registered 104 degrees. Yes.
terday's high mark was equaled on
July 4. 1928.
. Frustrated Recovering
None of the seven persons pros
trated yesterday were in a serious
condition and most of them went
to their homes after receiving first
aid treatment and resting at the hos
pltalS to which they were taken.
They were all warned, however, to
stay out of the sun for several days.
Several Government bureau closed
down at 2:3O p. m. when the heat
became too stifling in the temper.
ary wood and plaster buildings
thrown up during the war. Clerks
working on the. third floor of the
Munitions Building, War Depart.
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