Evening star., 1936-07-11
AH-Time Record of
100 Threatened
Yesterday.
Temperatures.

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aided rainstorm that caused a
10-degree drop after the Capitals all
time high temperature had been
threatened for the second time in 48
hours, the mercury today was headed
for the 100 mark for the third con-
secutive day, with only slight relief ins
sight.
The official Weather Bureau fore
cast was generally fair and continued
warm today and Sunday" Some
morrow, Forecaster Charles Mitchell
indicated, if local thundershowers
materialize in the afternoon. He said
ne expected the temperature to come
pretty close" to the century mark
again this afternoon.
Looking beyond the week end, the
forecaster saw nothing in the way OF
a marked change before the middle or
latter part of the week.
Generally fair weather and high
temperatures will continue to prevail
In the North and Middle Atlantic
States, he said, until Wednesday or
Thursday, when showers and lower
temperatures are indicated.
Reaching los at 4:3o pm, the tenn
perature yesterday approached within
l degree of the hottest days ever ex-
perienced here and broke the season
record of 104. set Thursday.
The intense heat took two more
lives to bring the total to five in the
Washington area aud added to the
list of .prostrations that has been
growing since the thermometer began
its series Of assaults on the 106 high
established on August g, 1918, and
equalled july 20, 1890.
Two Heat Victims Die.
An unidentified, well-dressed woman
and John Chachanides, 64-year old
restaurat1t einploye, were the latest
victims.
The HomsQ, brunette, about SIS
years old, d~d II an ambulance en-
route to Casualty Hospital last night
after she collapsed in the 3lo0 block
of ,Twenty-fourth stret:. Dressed in
a fiowered dress and orange hat, her
body was taken. tQ the morgue to
await identification.
Chachanides was stricken. with q
heart attack superiiwuced by the
Seat while at work irsxa lunch room
at 1909 l. street this morning. He
was dead when the Emergency Hos
pital ambulance Arrived.
The hourly temperatures this morning
were considerably behind yesterdays,
but about even with those of Thursday.
At 7 o'clock 1t was rs, seven degrees
lower than yesterday; at 9 o'clock, "a.
six lower than yesterday; at 10 O'Clock.
81. still half a dozen degrees behind,
and at IL O'Clock it was 80, seven of.
While the temperatures were run
ming behind, an increase In the
humidity over yesterday made the
heat more unbearable At noon today
the humidity was As per cent, as
compared with 36 per cent at the
same time yesterday.
At 100 Four Hours.
From 2 to s pm. yesterday the
temperature stayed at or above 100.
Then the mercury receded slowly until
it began to rain.
The z, 8 and 9 pm. readings were
90, "a and 81, and when the storm
unleashed the first rain shortly after
10 o'clock, the thermometer stood at SO.
The reading at midnight was rs. The
lowest point this morning was "a at
5 o'clock.
The Weather Bureau measured the
rainfall at AT of an inch.
The rain, which fell over practically
the entire city, was the first here since
July 4. At that time, however, the
precipitation was confined to light
showers. The last rain of any conse-
quence occurred June 80.
Outlying Area Benefited.
While Washington had the heaviest
rainfall In this area, outlying sections
of Virginia and Maryland also bene-
fitted. Good showers" were reported
in Baltimore, Richmond and Lynch
burg.
Traffic became tangled when
motorists who had sought relief in
Potomac and Rock Greek Parks started
for home as the storm broke.
The rain also drove to cover thou
sands who had taken blankets and
pillows to make their beds on the
grass around Hams Point, Fairlawn
and the Rock Creek and Potomac
Parkway.
While the storm did not bring .
sharp drop in temperature, the rain
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