New England Endures Heat Wave With Deaths and City Measures
Boston faced extreme heat with 26 heat prostrations in city hospitals and three deaths. Mayor Curley opened L Street baths late, deployed arc lights and sprays, and ordered city departments to aid relief efforts. Public spaces limited lounging, ferries offered free rides for families, and authorities allowed park sleeping and wading in fountains. Animals suffered as ambulances ferried prostrated pets and horses.
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Woburn Street
Lexington
Daniel Cowan
Bay State Street Railway
North Saugus
Wakefield
Lynn Hospital
Boston
L Street
Curley
Park and Recreation
Sewer
Boston Common
Boston Bridges
Crowley
Police Department
Heatwave Shuts Factories Across New England Hundreds Seek Relief
The heat paralyzed industry from Boston to Cambridge as mills, laundries, and plants closed or cut hours. Waltham and Merrimac Chemical reported dozens of prostrations while Boston Common crowds sought shade and fountains. Thermometer hit 103 on the Common with a record hot night and day.
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Angell Memorial Hospital
New England
Waltham
Cambridge
Boston
Tremont Street
Health Rules for Hot Weather Comfort in Boston
Health commissioner Dr Francis X Mahoney announces hot weather guidelines. Do not drink alcohol and ice water, bathe often, wear loose light clothing, avoid heavy work and worry, eat meat once daily, favor cooled water, ripe fruit vegetables cereals eggs and milk, rest in cool places and avoid sun exposure.
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Francis X. Mahoney
Boston
Hottest Manchester Day Leaves Two Women Stricken
Manchester New Hampshire recorded temperatures from 102 to 105 degrees the hottest day in six years. Two women collapsed from heat exhaustion Rose Genness 28 of 15 Third Street was rushed home in an ambulance after collapsing on Granite Street. An unidentified woman later collapsed in Merrimack Common and was taken to Grasmere County Hospital likely to become a mother in days.
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Manchester
N. H
Rose Genness
Third Street
Granite Street
Stark Mills
Merrimack Common
Grasmere
Heat Closes Factories In Lowell As Delivery Halted
Afternoon mail deliveries were suspended and many large plants closed due to extreme heat. Thermometers in parts of the city reached 100 degrees. People planned to sleep in parks again, carrying alarm clocks.
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Lowell
Heat Records Close Rhode Island Mills at Noon
On July 31 Rhode Island mills shut down at noon due to extreme heat. About 80,000 workers were released for the rest of the day as Providence logged 100 degrees, a new high since 1904.
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Providence
Weather Bureau
New York Endures Scorching Heat Wave Toll
New York records two deaths and nearly 50 prostrations on the second day of an intense heat wave. The maximum reached 98 degrees at 4 30 p m, the hottest in the city since 1911. Seaside relief flooded mass transit as officials warned of slow improvement.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Metropolis
Norton Defends Garbage Collection After North End Complaints
Joseph J. Norton, supervisor of the street cleaning and sanitary service, denied negligence in garbage collection after barrels were placed in North End streets. Residents in that area complained of great annoyance during the hot spell due to barrels of garbage remaining in the streets.
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Sanitary Service
North End
Joseph J. Norton
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