Boston Sizzles as Heat Wave Eases with Cool Front
Boston yesterday set the hottest July 12 on record with 88 degrees at 8 a.m. A west wind cooled the city, bringing relief as western cities drop 10 to 16 degrees. Officials opened Washington School roof for sleeping, providing 250 mattresses and nurse care. milk distribution continued and trolley traffic surged for relief.
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Boston Dairy Company
Moore Explains Hot Wave and Implies Relief Near
Chief Willis I. Moore of the government weather bureau explains the ten day heat wave caused by abnormal high pressure over the Atlantic and low pressure over the American northwest. He notes a recent map reversal with high pressure over Alaska and a drop in mid Atlantic pressures signaling cooling in the West and Midwest through this week and next. Temperatures are lower at most points today.
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Heat claims three in Haverhill as city endures deadly day
In 24 hours the heat killed three residents in Haverhill and left others ill. William Benoff, 67, died in his room. Ernest O Robinson died at a shore cottage. John Welch, a Togus veteran, was found dead in Hotel Savoy. A fourth death, James Murphy, resulted from drowning. Milk shortage grows while authorities clear Merrimack Street.
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Michael Riley
Hale Hospital
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Ernest O. Robinson
Merrimack River
John Welch
Togus
Wet Streets To Help Heat Sufferers In Nashua
In Nashua New Hampshire on July 12 workers from Pennichuck Water Company dampened crowders sections roofs and streets to ease heat for tenement residents. The city lent fire hose and the operation lasted six hours with extra care for houses housing the sick.
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Milford Man Kills Self In Heat Death
Pietro Ro setti a widower with five children, unable to endure the heat, used a double barreled shotgun in his mouth and blew his head apart. A stone cutter at a local quarry, he had complained of the heat to workmen and killed himself while his children were away.
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Deaths from heat sweep city yesterday
A series of heat related deaths were reported with individuals from Stamford to Dorchester found or dying at home or City Hospital. Names include Coburn Parker 69, Collins Timothy 60, Doyle John 60, Farren Michael Boston, Gimoni Matilda 22, Garvie James 5 Plymouth, Hampton William 48, Kelly Mary 54, Lyons James 21 with locations on Stamford Street Causeway Street Court Street Columbus Avenue Green Street Harvard Street Dorchester and Worcester.
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Dorchester
Heatwave Hushes Two Deaths in Worcester
Worcester reports two deaths and nine prostrations from a severe heat wave. At noon the shade temperature reached 97. Fred McDuffty, driven mad by the heat, drowned himself in North Pond leaving a note saying the weather made his head feel funny.
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North Pond
Ice riots erupt in New York over ice shortages
On July 12 in New York City, ice prices surged amid a heat wave. The Knickerbocker Ice Company restricted sales to its dealers, sparking a mob of about one hundred people at the Foster-Scott Company seeking relief. City officials ordered investigations and ticketed ice exchanges while independent vendors faced higher rates.
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