Heatwave Strains City as Thermometers Soar in July
A brutal heatwave grips the city with thermometers climbing past 100 degrees. Officials report injuries and prostrations, horses suffer on streets, and many workers seek shade. Two deaths, including Mary Askrem, are linked to sun exposure as ambulance crews rush through the heat. Weather observers note no swift relief ahead despite thunderstorm prospects.
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Transatlantic Steamship Movements Reported
New York reports arrivals from London and Liverpool with vessels including Minne ska and Messica. Cherbourg notes Bar- Daroses sailing to New York. Lizard notes Potsdam passing to Rotterdam. Bremen lists Koenigen Lise from New York and Cam panis from New Bremen making arrivals and passages.
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Record Heat Sweeps Midwest with New Highs
Heat wave bakes Illinois Indiana Iowa and surrounding states with 100 degree readings breaking all records. Prostrations rise as farmers report drought conditions and crops suffer while no rain falls in the corn belt.
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Heatwave devastates Indiana crops and causes casualties
Hartford City records 110 degrees with factory shutdowns as Mike Harrigan and Ethel Foreman collapse from heat. In Muncie, 102 degrees tops the forty year record, hot winds injure corn. Shelbyville hits 107 with Isom Kelly and Mrs. Harry Campbell sunstruck. Lafayette reaches 104 as corn suffers and prostrations rise.
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Hottest day on record hits several Indiana towns
CRAWFORDSVILLE and many Hoosier cities report record heat on Monday with thermometers showing 100 to 111 degrees. Columbus tops the region with 108 in the sun, while Kokomo faces drought threatening crops and Franklin records 106 to 100. Prostrations occur in some places as the heat bakes crops and daily life.
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Southwest Heat Records Shatter as Kansas City Endures Dying Heat
July 2 in Kansas City reports record heat with the government thermometer reaching 104.6 degrees at 3 pm and a 14 degree high earlier. Forty prostrations and at least 11 deaths occur from heat, with adults outdoors most affected and cattle markets swelling amid scarce water. Heavy rainfall later in southwestern Missouri and southeastern Kansas followed a late thunderstorm.
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Record Heat Sweeps Cincinnati and Surrounding Areas
Officials report a 112 degree high in Cincinnati with 25 prostrations and one death in Kentucky after a severe heat wave. Thunderstorms and a tornado like gust took down fences and injured a family near Fort Thomas. Topeka also reports three deaths and ten prostrations as temperatures peaked around 110.
Record Heat Smashes Midwest States Across July
Heat waves blasted Kansas Missouri Iowa and Kentucky with record temperatures up to 115 in shade. Prostrations and multiple deaths followed in St Louis Des Moines and other towns as farmers report blighted corn and crop losses while Nebraska and Phoenix regions see relief from rainfall and fires.
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Heat deaths and extreme temperatures reported in cities
NEW YORK reports four heat related deaths this morning as the thermometer hits 86 degrees at 1 PM with high humidity. In Sylvan Grove Kansas heat peaks on Sunday with the season’s most brutal readings, the thermometer rising to uncomfortable levels.
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Sweltering Heat Kills Ten in Chicago
Chicago reported ten deaths and twenty five prostrations from yesterday's heat. Today cooler temperatures offered relief with a pleasant feel though the drought persisted and signs of a break remained absent. One man driven insane by the heat also noted in the tally.
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Severe wind storm damages Naples. Henry Bryant killed
A severe wind storm struck Naples at dawn, blowing down several small buildings and crushing Henry Bryant to death. In Pine Bluff Arkansas James Holland aged thirty five prominent local figure and grandson of Gen James Yell died of sun stroke.
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Heat records across states as Nebraska and others swelter
Lincoln records 104.1 degrees amid statewide heat waves with one town reaching 109. Springfield hits 107 in the government thermometer and 116 in street shade. Leavenworth posts 108 with multiple prostrations. Metropolis records 110. Sedalia notes two heat deaths and 106. La Crosse hits 110 and Burlington 110 with a death and a prostration.
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Passengers Injured in Mexican Central Collision Near Montezuma
A serious accident on the Mexican Central line near Montezuma injured several passengers, with some expected to die. A Pullman palace car rolled beyond control while being coupled, backfired into a collision with a northbound train. Injured were Edith Pearson of Kansas City, Jessie Catlin of Kansas City, Lucy McCormick Carnes of Oak Cliff, June McKimmy of Oklahoma, Jun Camargo of Mexico City, John M. Duthie of El Paso, Thomas Hollahan, Thomas Brock, A. P. Parker of El Paso, Flores of Durango, C. A. Keeran of San Antonio, Jeff McLamore of Austin.
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Power House Burned at Wheeling Bridgeport Plant
Fire at Bridgeport destroyed Wheeling Tract ion Company's powerhouse and barns along with twenty cars used for winter service. Loss is reported at zero, with the company expected to replace the equipment promptly after the blaze.
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