The Fervent Heat Seems to Gather Strength With Each Succeeding Day.
CENTURY MARK AGAIN LEFT BEHIND.
Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana and Ohio Appear to Be Covered by the Hot Blanket—Deaths and Prostrations Numerous.
St. Louis, July 23.—Monday will go on record as the hottest day in St. Louis up to date.
At 11 o’clock the mercury stood at 102 degrees on top of the federal building, and was climbing at the rate of two degrees an hour.
At noon it registered 105 degrees and gradually climbed to 107 by the official thermometer, while street readings showed as high as 110.
The heat belt covers a radius around St. Louis of 100 miles. St. Louis is almost the central point.
About three o’clock in the afternoon St. Louisans experiences a veritable hot wave, lasting several minutes. It seemed as though the doors of the nether regions had been thrown open and a hot blast emitted that seemed to almost blister everything it came in contact with. As on Sunday, night brought little relief and sleep was almost out of the question. The protracted hot spell is having a depressing effect, and much illness, especially among the aged, is resulting.