With regard to statements which have appeared in Shanghai to the effect that an unofficial forecast by Siccawei predicted a rise of tempera ture to tremendous heights during the summer coming, Father Gherai branded these stalerments as utterly Fidiculous, saying that it is completely impossible to make any forecasts £0 far ahead.
Questioned as to his opinion on the subject he was non-committal. Asked as to the possibility of the all time record of 1029. degrees Fahrenheit being broken during the summer he saic "T hope not, but who knows?"
Three Foreign Deaths Meanwhile deaths in the city caused by the heat wave continue daily. In the course of the last two days, three more foreigners died from the effects Jot the heat. On Tuesday, Capt. BIN. Halvorsen, of the San Peh Steam Navigation Ca. was found dead at his apartment in Hongkew. The cause of his death was described as heart failure induced by thgshest. "He was only 44 years old and a Norwegian subject, Late Tuesday evening Mr. Herbert Faweett of Messrs. Butterfield Swire died in hospital after treatment for three days for sunstroke. Another foreign death was yesterday, that of Pte. Murrell of the 2nd Worcestershires.
The Chinese Summer Diseases Hospital had little respite, however, further 250 cases being admitted suffering from summer diseases, out lof which one died.
Friday Siccawei_Observatory recorded a tempera ture of 959 degrees Fahrenheir, almost seven degrees under the Jmaximum for the week preceding. Holy Trinity Cathedral was nearly {two degrees lower, their thermometfers registering 94 degrees.
The largest hospital for summer: diseases, the Summer Diseases Bos pital in''Tibet Road, reported a great drop in admittances on Friday,.although 220 still had to be treated.
Two deaths occurred in the hospital. Fire Brigade calls were a mere handful compared to a few days before, only nine being received. Three lof these were for heatstroke, two {foreigners and one Chinese requiring their services, No fatalities occurred [among the three.
Casualties Fall Of With only a slight fnerease in temperature over Friday, on Saturday saw Shanghai returning almost. to normal. Hospitals reported a great decrease in the number of summer [diseases admitted during the day, the Summer Diseases Hospital, Tibet Road, handing ess than 200 cases, 161 to be exact, for the first time in nearly Jo fortnight. One death occurred in the hospital.
Fire Brigade ambulance services are gradually easing to a normal day's work, o= Saturday" as only twelve calls were made on them, with Jonly one heatstroke case.
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