Mercury Drops to 86 Degrees:
Only One Heat Prostration Welcome relict was afforded to a sweltering city when the mercury dropped on July 13 to a maximum!
ihrenheit recording of 88 degrees at the" Holy Trinity Cathedral and of 86.7 degrees according to Siccawei. The minimum recording was comfortably down to 78.6 at Siccawei and 79 degrees at, the Cathedral, The drop in the temperature was frst noticeable on the night of July 12 when people were able to sleep more or less comfortably for the first time in_days. Only one case of heat prostration occurred, when a male Chinese succumbed on the Customs Jetty shortly before 6 pan.
As predicted, the day was overcast and dark with intermittent thunderstorms and showers keeping the populace in a state of uncertainty. Heat lightning continued to dramafize the weather, while light breezes layed, pleasantly from the south.
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