Record Heat Wave in England

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 145, 22 June 1939, Page 5

Record Heat Wave in England

SEVEN GUARDSMEN FAINT LONDON, June 10. England is panting in a heat wave which has broken many records. Tuesday, June 6, was the hottest day since August of last year and the hottest June day since 1936. Seven Guardsmen fainted at a rehearsal of the ceremonial of the Trooping of the Colour. One was carried off the parade-ground with his head streaming with blood. He had fallen forward on his helmet. One hundred child onlookers collapsed, and ambulance men and police constables handed glasses of water and wet handkerchiefs to tottering Guardsmen. At least two persons died from the heat throughout England one day this week. Bathing-places, including the Hyde Park “Lido,” were crowded, elderly ladies who apparently had not swum for years appearing in oldfashioned neck-to-ankle costumes. At Weston-Super-Mare boys grilled an egg in 33 minutes on the sea wall. It was 132 degrees on the sand. Farms are suffering from drought. Some have not had appreciable rain for the past seven weeks. They have been carting water in Yorkshire for the last week. The heat came suddenly. London’s temperature on Monday, Juno 5, was 76 degrees, and 15 hours of sunshine, and it was still 73 degrees at 11 p.m.