{"id":4749,"date":"2023-01-19T03:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4749"},"modified":"2023-01-19T03:08:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:08:02","slug":"extreme-heat-in-melbourne-21-jan-1908-the-commonwealth-weather-bureau-reported-107-2-at-3-36-p-m-41-7-celsius-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4749","title":{"rendered":"EXTREME HEAT IN MELBOURNE. 21 Jan 1908. The Commonwealth weather bureau reported 107.2 at 3.36 p.m. = 41.7 Celsius."},"content":{"rendered":"

EXTREME HEAT IN MELBOURNE. (1908, January 21). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 – 1954)<\/i>, p. 3. Retrieved January 19, 2023, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/72806520?searchTerm=extreme%20heat%20in%20melbourne#<\/a><\/p>\n

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Telegraphing at 7.30 p.m. last night our Melbourne correspondent says : Hot winds have been prevailing all day. The maximum shade temperature is 106 degrees.<\/div>\n
The city is smothered in dust and tar fumes, the city council having put down fresh coats of tar and sand in Swanston street.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mae Robertson has closed down his confectionery factory, owing to the heat, and 700 hands have been thrown out of work.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Guest\u2019s biscuit factory has been closed, but the firm is generously paying its employees their wages.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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At the Stock Exchange one of the members tried to adjourn the sittings, but failed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mr. John Wren was obliged to postpone the Fitzroy race meeting through the great heat.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There were 14 corpses at the Morgue to-day, and the stench was unbearable. The Morgue is not sewered, and all the drainage from the corpse washings, post mortems, etc., runs into the Yarra.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Nearly all the metropolitan schools were closed to-day.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A cool change was reported from Warrnambool at 2.30 p.m., and it is expected to reach Melbourne at 7.30 p.m.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Rumors of a cyclone at Adelaide, and floods at Ballarat, were in languid circulation during the afternoon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Commonwealth weather bureau reported 107.2 at 3.36 p.m.; Gaunt\u2019s thermometer, 110 degrees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Two more infants, five months old, from Nurse Clayton\u2019s baby farm Preston, died to-day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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