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GEORGE MURCH. 



lii'orge Murcli, a well known resident 

 of tlie Readville section of Milton, 

 vvliere he had long been emphiycd as 

 gardener on the estate of Dr. George G. 

 Kennedy at lirush Hill road and ' Blue 

 Hill avenue, died suddenly of heart dis- 

 pise at his home on Monday. .\tr. 

 Murcli was an expert gardener and 

 farmer. He was in his seventieth yc:ir. 

 Mr. Murch was a native of England and 

 was born in Bristol, April 1, 1843, sort 

 of James and Anna Murch. He leaves 

 a widow. Funeral services were iield 

 Wednesday and the burial was at F:\ir- 

 view cemetery in Hyde Park. 



OCTOBER A WARM MONTH. 



Sunshine Was Much Above Normal and 

 There Was Little Rain. 



rni'sr.allv warm ami pleasant weather 

 rre-ailed 'throughout October. The 

 moan temperature of 54.3 degrees was 

 4.3 degrees above the average for the 

 month, and the highest for October since 

 1908. Last year it was 40,3 degrees. 

 The highest temperature reached was 81 

 degrees on the 6th and the minimum for 

 the month was .30 degrees on the 16th. 

 There was much less rain than usual, 

 the total fall of 1.53 inches being 3.61 

 inches less than the normal amount and 

 the least in October since 1909. In 

 October. 1911. the total was 3.01 inches. 

 A measurable amount of rain fell on 

 eight days and the mo.st in one day was 

 .63 inch 'on the 24tli. 



The total rainfall for the ten months 

 of 1912 of 31.33 inches is 7.0.5 inches less 

 than the average amount, owing to 

 marked deficiencies in February. .Tune. 

 September and October. There was less 

 than the usual relative humidity, the 

 mean for the month of 74.1 i)e'r cent 

 being 5.0 per cent less than normal, as 

 compared with 78.0 per cent in October. 

 1911. There was less .than the usual 

 cloudiness and 18 per cent more than 

 the average amount of sunshine. There 

 was less than the average amount of 

 "wind and the prevailing direction was 

 west. The maximum velocity for the 

 month was 48 miles per hour from the 

 northwest on the 15th. 



L. A. Wells. 



Blue Hill Observatory. 

 Xovember 1. 1912. 



