The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-06
KILLING HEAT IN ST. LOUIS
RAIN, WIND AND HAIL IN MANY
PARTS or MIDDLE WEST.
schools Dismissed Bccausc Of Extreme
High Temperature street Gar
Tracks warped by Expanding Of Rails
IN Iowa several Killed by Lightning.

In Iowa several KILLED by Lightning.
Sr. LorIs. June 5-There were two
deaths here today from the heat. which
reached s5. two degrees lower than sun
dav, Which was the highest ever recorded
here so early in the summer.
Sigmund Bohne. 50. died at the City
Hospital at 22O p. NJ. after being pros
tra,ed at his home An Italian laborer.
while at work at noon. fell dead
Mrs. Herman Schultz. II. was overcome
on car. She is in n serious condition.
Charles Reinhardt was overcome while
delivering ice.
Two hundred East st Louis High School
pupils went on a hot weather strike this
afternoon. Miss Louise Vickers. daughter
Of Alonzo Nickers. Chief Justice OF the
Illinois supreme Court, was one OF the
leaders. Miss Nickers said: "We did not
strike in spirit of malice but because the
heat was unbearable." Prof II. W. Potts.
the principal. said school had been dis
missed at clock All grammar schools
in st Louis we're dismissed this afternoon.
The continued dry heat has damaged
crops and flowers. Farmers OF Illinois
and Missouri are praying for rain. but
they fear that it is too late to save the
small fruits
At Council Bluffs. Ia. to-day the heat
warped streets car rails.
Along the lower Ohio Valley in Illinois
and Kentucky the drought continues.
with damage to crops and delayed farm
work as the result. Swarms Of locusts
are also doing more or less damage to
fruits.
At Evansville. Ind. and at Alto Pass.
III. to-day many thermometers recorded
100 degrees in the shade.
Rain tonight ended the drought in
central Missouri. where there has been
no moisture for weeks.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. June 5.-A new
June heat record was established to-day.
when the thermometer registered % de-
gress. max ing a record Of ~ degrees or
higher for all flve days Of June 40 far. all
in excess of previous recodes for the same
days. Four Of the five days the tempera-
ture has reached 95 degrees. The month
of MAY was also much hotter than any
previously recorded. The first heat pros
tration was reported to-day. the victim
being DR. r. n. Madden. He will recover.
tNDIANAgoLIs. June 5.-Rain. hail and
electrical storms swept Indiana last night
and to-day. doing great damage. John
Power farmer Of this county. was
killed by lightning At Lyons Mrs. Oscar
Keller was instantly killed by lightning
Mrs W W. Shryock Of Fort Wayne had
HYMN book struck from her hand and her
hand blackened by bolt that struck
Trinity Church. At Anderson nearly hun
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steel construction. The lightning SEEM
ingly scattered into several such build
ings In some places whole orchards were
denuded OF fruit ant. leaves by hail.
CANTON. Ohio. June 5.--One man is dead
and two women are believed to have been
drowned In squall which struck this city
and Meyers Lake near here yesterday
afternoon. Os. Kearney was standing
under a tree when bolt OF lightning
struck IL.
! 'EAroS. Ohio. June s.-A rain and hail
storm swept over Preble county yesterday
afternoon. doing damage estimated at
many thousands Of dollars. Many build
iugs were overturned or unroofed Many
miles OF wires are down.
CLEVELAND. June 5.-Cleveiand anC
northern Ohio were swept by three storm,
yesterday which did great damage to
property Several persons are reported
injured \ deIug. fell in Cleveland
/ Louisville. Ky. June 5.-Electrica
storms which swept Kentucky and south
ern Indiana this afternoon and to-nigh
caused the loss of one life. much damage d
growing crops and buildings and in severa
Instances live stock were killed 10y light
ming. Reports from the mountainou,
districts of kentucky show that the storm
centr. WAS in that part OF the State ant
that many Of tine small towns are cut of
from communicated as telephone anc
telegraph lines are down. One hundred
Thousand dollars is "A conservative estimate
Of the damage
At Columbus. Ind. John Cant. who wa,
moving his IL VII when the storm came up
ran for shelter. but was struck 10y lightn
ing a. b. ran He was killed Instantly
Powerhois.'s and telephone lines are on
of commission all through southern