Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-11
MANY DEATHS CAUSED
BY HEAT AND STORMS
New York and Philadelphia
Suffer, as Do Also Several
Western States.

NEW YORK, August 11.-With the
temperature reaching 10S degrees In many
parts of the city, New York yesterday
experienced its hottest Sunday OF the
summer. Humidity and hot breezes add
ed to the suffering. At 5 o'clock in the
afternoon the temperature dropped to %
degrees, and an hour later a ratnstorm
broke. accompanied by lightning and
hail, which did much damage. An un-
identified man was killed and ten persons
were injured when a tree was struck by
lightning at Pelham Park Bay athletic
field.
At Rye Beach Peter Kelly, eighteen
years old, was killed and Frank Morgan
seriously injured when lightning struck
an overturned boat under which they
sought shelter from the rain.
Despite the intense heat only one death
due to prostration was reported.
Seven Die in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, August ia young
woman was killed by lightning. a baby
crushed to death by a falling tree and
scores of persons were injured by flying
debris during an electrical storm which
swept over this city yesterday. Trees
were uprooted, telegraph. telephone and
electric light poles blown down: windows
broken and buildings unroofed by the
wind which blew at the rate of sixty
miles an hour before the rain. The max
imum temperature was ID degrees at 4
pm, and it was only two degrees lower
at 4 o'clock. Twenty minutes later
when the storm approached from the
northwest, it had dropped to - Five
deaths were reported as due to heat and
excessive humidity.
Prayers for Rain Answered.
CHICAGO, August 11.-Prayers for rain
in the parched regions Of the west were
offered yesterday in several Chicago
churches. During the services the tattoo
of showers on the roofs testified to the
bounty of nature in northern Illinois.
Many of the ministers discussed expert
ences Of droughts OF other years to show
the efficacy of prayer, some Of them Civ
ing authentic Instances when prayers for
rain were answered within a few hours.
Heavy rains through the northern CEN
trail states and the lake region brought
relief from the intense heat yesterday.
The rain did not extend far enough south,
however, to benefit the corn belt of
southern Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Missouri These states. which have been
baking under most extreme heat. received
no relief, and temperatures which have
stood around 100 for more than q week
showed no signs of lowering.
In Chicago, SO of an inch of rain fell.
Kansas City, Mo-, had no rain, and
Omaha only a little.
Iowa points reported a heavy down.
pour with considerable relief from the
heat.
Crops Damaged in Colorado.
COLORADO CITY, Col, August IL
Damage estimated at 100000 was caused
by a cloudburst last night, Of which
this city bore the brunt. Crops were
badly damaged. county roads were so
badly washed that they will require thou
sands of dollars to repair, and at least
fifty families were made homeless by the
flood.
Several narrow escapes from death
were reported by the police.
The storm swept down from the Gar
den of the Gods in a southeasterly direc-
ton. Dozens Of homes on Colorado ave-
nue. were flooded from three to five feet
deep and a score or more families sought
refuge at higher points.
At Fountain, twelve miles south Of
Colorado Springs, conditions are said to
be alarming Fountain creek. ordinarily
q small stream. is overlooking its banks
all the way to Pueblo, where warnings
have been sent to expect unusually high
water. There has been no loss Of life
reported.