New Britain herald., 1928-08-04
EAST SWELTERS IN
 HEAT; LIVES LOST
Rhode Island Town Reports
 Temperature Of t02
TWO DIE IN NEW YORK

0eVcfal Lose Lives Dy UfOWninS-
 West Suffers Equally With East
 But Gets Thunder Storms to
 Break Wave.
 New York, Aug 4.-lR-The At lantic seaboard states today were sweltering in the third day of a heat wave that already has taken severl lives and caused numerous proetra- tions.
 In New York city two deaths oc- curerd directly attributable to the heat; in Boston and vicinity three: in Providence. R. l., two and in Erie, Pa., one.
 Several persons lost their lives through drowning in attempts to escape intensive heat, while light ming was responsible for others.
 The highest. temperature in the east was reported from Limerock. R. l., where the thermometer recorded loe degrees. New York had a high mark of 90. Philadelphia e3. Trenton, N. J., 94 and Boston 95. The humidity at New York was s4 at a. m. and remained high throughout the day.
 storms in upstate New York and in Connecticut caused much damage but did little to relieve the heat.
 Thousands of dollars damage was caused by thunderstorm at Am sterdam, N. Y., and the light and power service of Waterbury, Conn, was demoralized when lightning struck a high tension power line during severe thunderstorm.
 A mill was forced to close down at Springfield, Mass. because of the heat and many business houses throughout the east closed early to allow their employees to seek relief at their homes or at the beaches.
 Storms Occur
 Chicago. Aug 4.-tP-A two-day torrid spell that took 20 lives has c'Sh pdi'iS DlohNu III tilS lllIuult- west by violent thunder storms.
 The relief was more damaging than the heat in the vicinity of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Mich, where high winds that acom- panied yesterdays late afternoon storm unroofed some buildings and felied trees and poles.
 A temperature of 24 degrees, the highest of the year in Chicago, was recorded at p. m. yesterday. to be followed within a few minutes by dounpour which had washed the mercury down into the upper sixties early today.
 Drownings and heat prostrations accounted for most of the deaths in Chicago. There was one death by electrocution during last nights thunderstorm.
 The heat was general throughout the entire midwest, Ohio. Missouri, Indiana and Michigan reporting temperatures in the nineties. Most of the resort sections, filled with va cationers hunting surcease from tor ridity. had their share of heat, ex- cept in Northern Michigan. Wiscon- sin and Minnesota. where tempera- lures were moderate.
 Today's forecast was for thunder storms over much of the forecast area, and cooler weather,
 Girl Killed
 Toronto, Ont. Aug. P)-A fif- | teen year old girl was killed and a | woman injured by lightning last | night in Toronto's worst electrical storm Of the year. Power and tele- 1 phone lines were damaged. and l three persons were injured in acci- l dents attributed to the storm.
 Eleven buildings. including St. | Michael's cathedral and a hydro ! electric sub station. were struck by | lightning. Damage to the power 1 station plunged the entire east end i of the city into darkness and halted 1 street car traffic in that section.
 The rural districts reported heavy l crop damage. houses and trees | struck by lightning. power houses and roads inundated.
 Dorothy Kennedy. Is. of Dixie | was killed by lightning while stand ing oil ladder in her fathers barn. Mrs. Charles Good who lives across the street from the Kennedy's was struck while closing a window The 1 bolt burned her left arm leaving it partly paralyZed and rendered her speeches.. Her eyesight was also affected. She will recover. her doc tor said, but her speech and sight will be impaired