New Britain herald., 1929-09-04
SEPTEMBER RECORD
 FOR HEAT BROKEN
Atlantic Seaboard SWeIterS- Water Shortage in New York

New York. Sept. t49 - Home coming vacationists longed for their recently deserted scashore and mountain resorts today as they sweltered in heat which broke all existing records for September throughout the Atlantic coast states,
 From Maine to Pennsylvania along the coast and far inland came reports of temperatures ranging from 103 to 90 degrees with small prospect of immediate relief. Rela- lively low humidity mitigated the discomfort somewhat and there were no deaths reported. Five per sons were prostrated in Boston.
 A maximum of 94.2 degrees in New York yesterday set a record for that date. It was the third day of heat wave during which daily temperatures above 90 degrees were recorded at Newark, N. J.. the tenn perature rose to 95 degrees, making it the hottest day of the summer.
 The highest temperature reported was at Lancaster, Pa, where the record for the season was equalled with the mercury at 103. Williams port, Pa, had 9S degrees. Other Pennsylvania points reporting new heat records for the month were Reading, Wilkesbarre and Harris burg, all of which experienced maxi mum tempera atures of 6degrees.
 Hot Even In Maine
 Maine. the Mecca of refugees from summer heat suffered spell of tropical weather which brought the hottest September day ever re- corded there with 96 degrees at Port land, 92 at Augusta and tempera- lures of 50 or above at other points.
 In Massachusetts, new records both for the month and for this sea son were established when the mer- cury rose 10 97 in Boston, to exceed by one degree the previous high reading of the summer. Beaches, usually closed for the season on aL- bor Day were kept open and state house employees were released from work early because of the heat,
 At Lowell, Mass, the thermometer reading was 93 degrees, one degree below that of Labor Day. The con tinued hot weather aggravated the water shortage caused by several months of drought. At Lawrence, Mass, the high was 92.
 Manchester, N. H., recorded 94 degrees to set a new mark for the month.
 Light rainfall reduced the tenn l perature somewhat at Burlington, Vt., after a maximum of 91 degrees . was reached. The shower was the 1. second rain in month there.
 Upstate New York felt the eXceS- sive heat with temperatures of 9' ! at Poughkeepsie, 99 at Elmira, and | 94 at Albany and Binghamton.
 In Toronto a new high for the | summer was set with the mercury at 1 A degrees.
 New York, Sept UP)-Dimin- | ishing water supplies and acute suffering were reported today as the greatest heat wave of the sea | son swept into it's third day in the | east.
 < Several upstate cities such as Beacon, Oneonta, New Berlin, GuIl- ] derland, Nassau and Hudson, re- | ported water supplies gradually | were decreasing. There is little re- | lief in promise as the forecast for l mosts of the east is fair and warm CT with the only precipitation fore cast for western New York.
 Thousands of New Workers sought | the beaches last night in relief from . thes heat During the day the tenn | perature rose to 942 degrecs-thc | high for the summer and q record . for September 3, There was a slight western breeze which gave a . little relief at sundown but during . the night the suffering was intense. | The Rockaways and Coney Islanl . were crowded with sleepers who de- serted their city apartments.
 Similar conditions were rc,ortcl . over most of the east. 1,te wave . extended as far north as Toronto. | Boston had q 97 degree temperature ! yesterday while Portland Me, re- . ported 94 degrees.
 Forecasts gave no hope for re lief today. The sun was brilliant . this morning and the air humid. | The temperature started rising at daybreak and indications were 1t . would approach the mark establish | cd yesterday.