The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

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Highest Heat Mark The heat of yesterday before the storm caused the thermometers to register the highest mark of the season, 9S degrees, and the resi-. dents appeared to be affected more than was the case last Friday when the 97 degrees was reached. Again the nearby swimming resorts were given heavy patronage. Only one near heat prostration was reported. Arthur H. Benson employed by the Butterfield Com pany in Naugatuck, nearly col lapsed during the noon hour yes terday. He was brought to the Wa terbury, hospital where he recover ed.
 | The Waterbury Manufacturing Company plant closed down at 3 o'clock because of the heat and several other offices down town closed during the afternoon. Bremen Kept Busy Bremen were kept busy during the electrical storm, alarms from all parts of the city bringing out companies. None of the blazes, all caused by lightning, was very dam- aging.
 The first call was for fire at the home of T. F. Dillane of S9 Orange street, lightning scorching several | boards on the roof of the building. The home of Patrick Cronin, 15 | Sylvan avenue, was struck, with fire starting in gable on the roof. Bremen put out the blaze and went back, only to be called back some time later when fire broke out in another gable on the roof. The dwelling of Captain Joseph Kelley of the headquarters com pany caught fire when struck. with damage being limited to some scorched boards. The home is al 50 Lounsbury street. Five companies were at the scene half an hour when fire start I ed as lightning struck the home of Frank Koulet, 292 Hillside ave- nue.
 Damage in State New Haven, July 20-(U.P.)- Thousands of dollars damage was done by a severe electrical and rain storm which swept Connecti- cut last night, during which three persons were stunned and a man was overcome attempting to save | cattle from a Willimantic barn which had been struck by light ming.
 Three churches at Stamford and another at Bristol were damaged and in several sections communi- cations were disrupted. Lightning struck a house at Ham den, injuring an occupant Patrol. man Otto Schott, Wallingford, wal knocked down when a bolt struck a tree under which he was stand ing, end Walter Raggoula, Az, ar inmate of the Wallingford town farm was taken to Meriden hospi. tai after he was bowled over while walking along the highway.
 The storm afforded only tempo rary relief from the heat. Temper. atures dropped as much as IS de- grees during the night but predic. tions were for continued hot wea- ther.
 Four prostrations were reported | Three persons collapsed at Bridge. | port and were taken to hospitals A Naugatuck workman was over- come.
 The heat was blamed for the death of William H. Jencks, Fl. re- tired Manchester tobacco grower who died during the storm from a heart attack.
 | Storm in New England
 Boston, July 20-(UP)-A freak electrical storm today had ended New England's latest heat wave. Death toll for the day was 10 Lightning killed three, heat wal fatal to three others, two were drowned and one man was killed in an automobile accident attri. buted to the storm. | When the storm started yester. day afternoon, the temperature was 91, within one degree of ths record for the year. Three hours later it had dropped to 69. Governor The eodore Francis Green of Rhode Island was show. cred with soot when a bolt tray. eled down a chimney of his Provi. dence home. At Westminster, three cows scratching their sides against a wire fence were electrocuted when lightning struck the fence Hailstones the size of marbles fell at Nahant and Lynn. | The dead:
 Daniel Roan, 17, East Boston struck by lightning on bathing raft at East Boston. | John McCool, 54. Dorchester, oi heat prostration while walking te work.
 Matthew M. McKechnie. 77. oi heat prostration at Biddeford, Me Charles Glover, 13, drowned ir Little Androscoggin river, neal Oxford. Me.
 Robert Barter, 69. Tenant. Harbor. killed by lightning a' Port Clyde. Me.
 William c. Clancy, 10, Lynn drowned in Flax pond. Lynn.
 Carl Roche, 37. Marlboro, killed when truck skidded on flooded road in Bolton and crashed int . tree.
 Ralph Lundgrsn. is. Worcester killed by lightning at Worcester
 An unidentified man collapsed in Dorchester and died before ar rival at hospital. William g. Jencks. 7i. retirss Manchester. Conn.,, tobacco grow. sr. Of heart disease during storm