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Show HEAT WAVE ENGULFS TIE CEHilUtL STATES Chicago Reports 46 Deaths; Scores of Prostrations and Countless Accidents. CHICAGO, July 29. Excessive heat killed a person every thirty minutes hero today, according to reports made to the police and coroner's office. Heat prostrations were reported by scores, aDd acts of violence and accidents from murder to a racehorse spill were attributed to the high temperature. The maximum here today was 96 degTees. Lake Michigan afforded the only real relief, and it was estimated tonight that 250,000 or more persons had visited the various beaches during the day. Early in the afternoon several beaches ran short of bathing suits, and the crowds stood in line for blocks, in Lincoln Lin-coln park for half a mile, waiting for a chance to get into the water. At the Clareudon, the newest municipal munici-pal beach, one man was injured and about twenty more were overcome by the heat when a crowd of 500 persous tried to force their way through the doors, which had been closed because all the suits were in use. Twenty policemen were required to quell the disturbance. In an effort to cool the streets tonight and thereby make sleeping easier, Fire Marshal Thomas O'Connor ordered the commanding officers of all fire engine companies to detail there men from each company to sprinkle streets and sidewalks side-walks in every part of the city. This (Continued on Page Two.) HEAT WAVE ENGULFS THE CENTRAL STATES (Continued from Page One.) is the first time that such an order. has been issued to fire departments here. At that hour the total deaths attributed at-tributed to the hoat todav in reports to the police and coroner had reached forty-six, bringing the total for the present spell in Chicago to 130. WASHINGTON, July 20. While light wraps were comfortable in New Englend and extreme northwestern states today, residents of the plains and central valley continued to swelter under un-der temperatures which went as high as 104 degrees in the upper Mississippi and lake regioD, and causer! deaths and heat prostrations. Tj row the heat wave will continue : central part of the continent anl ' to the east, weather bureau o.. predict, ending the cooling etft ''Hudson, high," which has ..- temperatures alone1 the Atlantic for two davs. Thunder showers.;! cooled the'south Atlantic and ef states and the Bockv .Mountain r:. today, may occur tomorrow our Michigan, but elsewhere there it immediate hope of relief. . |