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Show Hundreds Perish From Heat in the East. Chicago. Ten deaths superinduced by the excessive heat were reported to the police Monday. Numerous cases of prostration have been cared for at the hospitals. New York Summing up the results of the heat wave, Health Commissioner Darlington, in his weekly mortality report on Monday, noted an increase of nearly 200 deaths over the corresponding corre-sponding period of last year. Philadelphia. Nine more deaths were added on Monday to the list of heat victims in this city. This makes the total for the present hot spell more than forty. Cleveland. Ohio. One man died, one attempted to commit suicide on account of the heat here Monday, and four were prostrated. |