Show GEM HAVE BAD DEATH TOLL REACHES WENTY WENT TWO AS TERRIFIC WINDS VISITS ILLIN ILLINOIS eight are arc drowned seeking relief from heat in water rains bring relief to crops chicago III eighteen persons persona are ara dead aud and nearly a score seriously injured was the toll of the heat beat wave and ensuing wind arid electrical storms which hit bit the middle west last tuesday and sauced its residents to await promised cooler weather with panting breath from the nebraska sand hills to ohio the heat was general Ke in several places it set records for tho the year and for june firsta of all recorded time then the humidity which covered the condral states like the proverbial blanket was pierced here and there by thunder showers and terrific gales mrs oliver dinkins 70 living north of florence an omaha suburb was killed in a severe storm which d demolished moli shed her home another person was injured and several other narrowly escaped injury sioux city iowa was the center of a violent storm which extended to eastern south dakota and southwestern minnesota seven persons were injured two probably fatally in the iowa city and more than a dozen houses were leveled by a wind that blew at the rate of 75 miles an hour for five minutes and which reached a peak of almost 90 miles the damage at sioux city was estimated at eastern iowa from waterloo to dubuque was visited by a less violent wind and electrical storm but no serious damage was reported two persons were killed during an electrical storm at des and two men were reported killed near wayland mo ito when the car in which they were riding was swept from the road by a high wind another wind storm swept over the mining district of southeast kansas and southwest missouri causing injury to several persons and property damage chicago had four deaths attributable to the heat and cleveland one eight persons in wisconsin sought relief by swimming and boating were drowned sunday and monday heat records for or june I 1 were broken in chicago and cleveland which had bad temperatures of 92 and 91 respectively while Det detroit rolt with 92 came within two degrees to the all time june I 1 mark early in the day a cooler breeze came to relieve Chi cagos millions thunder showers and lower temperatures were forecast for this his vicinity minnesota south dakota and nebraska reported that eliat the rec recent int iraln balna brought relief relict from drought of a few weeks that retarded growing crops |