Show HIT leas fatalities HOTTEST JULY 22 t ON RECORD IN MANY SECTIONS OF THE MAST EAST BUSINESS STOPS exact list of dead impossible to lo 10 compile showers are predicted temperature was at many points now new york tho the hottest july 22 ever recorded in most sections of tho the east cast passed with long promised cooling showers still only a hope As the trend of summers most intense heat wave drew to a close it left in its wake a record ot of offices an plants closes ot of men and women prostrated at their work and on oil the streets of among crowds that surged to seaside and lake front of both animals lind and humans demented by the scorching weather although suffering was intense wednesday temperatures were generally several points higher thursday records ot of were unusual and scattered before but on thursday such tempera a lures became the rule rather than the exception from all the reports of prostrations prost rations suicides deaths of persons already ill all to some extent attributed to the weather it was impossible to compile any accurate list of deaths tor for which tile the heat could be held directly and solely responsible in various places in now new york now new england and pennsylvania stores arid and industrial plants closed their doors so that the employees might seek what relief relict was possible now york city experienced its hottest july 22 since the weather bureau has been in operation after a rushing start with a 10 degree rise in three hours in the morning the mercury reached 97 degrees at 3 |