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Show HEAT CL 200 ill. ItFJ lUim NEW YORK, July 10. A light shower this evening brought only temporary relief from the heat wave, which again holds ths city. The thermometer ther-mometer registered 96 degrees, and after the storm stood at 80, and tho humidity of 80 was but little relieved. The suffering caused by the heat is indicated by the report of the board of health. It shows: Deaths from sunstroke, 200. Deaths from the same cause during the corresponding week in 1910, 33. Total deaths for the week, 1,754, against 1,472 for the corresponding week of 1910. The death list at 11 o'clock tonight was 18, while prostrations numbered over 200. BOSTON, July 10. Boston was not only the hottest city in the country today, tout set a mark tonight when the official reading gave a temperature tempera-ture of 91, a record figure here The highest mark of the day was 98 at noon, and the weather bureau offers no hope for tomorrow. There were prostrations by the score, while deaths were caused by the heat. |