Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-13 | Page 12 | Electrical Storms Leave Death, Injury, Fire and Floods in Their Wake

El Electrical al Storms Leave Death Injury Fire and and and- Floods Fl In Their Wake Wak Lightning Strikes Persons Building Corners orners and Church Abandoned In Street Rivers Steeples Autos Washington Swelters Swelter in Great Creat Heat JEW EW YORK August By 13 13 By Tho Associated Ter Press Press Ter N rifle thunderstorms in New Nevi York New Kew J Jersey and Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut have e left death injury fire and flood in ill their va wake valce The Tho storms broke over the cast yesterday when wh n a wave ware of ofIA heat I A and humidity I M-I M I was W B at its height Street traffic here here her was para pan para zed I-zed when the th heavy hen rains caused the tho sewers to overflow ve- ve vehicles ve vehicles hub Dub deep In water left in the tho streets and subway tr o C was as a tlc tied up A washout on the th Long Island railroad disorganized on the system while two ot or the East river tunnels were ere flooded and the signal service In a n third was disarranged causing n a n complete cessation of traffic out ot or the station over the tho entire Long Island division LIGHTNING J G STRIVES Lightning bolts hit church steeples and building men were ere truck struck receiving severe at Travers Island And Stanley Carpenter 15 of or Ue heights heights- town town N J and Charles Charl s Poco- Poco FOCO 62 of or Windsor Conn were killed jellied by lightning WASHINGTON W WASHINGTON Au Aug n-C n U- U Y The Tho Associated Press I A A parched and sweltering c capital the second 1 hottest city In tho the United States appealed In vain aln today to the weather man for relief Warning that a II water famine threatens was DS I Issued by the dIs- dIs dIstrict dis district commissioners with a plea that citizens bo be sparing marine In Its lis use An official temperature of or 99 In Inthe inthe the Infrequent shade aggravated by a D humidity and ex- ex exceeded ex exceeded ceded only by that of or Phoenix Arizona yesterday sent ent nine nino per per- persons per persons sons dons sons to hospitals and many other prostration victims wore were Vcr treated by physicians drug drus clerks and pedestrians Tho The days day's casualties also Included two horses