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Show oo HEAT INTENSE IN NEW YORK One Death and Several Prostrations Pros-trations Temperature 83 and Rising. New York. July 17 One death and ! several prostrations from the heat were reported in New York at noon ! today. At that hour the temperature tempera-ture was 8.. and rising. St Louis. Jul 17. A high wind, accompanied by rain, today broke the heat wae that has gripped St. Louis for three weeks. , Kansas City July 17. Rain in va rious parts of the southwest last night and carl today brought relief from the excessive heat that has prevailed during the last few days. In many places in Kansas the rain was accompanied by severe wind and electric storms. At Topeka the wind reached a velocity of f() miles an hour blowing down hundreds of trees. Llghtnig struck several residences in that city but no serious damage resulted |