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Show HEAT IS INTENSE IN EASTERN CITIES i I SCORES OF PROSTRATIONS AND MANYFATALITIES. J Increase of Two llundred Deaths Over Corresponding Period of Last year. J I Washington. June 28. "The heat wave Is on iti last lap and tomorrow to-morrow will mailt Its end In the Atlantic At-lantic states," was the optimistic forecast of weather bureau officials tonight, to-night, j .The temperature also will be less intense In the New England slates and thunderstorms promised for the section east of the Rocky mountains will produce cooler weather generally. gener-ally. Scorching weather, equally as severe se-vere as has been recorded during the nine days of the warm wave, prevailed pre-vailed over the country today. The average av-erage maximum tomperaturo was ninety degrees, j Cleveland, Juni 28. One man died, one attempted to commit suicide on account of the Heal today, and four were prostratedJ The highest temperature tem-perature was 80 'degrees, but the humidity hu-midity was intense, reaching 89 during dur-ing the afternoon. Tonight the mercury mer-cury fell to 8. New York, June 28. The second of a series of cooling local thunderstorms thunder-storms broke with the violence of a cloudburst lato Ujis afternoon. Thero was a sudden drop in temperature. The storm was responsible for the death of one man und the Injury of several. ' At the polo grounds the game between be-tween New York1 -and Brooklyn was about to begin when lightning struck tho flagpole in center field, smashing the upper portion of the staff into splinters and tearing down the pennant pen-nant flag which the New York team won m 1905. In Brooklyn John Freeman tried to put out a fire which had been started by lightning In a pile of rubbish around a telephone pole. Freeman threw a pall ot vater on the fire and fell back dead, killed by the electricity electric-ity which traveled back to him on the water, from Jhe pole. Before relief came today two deaths were added to the long list of temperature temper-ature victims. There were a score of prostrations. The maximum was 86 degrees, but the humidity was great. Summing up tho results of the heat wave, Health commissioner Darlington in his weekly mortality report today noted an increase of nearly 200 deaths over the corresponding "period last year. Ten Deaths From Heat. Chicago, June 2S. Ten deaths superinduced su-perinduced by the excessive heat have been reported to the police today. Numerous Nu-merous cases of prostration have been cared for at the hospitals. The latest fatality reported was the death of Police Sergeant Bernard Bockholz, who died at his home. Carl Sommers jumped inlo Lake Michigan whilo temporarily insane. He was rescued, res-cued, lnit died at a hospital. A cooling breeze swept over the city tonight and broucht temporary relief. The thermometer was near 'the SO mark all day. An emergency order has been Issued to the police to allow men and boys to sleep in the city parks. The Salvation Army will take 25,000 poor children on a lake trip tomorrow. |