Roosevelt Standard | 1927-07-28 | Page 3 | Heat Waves Are Sweeping East

HE FEARFUL HUMIDITY BRINGS TOTAL DEATHS FOR TWO DAYS TO THIRTY PERSONS stifling canopy of clouds causes i prostration in hundreds of cases case new york relentless choking heat continued its torture of the eastern states bringing death to more than twenty persons and making a toll of more than thirty tor for the three day 1 siege piercing a heavy stifling canopy 1 of 0 clouds and humidity the vicious solar intensity prostrated hundreds 1 taxing hospital facilities in many cities I 1 although promised thunderstorms which ll were expected to cool the burning area proved fickle the weather 1 bureau predicted electrical storms which would be more faltha and ulin rain began falling ailing in new york in the evening bringing a slight decrease in temperature the that a wept swept northern r new york and new england caused three deaths and great damage but brought lower temperatures only in the lake ontario region despite the promise ot of rain and cooler temperature thousands of 0 new yorkers flocked to the beaches again preparing to sleep on the sands it was estimated that more than persons spent the night on the sands ot of coney island