The Archive · 1928

Heat Wave in the United States

ix Deaths in New York: Shirt Sleeves in Law Courts New York, July 10.

There have been six deaths in New York City alone ws a result of a heat-wave under which the Eastern Slates are sweltering.

The temperature in New York at midday yesterday was 2 degrees in the shade. Shirt-sleeves are the general wear, even in the law: courts.

All traffic in a Chicago street was hick! up pending the release of irl stuck fast to the melting a halt in the centre of the road.

Reuter,

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