MUCH SUFFERING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 175, 27 July 1939, Page 11

MUCH SUFFERING.

HEAT AND DROUGHT. Serious Plight Of Nine States In America. FOREST FIRES BAGING. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 26. Nine States, including . New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with a quainter of the nation's population, and probably the largest proportion of mixed farming areas, are undergoing a heat wave and three months' drought, exceeding , the records for 60 years. Irreparable damage has been done to crops, and the milk supply has dropped seriously, due to the lack of pasture. Water supplies in many communities are exhausted, and forest fires are raging over wide areas, Xew York alone reporting over 40. Only heavy rain almost immediately can save the area from almost total crop losses. Heat-ridden cities have been the scene | of acute suffering with considerable loss j of life, particularly through drowning at the beaches, which are crowded by millions seeking relief. Ontario is similarly affected by heat and drought. Five children have been drowned in the province.