MESOPOTAMIAN HEAT WAVE
MANY DEATHS CAUSED. • A. and N.Z. LONDON, July 25i According to reports from Basra there I has been a record heat wave, which has j caused the deaths of many whites and j natives alike. All traffic is suspended in the daytime. The temperature in the t shade during the past fortnight has ex--1 ceeded 124 degrees. The highest recorded was 128 degrees. I,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17844, 27 July 1921, Page 7
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