FOUR KILLED
ELECTRICAL STORM BODIES MUTILATED BY LIGHTNING NEW YORK OCCURRENCE (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) New York, July 20. The hottest Saturday afternoon this summer was broken by a freak electrical storm at 3 p.m. to-day which killed four persons and injured a score of others at beaches in the New York metropolitan area. The temperature dropped from 90 degrees Fahrenheit to '67 within a few minutes, and torrential rain sent several hundred thousand bathers scurrying for shelter with considerable traffic disorder. The four persons killed were seeking shelter under a sheet-iron roof. One had just commented on the foolishness of persons staying on the beach during the storm when a bolt of lightning tore through the structure, horribly burning and mutilating the bodies.
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Southland Times, Issue 25342, 22 July 1935, Page 8
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