KILLED IN STORM
VIOLENT CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE BOLT OF LIGHTNING DEMOLISHES SHELTER United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 21, 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 the beaches. In the New York metropolitan area, the temperature dropped from 90 degrees (fahrenheit) to 67 degrees, within a few minutes, and torrential rain sent several hundred thousand bathers scurrying for shelter, with considerable traffic disorder. Four persons were killed 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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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXX, Issue 20166, 22 July 1935, Page 7
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133KILLED IN STORM Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXX, Issue 20166, 22 July 1935, Page 7
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