U.S. Independence Holiday Brings 397 Deaths
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Received Tuesday, 10.§5 a.m. KEW ^OFK, July 4. The death toll throughout America for Independence Day weekend reached 397 today. Since Friday night traffic accidents haye killed 191, drownings 130 and miscellaneous accidents 76. A heat wave is accompanying the holiday. Chicago yesterday had a temperature of 102.4 degrees, Cleveland 98 and New York 95. New York's beaches were jammed with 3,000,000 people. Coney Island alone atfefacted at 1'east 1,400,000.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1949, Page 5
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80U.S. Independence Holiday Brings 397 Deaths Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1949, Page 5
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