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Heatwave Toll on City Workers and Poor in Midnight to Noon
A scorching July night and day sweep across major cities as editors, reporters, and workers endure ruined sleep and sweltering heat. Victims include a mother and child in tenement comfortless rooms, a farmer in fields, a poised moral figure aiding others, and several workers felled by heat. Ambulances, hospital wards, and fatalities multiply while officials and bystanders grapple with preventable tragedy.
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Slashitt
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Oenans
Sol
Sife
Ron
Bacal
Praes
Trust
Oll
Rotary
Jover