Two heavy thunderstorms hit Chicago in the late afternoon. The drenching rain flooded the paved depression where State Street dips under a bridge out on the sprawling South Side. It forced a trucker named Mel Wilson to drive slowly as he hauled 8,000 gallons of gasoline into the city in a heavy truck & trailer rig. It kept Loop crowds huddled in doorways until just before Chicago Transit Authority streetcar 7078 came by. Then the rain ended, and No. 7078one of a speedy new type which Chicagoans call "Green" Hornets"was quickly jammed....
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