The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-31
Terrible Effects OF the Heated Term
ia louisville.
From III" Louisville Courier. 81

From In" iuui> willie tnuil"f -"l.
For several DAYS pas, T"I,hct has been
An ice .Lou>r COMPARED IL Louisville. The
heat has been 80 intense that citizens have
melted on the streets and run into the
sewers like water, before their liquid re-
main~ could be labelled mp and carried T."
their lcTcavci families in buckets. Be
low will be found an account Of some OF the
worst eases:
Our well known and popular icll"w-citi-
zen John Smith started from the United
States Hotel. corner of Fourth and Jciicr-
son streets. Ia 90 to WillardS. When OPP
po>itc the Trade Palace of Mills X Tyler
his bead dissolved and ran in streams down
over his clothing. lli> shoulders next dis
appeared in the same manner, and thcnll>
body. When assistance reached linn, all
that wa lett ui our poor friend was n batch
of greasy clothing, two shoes full Of grease,
and Il puddle Of human petroleum III the
gutter. William Brown and Robert Jones,
also most c>timahlc citizens, in trying I"
secure thrrcmainS oithcir deceased friend,
themselves fell victims to the dreadful
heat, and joined poor Smith in the oil pool.
On Tenth street, between Market and
, Main, Mrs. katriuc kuyplau>on, wife "I
the promincn, chandler, raSllIy attempted
Ia run across the street toa Hclghb"rs.
When half way over, She fell totltc ground.
Mr.. Isaac Lazarus, the clothier, ran to her
assistance, and found nothing but her
grcaSc-imprcgnatcl clothing and II bunch
of lair. Tie horror-strickcn man rushed
back towards his store, but Oh reaching
the curbinm he was seen to fall in the gut
ter, "all OF Il heap rs an eyewitness cN-
presses it, and Il dark, oily stream, cXhaline
intolcrablc odor, stole gurgling along to-
wards Main street.
Near the corner of Hancock and Green,
a beautiful Young courtczall, who is Tor
waS) notorious for wearing a fortune on
her person in the shape Of icwcfy and
~>atilI>, added her pint Of grease to the oily
tragedies that were occurring in all parts
Of the city. An earnest attempt was made
bv her siricndS" to bale her out, but it
was unsuccessful. Only Il few SpoonStul of
her was saved.
The driver "i'an ~icc-wagom, while serving
customers OH Broadway, melted in his seat.
The horses were also dissolved. His name
was James Chestnut. He was Il sober,
hard-working Young man, and had been
married only L few months. He leaves Il
mother, wife, thirteen children, Il mother
in-law, three ncighbors, Il hired girl, a
hlack-amd-tan terrier, to weep over his UNI
timely fate. About two pints OF his
remains were dipped up and sent to his
family. VIII" reside nj No. 81, Brook
street. He was only in his twcnty-tllird
year.
But the most distressing case that has
come under our notice is that OF Mrs.
Bridget Callahan, wife OF Barney Gala
han, the stcvcdorc. Mrs. Callahan lived
in the edge Of town, on Walnut street,
and was raising several fine pigs, which,
contrary to the Irish custom, She was EN-
dcavoring to rear in Il pen in one corner OF
the yard instead Of her parlor or best
room. At noon Saturday she took the
s]will-buckct out TO the pen with the intcn-
ton of giving piggic> their dinner. She
had no sooner reached the pen thar She
melted and ran into the swill-trourh. Bar
ury. who Witnessed the wonderful diSSolu-
ton al his wife, ran 10 where her clothes
were lying. lie Just had time 70 seize the
bucket and empty the SNill into the trough,
when he too melted away, and minglirg
with his wife in the swill, both were Swal-
low cu along WIN inc S'"p y! wv s'"i''h'
but voracious swine.
These arc hut few instances selected
from at lcas, 1 thousand similar casualties.
We are requested 10 state I" thoS" who
have missed friends or relations IN the
last three days that Coroner Gill has
ON exhibition AZ his office about ten barrels
of unknown persons who have hccn rom
yertnd TO LIQUID grease hy the terrible sun
heat, in hopes that they may he indcnti-
fled by their friends. They have been
dipped mp II various parts OF the city:
One Of the barrels contain n waterfall and
u patent cali, cy;dcncing that . II young
lady of the upper ten has dissolved her
connection with the things terrestrial.