The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-24
HEATED Term.
A Record of Fatalities
and Sickness from
Sunstroke.
The Fearful Mortality at
st. Louis.
Reports from Various Sections of
the Country.

Reports from Various Sections of
the Country.
The Hottest Season on Record.
ST. Louis, July l6.-Tbere has
been d slight diminution of the heat
this afternoon, caused by a foe breeze
with some invigorating qualities 10
it. Yet the mercury has ranged
high. reaching one hundred in many
places. The cases of sunstroke have
also decreased, there having been but
twenty two at the city ~dispensarv up
to six o'clock this evening, and but
four deaths. The scenes there, how
ever, have been of the same general
character as heretofore, and the four
physicians and their assistants in at
tendance have been kept very busy
administering to the wants of chose
taken there for treatment. The gen.
eral mode of treating the cases is ice
to the head, with showers, rubbing
the body with ice, and the admins
tration of such medicines as different
cases demand. Health Commission
er Francis is present almost constant
ly overlooking a%ffairs, and rendering
all the aid possible. Doctors Lude-
king and Robinson, the regular dis
pensary physicians, are untiring in
their attention to the patients, and
are ably assisted by their assistants,
Drs. Renick and Holman. Among
the worst cases treated this morning
were Gus. Gilman, a German music
ian. who was Frustrated on the street.
After an hours hard work he was
restored sufficiently to be sent to the
hospital. John Phillips, aged sixty.
was stricken down on the street and
sent to the dispensary. He some
what revived, and was sem to the
hospital. Joseph Brown, a teamster,
revived sufficiently to be sent home.
Mr.. Cook, assistant superintendent at
the Morgue, who has been on contin-
uous duty day and night since Fri
day, succumbed to the heat at noon,
and lay in an unconscious state sev-
eral hours. His condition was re-
cardeG as very critical, bat he was
finally restored to consciousness and
sent to the hospital. Ed. Newman,
bookkeeper, a very bad case, was
sent to the hospital, where he will
probably die.
The whole number of burial per-
mits issued to-day was forty-nine, Of
which twenty-eight were for persons
whose death could be attributed to
the heat. This is but a trihe over
one.half of the death rate yesterday,
The heat this afternoon was more
moderate, and to night there is a fine
breeze. which has cooled the atmos-
phere considerably. The whole mum,
Der of cases treated at the %dispensary
to-day was about thirty, of which on.
lv one died at the dispensary. But
of those sent to the hospital two will
probably die. About nine o'clock to.
night Doctors Povock and Rogers
practicing physicians of the city.
were Frustrated by the heat, and
taken to the d~ispe1sary, where they
were successfully treated. AT the
Morgue to-day there WAS the usual
scene. Eleven bodies were exposed
to view, and great numbers of PEG.
pie, men, women and children, lott.
cred in and around the building in
the boiling SUI all day, to crafty
their morbid curiosity to look at dead
bodies. If these bodies are not claim
ed by friends or relatives they are
buried by the city. Yesterday there
were twenty-six bodies in the Morgue
at one lime, presenting a most revolt
ing appearance. The heat has been
so great for the past few days thai
almost every one has become alarmed,
and hundreds Of mechanics and labor.
ers have ceased to work. A number
of manufacturing establishments in
the city are closed, and many others
are running on short time to ease
their employees. Several builders
and ~roofers have refused to allow
their men to work at all until a change
in the weather takes place. The city
has also stopped some of its public
works, or carries it on only at night,
in order 10 save the men from sick.
ness or almost certain death. Sever.
al livery stable owners refuse to hire
horses until shutdown or late in the
afternoon, for fear Of losing their ami
mails. One stable lost Eve horses on
Tuesday, valued at one thousand
dollars, ths others haye suffered SINH.
lar losses.
LEAyEswoRFH, Ks, July 10
The weather has been extremely bo,
for several DAYS, and fourteen cases
of sunstroke occurred between Satur.
day and Monday evening, six result.
ing fatally. The air is cooler. how
eyer, and the impression is that the
most dangerous part of the hot season
has passed.
DAY or TERROR.
The ST. Louis papers are full Of
accounts Of the dreadful ravages Of
toe beat on Monday. They say that
OF eight O'Clock 10 the morning the
mercury siocd at 900 10 the shade.
BY lba. hour several cases Of sun
stroke had been reported and Q mum.
Der Of patients at the dispensary for
treatment.
The ~dispensary has been hurriedly
fitted up as a temporary hospital, be-
ing provided with wire couches, ice,
medicines saa the necessary medical
attendants.
As the day wore Ga the number OF
arrivals increased alarmingly. Each
patient as be arrived was quickly
placed on a couch and ice and res
toratives applied, and when sufi-
GENTLY revived vas harried in q city
ambulance to the City Hospital or
bis home. At Ga early hour the
m st exaggerated rumors few about
tie city, and great alarm prevailed
during the day. Every hour there
Gang 10 reports of some well known
citizen wh6 had tssa stricken down.
PROMINENT CITIZENS LAID PRosTRATE.
Aboa. tea o'clock the venerable