St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-19
Fatal Esectg of Heat at the West.
rpRRIBLE SCENES AT ST. LOUIS.


The intense heat of the past week a,
ST. Louis increased one or two degrees
daily up to Tuesday, and became reailS
frightfnl. The number of prostratlon'
Monday was fully $50, 81 of which were
fatal. There was an extra force at tine
CITY dispensary, and the skill and en-,
ergy of all was taxed to the utmost al
day.
ST.. LOUIS, July Is. The heat is still
intense, but up to noon there had beer
fewer cases of sunstroke than for three
DAYS past. The total deaths yesterday
from heat were 81. The effects of the
prolonged heat are being felt now by 9
different class of people than at first
Scores of merchants and professional
men, clerks, statesmen, etc, and many
women are becoming sufferers, and
prostrations of greater or less degree
are numerous in all parts of the city
Even children are falling victims, and
the mortality among infants is greater
than ever known except in the time Of
the epidemics.
NOTES OF THE CALAMITY.
The aspect of st. LOnis on Monday
was as if some terrible disaster had be-
fallen the city. The dispensary was
hastily fitted up for the unusual demand
upon it, extra assistants were called in
and the hustle there led to reports OF
worse state of things than really ex-
isted There was almost panic among
the people. Every hour there came in
reports of some well-knOwn citizen who
had been stricken down. The veneer
able DR.. McCanonely, editor of the
Christian Advocate, fell PROSTATE while
at work in his office, and one hour later
was in critical condition. Joseph
Tieman, prominent real estate dealer,
fell to the floor insensible, while talk
ing with his partner, r. H. Lancaster.
Mr.. Lancaster rushed out for ice and
on his return fell PROSTATE himself.
These and other similar Instances SO
frightened business men that they re-
fused to go into the streets. Many a
roustabout fell and expired Immediate
ly, and the alarm was so intense among
the river hands that they refused to
load and unload the boats during mid
day, and river commerce suffered seri-
Ously. Immense cargoes of grain were
on boats waiting to be discharged, but
the stevedOres in most cases refused to
put their men to work. At the mills
and factories, also, where the heat was
intensified, and where many were pros
trated, large numbers of workmen re-
fused to work, and the works of several
large establishments were almost sus-
pended. The suffering was not confined
to the business part of the city by any
means; many ladies and young people
were Frustrated in their residences, but
these cases were uniformly of lighter
character, the patients recovering after
brief medical treatment.
Several builders and roofers have re-
fused 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 work OF carries it on only
at night, in order to save the men from
sickness or almost certain death. Sew
eral livery stable owners refuse to let
horses until shutdown or late in the af-
ternOOn. One stable lost five horses
Sunday, and others have suffered SINH
lar losses.
The whole number of burial permits
issued Tuesday was 40, of which %
were persons whose death could be at
tributed to heat. This is but over
one half the death rate on Monday.
CHICAGO AND THE NORTHWEST.
The mercury was higher at Chicago
Tuesday than on Monday, reaching 81
degrees, but Tuesday evening was at
81 and still falling. The signal service
reports that at Fort Lodge, where the
thermometer was 101 mt sunset, it was
Tuesday evening at 6s and that driv-
ing rain and thunder-shower was in
progress. 1t is thought that the cold
wave will reach Chicago Wednesday
morning, and that there will be great
change in the temperature during the
day over the entire region which is now
affected. There were some 25 cases of
sun stroke in Chicago Tuesday, fatal.
Among the dead is Rev. E. w. Clark,
formerly a Congregational missionary
to the Sandwich Islands, who was pros
trated on Sunday, but lived until
Tuesday. He was 70 years old, and
one of the best known missionaries in
the country.