, 1879-07-13

| III i3t. LOUIS He5teTudH5 OUT III Nu!edEo W. uu
derstand there was fearful suffering from the
| heat.
/ ADMISSION OF TERRIBLE HEAT.
! st. Lnuis Globe Democrat, July 1I-Lncdf.
| Yesterday was the hottest day ever expert
enced in the history Of the War-Department
! Siguai-Seryice Bureau at this point Shortly
before o'clock the sweltering observers away
i up in the towering Insurance Building looked
at the sheltered thermometer which hangs from
their window, and found the mercury register
ing 100 degrees. At 3 o'clock the reading was
| 095 degrees. This temperature was not reached
at any time last July, nor In 1874, which will be
recalled as the hottest summer Of the decade
! except 1878. The highest Temperature attained
last July was on the 18th, being 9S.5 degrees.
Notwithstanding tile unparalleled heat there
| were but few cases ot suusirokc reported. This
| rather strange circumstance Is explained by
| Seret. Weber on the ground that tile air was
| last summer ycry humid and pcrsp1ration was
! easily checked. whereas this summer the al: is
! very dry, aud the system is given every oppor-
! tunity to properly eyaporate.. Temperatures
equal to those Of last july had been attained in
previous summers when there were no sun
strokes ut all. In addition to this physical fact,
it remains to be stated that, warned BY the ter
rible experience of last summer, our people have
caring for themselves, with results that have
saved them from an experience at the Dlspen-
sary with Francis water-cure.
THE DAYS sUNsTROKEs.
About 4:S0 o'clock in the afternoon Scrgt.
Hall, Of the Second District, found an unknown
old man lying unconscious on the sidewalk,
near Eleventh and Carroll streets. The man,
who had the appearance OF tramp, had evi-
IDENTITY been stricken down by the heat two or
three hours before the officer discovered him.
The Soulard-Strect Station ambulance was telc-
graphed for, and the stranger converted to the
}fn1 Vie condition fG rr fcaj Hn6 IL
Is doubtful whether he will recover.
Daniel Lacey, pic:ure-pcddler, who lives at
oOOl Arsenal street, fell under the rays of the
sun, aided by more or less alcohol, at the cor
ncr of Eleventh aud Chestnut streets, about II
O'Clock. He was taken to the City Dispensary
and remained under treatment all day, recover
ing sufficiently BY evening to cat pie and drink
a pint OF iced milk. He was sent home.
FAIRGROUNDS, was pros1rated at Sixth and Lo-
Gust streets, ut 10 d. m. He was taken to the
Dispensary, and, after being revived, was sent
home.
Tie case Is reported Of Fred Miller, carpen-
ter, who was sunstruc1 on "Wednesday evening
while working On the roof OF mis- static at 264l
Sarah street. He was brought through by DR..
Plrtlc, ...:
Louis Valley, boy 4 years old, vas sudden
y ~ e oor
way Of his home, on TAYLOR street, between
Main and Second streets, CaroDdelet. Dr.. Out
ten vas called in and revived the youth by ap-
plying the usua! remedies. Louis is now in a
fair way to recover.
Mr.. ii. 3. Hart, a collector, was overcome by
the heat while walking along Main strect, near
Olive, about 4 o'clock yesterday evening,
and fell scnscless to the sidewalk. Officer Diehl
restored Mr.. Hart BY liberal applications OF ice-
remedies An ambulance was telcgraphed for,
but, when it arrived, Mr.. Hart. who had IT.
viyed, declined to go to the Dispensary, but
went to bis home, No. 1113 Olive street. Later