The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-11


At IL A. NJ, the Thermometer with q
short sun exposure run up TO ll0';a fear
full heat,
That such intense warmth Is bound TO
CCssion much sickness there can be but
little doubt, One great source Of danger
is in the consumption Of Ice water, There
is no newspaper reader, hardly, who has
not seen and read almost every summer oil
the bad results almost sure to follow alter
its abundant use and the same oil other
cooling drinks. Avoid ice water intem.
peranCs II you would escape liability TO
supstroke and other complaints almost as
fttsl Parents should notonly be abstOmi
Gus themselves in this regard, but should
watch their children and see that they,
tor, do not make ~rethgerators Of their
stotnachs and pulsating blood furnaces OF
their heads.
Quite q number Of physicians were
called on last evening 10 ascertain the beat
thing to be done In case Of sunBtroke,
The reporter found them seated OIL their
front steps and In their offices, nearly all
In their shirt sleeves and the msjority Of
them welding palm Leaf fans. .
With the same question he as9ailed oil
-"WhaLs best to be done2"
They all answered: "Send for medical
aid"
"Ot course that 10 the wise thing" an.
sWered the reporter, "but before he ar
riyes what Ia the best general treatment at
the hands OF the sufferers friend"
Aud without exception the reply came
in substance: "Lay the patient on HE
back or lay q cloth with Ice In II on his
head, and in case OF decreased sr sluggish
circulation, rub his limbs, then wait Tor
the doctor. In the meantime keep the
crowd away, give the sufferer all the air
possible and fan him vigorously"
In some cases stimulents are q good
thing, administered In gentle quantities,
and In others they are dangerous, II the
lew simple direCtiona given above are fol.
lowed 1t Is probable that when there is q
victim TO eunstroke that oil that unpro.
.Lessional aid can do will bedone.
At this writing, midnight, some heavy
clouds are forming In the sky, and II
is possible that refreshing showers may
vi6it the earth In this locality to-day, and
bring with them Q cooler atmosphere.
THE FIRST FATAL oAsE.
Late yesterday afternoon Phillip Duffy,
a young freshman Of this city, was re.
moved from q South Wheeling Csr
at Thirteenth street and Market in
what was supposed to be q beastly state Of
intoxlcAtion, but IL o 0 developed that
the disgonsis Of the driver was wrong.
Lieutenant Sylvis who was sent for 10 at
tend to Duffy, al once saw that the man
was suffering from tunstroke, and sum.
moning DR.. Jepson was confirmed In his
ideas. Duffy was then placed in q hack
and removed to bis fathers house on Eotf
street above Twelfth, where he died In
two minutes afterwards. Within q few
minutes after his deCease Dnfy's face,
limbs and feet becamedlsoolored, and this
fact coming to the knowledge Of Justice
Philip, he contemplated holding an In.
quest, but having been informed that the
desth was purely tho result OF sunstroke,
the intention was abandoned.
There was q widespread report last
night that the street car authorities had
not treated Duffy with that kindness that
his condition required, aud instead Of
him into the Office OF the company
he wss removed 10 an alley nearby. but
not only the driver and Others who az.
sisted in removing him were unaware OF
the real condition of:the man, and attribu.
ted bis prosttation to other causes, and
under those circumstances IL would have
been impossible to have him in the ladies'
waltz ng room Of the car Office. The Sec.
rotary and the other persons connected
with the company regret the unfortunate
circumstance as deeply as they can.
ANOTHER
About 10 o'clock last night Justice
Launder, Of Union District, was sent for
Ia hold an inquest upon the body oil Mrs
Hammond, wife OF Thomas Hammond,
who resides In Alley Il, between Jacob
and Wood streets Squire Launder at
once went TO the aoene Of the death, and
summoned the following gentlemen as
P. B. Dobbine, Alex. McOully,
P. P. WEIGH, R. A. Burke, NJ. Golden,
John knight, Ed. Higgins, W. H. Wilson,
". Hagsn, James McOully, Joseph W,
Knight, and John Wilson,
Mrs. Smallwood testified that she kent |
o boarding. house In Alley Fourteen, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond boarded with
her. Deceased had got up early yester.
day morning and had eaten q very hearty
meal, after which she had played with
her children and amused herself In other
ways until 10 o'clock when she again ate
something. During the morning deceased
bad been out Ia the sun aud had com.
Of the terrible heat. In the after.
noon she had lain down In her bed and
lid not get up thereftom afterwards. At
I O'Clock they became frightened and sent
OR the doctor, and about 9 O'Clock she
led died. Other witnesses we're called
who cofrobofated the testimony Of Mrs.
,mAllwood. Dr.. Baguley made an exam.
nation and said the woman had died from
IuhBlfoke.
Mrs. Hammond was about 40 years oil
lge and leaves q husband and Eve chill.
lfen.
OTHERS.
Martin Thornton, the restaufateu f, was
vetcome by heat while attending services
l the Cathedral yesterday morning, but
hanged 10 get TO the door, and when In
he cool air In the porch otthe building he
scoveted.
". +. Derry, druggist, was OVERCOME By !
be heat while ii work Ia his laboratory
estefday, aud fell to the floor, but fecoVs
red shortly. He described his BenBa.
.ons 40 peculiarly painful and unpleas.
ut.
walter Burke, superintendent Of Nj
Cemetety out the pike, was bttiok.