Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-02
THE TERRIBLE HEAT.
A Number of Deaths from Sunstroke
and Many P~rostrations.

Last week we passed through q perlOO
ofterrible heat reaching a higher degree
for the six days closing Saturday, than
was ever known in this latitude. The
hottest here was on Friday, there being
a register OF 1A in the shade reported.
Thursday and Saturday the record was
about 100, and the balance of the days
the thermometers showed from 95 to
SO in the shade. Never before was
there SO fearful a record in this city
and vicinity of suffering for man and
beast from heat, the deaths from sun
stroke numbering more for the six
days than during any entire summer
heretofore.
John Weisenberg was helping saw
wood Wednesday on his cousin Fred
hides farm, town of Shields, and while
resting under a tree, playing an accor-
dion, he suddenly fell over and was
dead the result of a sunstroke. De-
ceased was 80 years old and leaves a
wife and nine children, the Oldest only
eleven years of age. The funeral was
held Friday, the body being inferred
in the Redwood cemetery.
Another victim to the excessive heat
was Joseph Horack, who succumbed
while at work in a hay field on his farm
in the town of Watertown on the nine
sections. Horack was a married man
and aboutr6O years old. His death &C.
Cured Thursday.
Friday Herman Luedtke, employed
at the lime kiln of Bornschein & Co.,
in Emmett, was sunstruck about noon
and received immediate attention from
DR.. Masterson, but his death followed
the stroke in a few hours. The unfor-
tunate man had been at work between
two kilns with the sun pouring it's rays
down upon him, and besides not feel
ing very well for a day or so past, his
collapse was not surprised at. The De-
ceased resided in the Sixth ward. He
leaves a wife and children for whom
great sympathy is felt in their bereave-
ment.
Clement Laub, a well-known resident
of the Second ward, and a carpenter by
trade, was Frustrated with the heat
Saturday afternoon, while at work
building the mill of G. B. Lewis & Co.,
on the west side. When overcome
Laub was in the basement, but here,
even, there was nc escape from the
torrid atmosphere. DR.. Spalding at
tended him and found his temperature
to be ITO degrees, a fatal condition and
his death therefore soon following
was to be expected. Mr.. Laub was
about 4S years old. A wife and five
children survive him. His funeral was
held from st. Bernard's church yester-
day morning.
Saturday another case of sunstroke
occurred in the town of WATERFOWL,
that of Hugo Heisse, aged % years,
working on the Wolfgram farm. He
was stricken at noon, when putting the
horses in the barn and lived about four
hours. DR.. Hoermann attended the
case. Deceased was a nephew Of Ed.
Blaesius.
Andrew White, nicknamed "Com-
mercial Pat" was found dead over
Beisner's blacksmith shop, First street,
Sunday morning having evidently been
overcome with the heat during the
night. White was a poor unfortunate
having fallen into desolute ways some
years ago through fondness for strong
drink. He was an ex-soldier, serving
hree years in the 18th Wisconsin Regi-
ment. There is no doubt that White
had seen better days than was his lot
in late years. and his story of high
family connections in the old country
would seem to be we'll founded. He
always claimed that his uncle was one
of the firm of the well-known and lead
ing dry goods house of Cannock &
White, in Dublin, Ireland. White was
for a time in the Milwaukee Soldiers
Home, but for some reason did not
like it there and left the institution.
He filled mental positions with the
Commercial hotel here forquite a while.
For several years past he has had no
permanent employment, getting a lit
tie change by doing odd jobs Of work,
but in reality living on charity most of
the time.
To the deaths directly traced to the
intense heat must be added numerous
prostrations from the same cause.
Among them r Mich. Bruegger, Fred
Timm, Mrs. Brady, Third ward; Chas.
Peters, VIM. Zahn, VIM. Kruger and
and Geo. Yanke, the latter a workman
on the Darcy farm in Emmett. These
cases were deemed serious for a time,
but all are now considered out of dan
ger.
Graduating Exercises.
The graduating exercises of the class