Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-04
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PROSTR.iTED BY HEAT.


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A Baker Falls in Front of His Oven
Door ON Account of the Heat.
Paul Weber, an employee at Wesley
Gilbert's bakery, Tenth and Pine streets,
was overcome by heat Thursday night.
He fell III front of the oven door and was
unconscious live hours. Dir. James II.
Morgan, who was Immediately summoned,
gave orders that he be wrapped In sheets
of ice water.
OVERCOME IN THE STREET.
Joseph Beauman, workman employed
at Edge Moor, left that place on Friday
and started to walk to his boarding house,
No. 4O3 West Fourth street, in this city,
When opposite No. 2a13 Market street lie
was overcome by the heat and sank down
from exhaustion when carried into the
house. The patrol wagon was summoned
and Beanman was removed to the Della
ware Hospital. While the man was being
taken to the hospital Patrol Sergeant How
gate held an umbrella over his head willie
Sergeant Wigglesworth famed him vigor-
ously. .-
STREET CAR HORSE FALLS DEAD.
horse owned by Wilmington City
Railway Company, while drawing q car
along Fourth street near Walnut Friday
morning, was Frustrated by heat. The
animal died in great agony five minutes
after being stricken.
MORE HEAT VICTIMS. W.,
Jacob Miller, Russian employed at fac
tory No. of the American Leather Com
pany, was overcome by the heat at the
establishment on Friday and removed
to the Delaware Hospital He is As years
old.
physician whose name is unknown
was taken to the Delaware Hospital Friday
evening, suffering il Is said from eXhauS-
t s aila the neat. Inc hospital people re-
i'iae 70 alyyuise ms haiiie'
iafTy hehiy 81 fhliadetphla was al
nltteu TO lhe lJeiaWarc Hospital thursday
evening, suiieflhs from neat exhaustion.
HEAT CASUALTIES.
Fridays heat casualties in this city
include one death. that of Miss Ida
Keenan, Of No. 1858 North Seventh street,
Philadelphia. The circumstances Of this
lady's death are very saddening. She
arrived here about noon to attend the
funeral of her nephew William Jess. son
OF Mrs. Sarah Jess, No. 2l2 West Fifth
street, who is a sister Of Miss Keenan,,
Miss Keenan, was not well when she left
home She had some difficulty in finding
her sisters house, At length when she
reached No. 2l2 West Fifth Miss keenan,
was utterly Frustrated. She was unable to
speak DR.. Tahey was Immediately sum
moned. There was no doubt of It's being
severe case of sunstroke. Every atten-
ton was given the patient but She sue
cumhed before the funeral party returned
from Iombauly cemetery where her
nephew had been buried.
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arc dsvni;ny tLeir hast sl;tI al nnnro;as
toward the Sufferers recovery. - . 'N'
As soon as the wagon stops before the
gate the cot bearing the patient is imne-
diately carried within the tented enclosure
ana entirely denuaeu Of clothing. Then
p,n edSer III arnnts and con;n s ng h a,iu
are re,' poured over his PROSTATE BODY, fol.
lowed by generous shower bath Of Ice.
cold water forced through big syringe
with perforated nozzle.
Meanwhile q physician or nurse is
Vigorously ruoRths inc BODY and Chatting
me wri I,; o. tne pauieiits VINO often Pc
c cosn Il Il soetimes nec aseI ~ Wti.e e
them to the cots, Not infremientlv fbeE
rave and shout incoherently as do people
in delirium. A careful observation is kept
and recorded of the sufferers temperature
and respiration N ordee TO determine the
oesG uou,se Az Ia treatment ui'ueF the