Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-30
VICTIMS OF HEAT.
Numbered by the Dozen in the
Large Cities.
FATAL sUNsTROKEs AT ST. LOUIS.

r.s, Sufferer Who Thought He Was Well
Leaves the Hospital Only To BE Brought
Back to Die--Record ut Cincinnati
Some Ou.-of-Town Temperatures That
Were Absolutely ToTrid-Storms Com
time to Lay Waste the Country.
ST. LOUIS. July 30.-The heat terrors
,stcr,lay found their tull climax at the
cty hospitals. where the physicians and
attendants were kept busy all day and
until midnight receiving and attending
to raticnts. The number of cases OF heat
proStration sent TO the hospital as serious
were sixteen. or these one died and two
others arc expected to die at any moment.
Henry Meyers. who was sent to the hospi-
tai Monday suffering from the heat, in
sisted ON leaving the institution yesterday
inorainc, declaring he was all right, and
was brought back in the afternoon utterly
prostlatcsl and did not rally, dying shortly
afterwards.
Two More Probably Fatal Cases.
Henry Wolp. machinist, and George
Beard a mason, were brought to the hos
pital last night, ana it is thought they
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It. I.ouis. George Carr, an cinploye of the
Virgins Ferry company, sUccumbing
from he effects Of the heat. Police re-
ports from the different districts in the
rity show that thirty-six horses We're pros
tracjd. Reports from different points in
Illinois and Missouri indicate that the
weather is still worse there than in st.
Louis At Wcilsvillc. Mo, Tuesday and
Yesterday were the hottest days expert
enced there in ten years.
Torrd Heat Out of Town.
Tuesday night ut o'clock the ther-
InonicrCr registered - and yesterday at
o'clock los in the shade. During the past
two days the Thermometer has ranged be-
tycccn ~ and lCi in the shade at Mexico,
Mo. lhc following records are for Hi
| nois towns: Louisville. lOi-many cases
of siIns;rukc; Benton, 10j; Carlisle, l6.;
| Eurcia, IS; Alton, l02; Mount Vernon
| i03-heat Is causing much sickness among
children; Virginia, IG5.
Victims of Heat at Cincinnati.
CIxCINNATI, July 3o.-Thc swcltcrira
| heat continues. Two men were overcome
W the heat The first, Martin Taylor, {
| street cleaner, died in short time. ThC
Other, NJ kobald IA baker, is in Il critica
condition. Two horses drawing hcav,
load from the landing fell from excessive
| heat.
john .'chuppe died last night from th'
effects of excessive hcnt. This makes
twelve prostrdtions for the day, two fatal
The government mercury went up to N
| Thermometers on the street registered ;
maximum of 9S to l0l. A cool brcez
| started at SUndown.
Eight Frustrated at Chicago.
| CHICAGO, July 30.-Eight persons sue
cumbcd to the heat effects yesterday am
so,ic Of the victims are in Il serious condi
ton. Those whose cases are serious ar
H. \. NcCurc, OF 1t. Louis; unSnowl
MN, supposed 10 be Tobias Landc, Of CHI
ct:,o. The highest temperature recorde
wis !r2 at , p. III
One Hundred Degrees at Quincy.
QUINCY. Ills., July 3C.-Yestcrday Wa
the hottest day Of the year. The the
mometcrs registered 100 degrees in th
afternoon, and there Were several eases {
prostTation, none fatal. however.
Break. the Record for Fifteen Years.
, | IO-isNiLLE. july 3o.-Thc present M
spell has broken the record for the pa
fifteen years. Two laborerS have die
from heat.