The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-11
Harry st. John Davidson, william
Hout. Mrs. Dora Robbins and Gil
bert Sloan We're the Victims.
A SHOWER CAME AT MIDDAY
EXCESSIVE HUMIDITY, HOWEVER
MADE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS.
A Fall of Nearly Twenty Degrees in a
Short Time-Treatment in
Prostitution Cases.
The fatalities from heat yesterday WERE


The fatalities from heat yesterday were:
WILLIAM HOUT, driver, 433 new West
Maryland street.
MRS. DORA ROBBINS, twenty-six years
old, 121 Decatur street.
GILBERT SLOAN, farmer, living
Five Points
HARRY ST. JOHN DAVIDSON, twenty
nine years old 1851 (new) North Illinois
street.
The prostrations of the day. in addition
to the fatal cases, were as follows:
TIMOTHY LEE assistant engineer at the
water works, Lorraine Hotel.
JAMES w. EDWARDS, bookkeeper, As
(old) Vine street
WESLEY SHILLING, travelling sales
man, 496 (old) North West street.
ASBURY YORK, cashier. 667 (old) Park
avenue.
CHARLES ANDERSON, colored.
The rains of Friday night did not prove
the great relief from the Expressing heat
that was expected. With a high tempera-
ture there was excessive humidity which
is always the most oppressive of conditions.
Up to about noon yesterday the heat was
felt more than on the previous day. At that
time storm came up and for three hours
there was pleasant breeze and a great
falling in the temperature. The highest
point reached by the mercury was at II
y CIOCk, WHeH 1t registered "a ueSIeeS. Dy
noon there had been a fall of ten degrees
and an hour later rs degrees was all the
weather officers thermometer could regis
ter. 1t was a decided change and afforded
a great relief to humanity about this sec
ton of the country.
-Four deaths from the heat were reported
yesterday. Mrs. Dora Robbins, twenty-six
years old, died at her residence 121 Decatur
street, early yesterday morning. She was
a large woman, weighing nearly three hun
dred pounds. She had been troubled with
rheumatism and this with the heat brought
about heart failure, which caused death.
She leaves a husband and two small chill
dren.
William Hout, the driver who fell pros
trated at the corner of Bright and New
York streets Friday afternoon and was TAX
en- to the City Hospital, died yesterday
morning. He never regained consciousness.
He was driving a gravel wagon, when he
4 felt i'll, got G If the wagon ana leared against
tree. He was seen to fall TO the ground
and several people who were near him went
to his assistance. When he reached the
hospital his temperature 10 and it was
almost foregone conclusion that he could
not recover. His death came at 1880 oclocK
yesterday morning. Flanner & Buchanan
known as Oklahoma Bill" from the fact
that he formerly kept a road house near
Eagle creek in a place called Oklahoma.
He lived at 4SS new number) West Mary
land street and leaves a widow.
DIED IN HIS FIELD.
Gilbert Sloan, a farmer working near Five
Points, seven miles west of the city the
Big Four road, dropped dead yesterday
about noon from the effects of the heat
He was engaged with another man hauling
hay from a field. They were returning to
the field for a load. The other man got off
the wagon to open the gate. and while he
stopped to fasten the gate again, Sloan
started to drive on into the field. A man
driving along the road him fall from
the wagon, and by the time he reached
him he was dead. Deputy Coroner Rich
ardson went out and made an examination
of the case. He found that the deceased
had suffered for some time from heart dis
ease and that the excessive heat brought
about failure of the hearts action and
produced death. Sloan was about sixty
years old
Gilbert Sloan lived in the city for many
years, formerly residing on Mccarthy
street near Virginia avenue, and he was en-
gagged in the livery ana feed business
Virginia avenue for some time. Two of his
sons, Albert and Ross Sloan, are now en-
gagged in the feed business Prospect
street near Fountain square. Mr.. Sloan
lately lived on the Michigan road near
the place where he met his death.
Harry st. John Davidson, aged twenty
nine years, died at o'clock yesterday
evening at the home of his parents, No.
1851 (new) North Illinois street. He had
been i'll for three weeks. For several years
Mr.. Davidson had been in the employ of
the New York Store and three weeks ago
yesterday was overcome by the heat while
at work in the store. He never recovered
from this prostration The young man was
one of the most popular clerks in the New
York Store, with which establishment he
1afa- Fol
a member of Lodge 90 Knights of Pythias.
Besides his parents he leaves d brother
and sisger. funeral services viii be held
at the family home at o clock this even
ing. The burial will be at Cincinnati.
Among the most serious prostrations yes
terday morning was that of James w. Ed
wards a bookkeeper in the employ of Ward
Bros. wholesale druggists He strick-
while at his work and was removed to
alarming for a time, 1t is believed he will
recover. He lives at As (old number) Vine
street.
Another employee of Ward Bros. was over
come later in the day. He is Wesley II.
Shilling. travelling salesman living at 496
(od number) North West street. lie was
discussing the prostration OF Edwards,
which occurred shortly before. and Adam
Gauld, which occurred Friday, and was
saying that his health was such that he
had no fear of heat. when he suddenly COM
planned of dizziness and fell 10 the floor;
He attended by Drs Jaeger and
Rhodes. of the Dispensary and sent home.
Asbury York cashier for the United
states Express Company, was so badly al
fected by heat yesterday that he was
Obliged to go home for the day 1t is be-
lieved that he will be well in day or two
at the most. He lives at 66i (old number)
Park avenue.
Charles Anderson q colored man. was
found lying in the street at the corner of
New Jersey and Market streets. DIR. Nc
Chesney, of the Dispensary, gave him re-
lief and sent him home.
Timothy Lee, assistant engineer at the
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