Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-31
EIGHTEEN IN
OTTUMWA ARE:
HEAT VICTIMS
FIFTEEN PACKING HOUSE MEN
AFFECTED BY HOT RAYS OF OLD
SOL YESTERDAY; OTHER CITIES
SUFFER.

Packing house employees were the
most affected in the extreme heat Of
Yesterday when the mercury reached
100. No extremely bad cases have
oeen reported but many were prostrat-
ed A large number gave up their
work feeling Ill but were not entirely
overcome by the heat. The work of
laying the mains in the streets about
the city was abandoned for the day
because of the extreme heat in the
pits. There were several men work
ing on the tracks Of the street car line
In the east end who gave up work in
the morning and layed off for the day.
although the work was not suspended
entirely. Track gangs on the rail
roads in this vicinity shut down for
the day and the men sought cooler
pursuits than welding mauls and lug.
Cling pinch bars
one case reported that was out Of
the city limits was that of Ethel Dool-
ey, little girl residing on East Rail-
road street. She had been picking
blackberries on one of the truck
farms east of town and was overcome
with the hot rays Of the sun. An am
bulance call was sent In from Rey-
nold's drug store, but was unable 10
reach the party on account Of the dis
tance out Of the limits.
Morrell's packing plant was the
scene of considerable hot weather
victims. The boiler room and the
killing department furnishing most Of
the victims. A number of men in the
casing gang left work during the day
unable to continue in the heat. No
less than eight men of the killing gang
either keeled over in the slaughtering
room or giving out, retired, before
fainting. Some fifteen were reported
affected by the heat although but ten
names have been obtained and these
We're: Killing gang, John Jones, NJ.
Burton, Oscar Grier, George Huddle-
ston, Al Huddleston, John Steele,
Buck Jasper, (col0, D. White, (col.)
Boiler room-Frank Adamson and
A. Anderson.
Kinsey Jordan, teamster in the
employ of Grips & Co., was stricken
while making delivery to the Tow
ers-Major Candy Co. on South Jeffer-
son Co., on South Jefferson street. The
condition of Jordan is such that he is
expected to be able to resume work
Monday
A man giving the name of McIntire,
address not known, was overcome by
the heat while shingling a house on
East Court street. HIS condition is
not thought to be serious.
Haverhil Man Dies.
Marshalltown, July 30.--(SpeciaI-
Joseph Neuroth, aged 18 years, of
Haverhill, received sun stroke late
yesterday afternoon and died a few
hours later. G. Lichty Of Waterloo
was stricken on the street and taken
to the hospital He will recover.
Two Suffer at Iowa City.
Iowa City, July 80 (speciaO Two
men were victims of sunstroke in Iowa
City Thursday the hottest day of the
year. The thermometer in Professor
Guthe's weather bureau laboratory
registered 81 The men We're Edward
Moylan, aged 70 and Andrew Lillick
of the same age. Both were uncon-
scious for some time, but will re-
cover
Too Hot for Fairfield Factories.
Fairfield July 3O-The excessive
heat Thursday caused shutdown of
several local factories. During the
Mt. Pleasant-Fairfield baseball game
time was called for ten minutes to al
low the players to cool off. Farmers
report much inconvenience on account
of the heat, but no serious illness has
been reported.