The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-05
FIRST VICTIM Of
HEAT IS CLAIMED
Aged Baker Dies After He
Has Made Record at
His Trade
BOASTS TO COMPANIONS
OF GREAT PROWESS
Starts to Change Clothing to
Go to Home When Pros
trated and Expires
Quickly

Overcome by heat after long and
arduous labor. Joseph b. Mahoney.
sixty years old, e. baker for forty
years and lifelong resident or Rich
mend. dropped dead yesterday after
noon while alone in a room on the
second floor OF the manufacturing
plant Of L. h. Shepherd Ice Cream
Company, at 406 East Main street.
So far as has been learned Ma
honey - the first person In Richmond
to succumb TO the heat this summer.
His death was made more tragic by
the fact that a few minutes before ne
was last seen alive he was boasting
good naturedly OF his proves as an
Ice cream maker.
Employees OF the company found
Mahoney stretched at full length on
the floor of room on the second
story. where he had gone to change
his clothes In preparation for his re-
turn home. The body was almost
cold. A physician summoned hur-
riedly. said life had been extinct for
nearly an hour and gave the cause
OF death as heat.
Mahoney went To work Yesterday
morning about 1 O'Clock with TWEEN
~ five other employees Of the Ice
cream firm, In order 10 manufacture
goods for the large orders to be filled
In consequence of the celebration OF
July 4. The men manufactured t.
900 gallons of Ice cream. establishing
a record for the plant.
Boasts of Pro.ess.
Their work completed about 5
o'clock In the afternoon, the men
gathered in the office and DISGUISE
the Work OF the day with Mr.. Shep-
herd. Mahoney laughingly said that,
although a baker by trade. he could
make Ice cream with the rest OF them.
lie was apparently in the best OF
health and a tovtal frame of mind,
giving no indication OF fatigue.
Announcing he was going home,
Mahoney went upstairs to don street
clothes. He was not seen alive again
| The body was found about an hour
after he left HIS fellow workers. Cor.
oner Taylor said death was due Ia
heat and allowed the body to be re-
moved to the home at 1o3 la North
Twenty ninth street
| Mahoney was considered master OF
the trade OF fancy baking. Ee was
/ first employed by Pizzini, later By
Morris and still more recently accept
ed position with the Shepherd Com
pany.
| He had been for years member
t. of st. Patrick's Catholic church. and
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held from that edince. Well known
and popular throughout the parish
Mahoney was one OF the best known
residents OF Church Hill. He had no,
been in health for several weeks, and
hsd been under the care of DR.. Viz.
ginius Ws.1Jarrison, of 4o1 Allen ave-
nue..
f. s'7sg. ,,. Dies From Heat.
DIR. Harrison said last night he be.
lieved there was no doutt Mahoney
died from ytha. heat, The. baker had
suffered from heart trouble, but his
illness had been slight, and had moi
prevented him from attending to his
fduties.
Mahoney resided ct the Twenty
ninth street address with his wife ana
brother in-iaw. Joseph Faherty Mrs
Mahoney was formerly Miss Lily IA.
herty. Besides his wife. Mahoney I.
survived. by two brothers. MatthAw~%
Mahoney, secretary and treasurer O,
| the Old Homestead Manufactur.ne
t Company, living at $500 East Frank,
lin street, and Frank Mahoney. OF
Sanford, Fla.