The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
Resident of Villa Park, Fair
field, Succumbs = Police
Z Patrols Pressed IntoJSer-
vice as Ambulance Corps
is Swamped With Calls.
Six Big Factories Close
Down in Early Hours Of
Day-Workers In Others
Desert Posts by. Thou
sands.

A. xYnTRIn
a
ed the Qeatn THIS morning u
.ones man. nposfrated scores and
reSulteO III d uoZSH porooiio
who collansed previous to 2
,
toclOck uelnB reiuoSou ii gill
bfilances TO hospitalS for treat
.7-ff 1.4. Az; a,,,
Ihetlt> Oolitlisloiio .nio Hoi
! ing had reached such an acute
p.;l~a,4 footor;os
staB0 - Ilu6Opvlo
sfhat the wheels of the cities in
\ q. -
stuu1tIAup wCio Poh
Ambulance gongs changed inces-
.santlys from noon until o'clock and
{ ~ /. 3.vnereenev hospital. STAFF was kept
: : N The i,,mp bv numerous calls. Many
were tsken to hospitals after being
2 fr.SteA a. the emergency hospital so
& s.,,s.,,s r-.. thefrs condition.
!. 80 ...-s,., - ,,rostra tions in
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IN pna1 lowM ~ = LEY 49,
saw nam collApeo- IN tns ros1o - ia-,.ls -
tow4 af lo:s0 Inc IIneur sneI
Iorme 70 rne emer sency nosplesli a,l1 ~
Dr' Aeegan revived nilll. I1ls conui- ~
I ton was very sr1ous ana NO was
taken 10 81 vincent1 no!pl'Ai e
died at the latter institution at Il
o'clock
Wea&hS puHeau ofraaas etASeo 90
cay that che neat wave Will continue
1cr at last two more days ana suner-
! ing humanity can hope only Tor local
thunder showers to give temporary
4 relief
Tho nnercury Mt noon bad climbed
no os degrees and still held at that
| Conditions at the. West End plant Of
1.-THE Arner1can Tube & Stamping Co.
had such q weakening effect upon the
.fefaployes that the plant was closed at
noon. Tho 1000 employees took the at
/ ternoon of. The Remington Arms
end Union Metallic Cartridge Co.
WORKS did not close down but hum
tdreds OF employees during the morn
ling and afternoon left the plants. It
"a estimated that several thousand
tuaiit 1T various periods of the day.
n The Harvey HuRlbeal Co Plant en-
Iployiae about 600 handss In ther fac
tory closed at noon and the ONCE help
|totaiinx about 400 left for the day at
E1a.5o noon The Salts Textile Co. re-
heased LOO from further labor for the
tday at noon and the American & Brit
iish Mig Co. closed down at 70 o'clock
inoon.
The 1000 employees OF the Bryant
tEaertr4o CO. dHd not work this AFTER
lnoon and the Bias Narrow Fabric Co.,
Fempioytrre 100 hands. shut down at
moon. practically every factory in
EBr1deeport was tied up. In those that
ltid not close their doors, many of the
temp7oyes refused to work during the
laffernoon and the production sched-
Eules wore lost
Fairneid beach and other seashore
kreerrfs were thronged with men, wo-
Ernep and ctiIdren seeking to fnd conn
fort 1rom the torrid atmosphere.
In the center OF the city today at
non the cum beat upon the department
tstores with telling eGect and the tenn
perafure IN the sun registered no.
Many of the girls employed IN the de-
partmenf stores suffered 90 intensely
fs.v6ss.v re,.,- - = sess,se ~ nerk