Contributor: Marianne Mayer∼SEVENTY PEOPLE DEAD.
THE TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER ACCOMPLISHED BY THE SUN.
Over Ninety Persons Prostrated, the Great Majority of Whom Succumbed in Spite of Medical Attendance ...
There were more cases of prostration and death in consequence of the heat yesterday ? Saturday, notwithstanding the fact that business, except in cases of necessity, was entirely suspended. The record shows that seventy persons succumbed to the heat while twenty-seven others were reported as prostrated, and there is no doubt that many cases of prostration were not reported at all.
YESTERDAY'S LIST OF DEAD.
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NICHOLAS ECKEL -
A carpenter, 39 years of age, died at No. 78 Goethe street, from thermic fever, caused by the heat.
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Chicago Daily Tribune; Chicago, Illinois.
July 18, 1887; Page One.
dm wms (#47395868)
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Contributor: Marianne Mayer∼SEVENTY PEOPLE DEAD.
THE TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER ACCOMPLISHED BY THE SUN.
Over Ninety Persons Prostrated, the Great Majority of Whom Succumbed in Spite of Medical Attendance ...
There were more cases of prostration and death in consequence of the heat yesterday ? Saturday, notwithstanding the fact that business, except in cases of necessity, was entirely suspended. The record shows that seventy persons succumbed to the heat while twenty-seven others were reported as prostrated, and there is no doubt that many cases of prostration were not reported at all.
YESTERDAY'S LIST OF DEAD.
...
NICHOLAS ECKEL -
A carpenter, 39 years of age, died at No. 78 Goethe street, from thermic fever, caused by the heat.
...
Chicago Daily Tribune; Chicago, Illinois.
July 18, 1887; Page One.
dm wms (#47395868)
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