Peter Couvions, an old and respected citizen of St. Louis, fell unconscious at the corner of Spruce and Seventh streets, and soon expired. He resided in Toney's addition, and was engaged in the meat business, being one of the oldest butchers in the city.
8 Aug 1861
We also learn that Joseph Meyers, of Co. C., Captain Niederweiser, Col. McNill's regiment was attacked by coup de soleil while on duty yesterday morning. He was with his company, guarding the guns and ammunition recently arrived at the depot of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad. For some five hours he remained insensible but through the efforts of his physicians and friends, he at last rallied. He is convalescing.
14 Jul 1862
Dr. Stevens yesterday morning held an inquest on the body of John Donnelly who died on Saturday from sunstroke. Deceased was a roofer by trade, and was on the day of his death, engaged in putting a roof on a house on Ninth street, between Wash and Franklin avenue. He suddenly complained of a violent pain in his head; growing suddenly very sick, he was taken to a house near by, where he died a short time after. Deceased was addicted to intemperance, which doubtless was the cause of the fatal affect of the heat upon him. He leaves a wife in poverty.
12 Aug1862
An inquest was held at No. 62 North Main street, on one Reynold Henry, particularly known as "Swiss," who was found dead from congestion of brain, induced by the extreme heat. His land lord's name is given as John Makak.
12 Aug 1862
At the office of the Board of Health, the Coroner was summoned to the dead body of a laborer, Edmund Fitzgerald. He resided at Eighteenth and O'Fallon streets, where he had been lying ill for several days. Some friends placed him in an ox wagon, at noonday, and conveyed him to the Health Office. By the time of its arrival the patient was rigid with the touch of death. Dr. Grinstead applied all available restoratives, but without success The death was caused by debility and exposure to the sun's rays.
21 Jul 1857
Yesterday coroner Arnold held an inquest on the body of Giles D. Sullivan, a discharged soldier who belonged to the 17th Missouri, But who has been living on O'Fallon between Fifth and Sixth streets. Deceased was a single man, twenty-seven years of age, and was one of four brothers who were in the army. He died of sun stroke.
11 Jul 1864
Herman Holtman, dray driver for N. Schaeffer, was sun struck on Saturday afternoon on Pine street and died in two hours after being taken home. He lived on Sixteenth and Wash streets and leaves a wife and four children.
19 Jul 1864
Last Saturday, Officer Sturdy was overcome by the sun while patrolling along Morgan street. He fell insensible to the ground. While in this condition an old thief and penitentiary convict, named Charley Devereux, came along and relieved him of a gold watch and chain, valued at one hundred and fifty dollars. Officer Brownfield met Devereux on the street yesterday, and, seeing the chain on his person, arrested him and recovered the watch. He also had a large lady's revolving breastpin, with a miniature on one side and two white "turtle doves, hopping from vine to vine," on the other. Devereux is a prominent candidate for the penitentiary.
20 Jul 1864
Coroners' inquest yesterday: First on the body of Hannah Fitzgerald, a servant girl at the Planters' House, who was found dead in her room yesterday morning, having died from heat and over exertion the previous day.
21 Jul 1864
Kate Mayher, widow of Richard Mayher, the man who was killed a day or two ago by Mooney, went out in the sun on Tuesday, and becoming overheated by work, died night before last, leaving, two small children in destitute circurnstances. The children will be sent by the Coroner to the Orphan Asylum.
16 Jul 1866
A German named Philip Brandstetter, while working on Saturday on the farm of Christ Walker, near St. Peter's and St. Paul's cemetery, was sun struck and died shortly after from the effects. He was about 35 years of age and had been in this country about two years.
17 Jul 1866
Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of a man named Pat Maguire, who died on Sunday evening from the effects of a sunstroke. He was out walking in the morning, about 10 o'clock, when he was overcome by the heat. He was taken to his boarding house No. 114 North Second street, kept by Mrs. Murphy, where he died in the evening. He was a working man and was about 33 years of age.
13 Aug 1867
On Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Mrs. Mary Moran, an old lady, 65 years old, residing in Carondelet, was seen going down Main street in that city, two hours after she was discovered about a quarter of a mile distant, lying in a fence corner dead. An inquest was held on the body yesterday by Coroner Spiegelhalter, and the verdict was death from sunstroke. Deceased has two sons living near Franklin.
16 Aug 1867
On Wednesday afternoon, supposed to be Rev. John Lonergan, of Buffalo, New York, was observed walking on Franklin avenue with an unsteady gait. He was poorly dressed, and a crowd of little urchins, followed him, shouting and pulling his coat. Exasperated by the conduct of the boys, the poor man picked up a stone and hurled it at them; the effort caused him to fall to the gutter, from which he was unable to rise. A gentleman passing helped him up, and he walked on as before, still followed by the boys. At length he took a prayer book from his pocket and threw it at the boys, with the same results asa before, he fell again, struck his forehead upon a gas pump and was unable to get up.Officer Inman found him in a helpless condition, and conveyed him to the police station. He was known to the Sisters and they gave him every attention till he died. The Coroner held an inquest on the body yesterday morning, and the post mortem examination was made.
17 Aug 1867
Rev. John Lonergan, who died of sunstroke on Thursday, was a native of Tipperary, Ireland and was about forty-five years of age. He came to this country about eighteen months ago, and lived in Buffalo, New York. Four or five weeks ago he came to this city, intending to go to Nashville, Tennessee, to join Bishop Feehan, who was his classmate at college. Father Lonergan was a whole souled Irishman, an ardent sympathizer with the Feinian movement, and had taken part in the meetings held at Shreve-na-mon, (Hill of Fair Worries). He was of a warm and generous nature and an inveterate opponent of the policy of the British government toward Ireland. He was well known in this old country by Mr. Philip Coyne, tailor on Chestnut street, near the corner of Third.
19 Aug 1867
The Coroner held an inquest on Saturday on the body of Mrs. Margaret Maloney, an old lady who died on Friday night at a house on Osage street. She resided at #519 Morgan street and had gone to visit an acquaintance, Mrs. Kelly, near the House of Refuge. She was taken ill at Mrs. Kelly's. and was left in charge of a boy, who became frightened, and left the house. In the morning Mrs. Maloney was found dead. sitting in a chair. Verdict, death from heat and intemperance.
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