Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1911 — DEATH LIST [ARTICLE]

DEATH LIST

In Cities of Calumet Region Numbers Twelve With 20 Prostrations. Hammond, Ind., July 5. Twelve dead, two dying, ten seriously injured and twenty heat prostrations is the grim heat record for 24 hours in the cities of the Calumet region. Farmers Have quit working horses, so many of them are dropping dead in the fields. Thermometers in farming districts .register from 105 to 115 degrees.