Sun Struck | Whitman Archive

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Title: Sun Struck
Date: 12 July 1858
Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: per.00664
Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, 12 July 1858: 2. Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm scan of the original issue. Microfilm of original issue held at Pennsylvania State University Libraries. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the journalism, see our statement of editorial policy.
Editorial note: This piece is unsigned, as was the case for most of Whitman's journalism. However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified by the Whitman Archive journalism team as likely authored by Whitman. This decision is based on a combination of historical and (auto)biographical accounts, similarity to contemporary Whitman writings, a history of scholarly attribution, extant clippings retained by Whitman, computational stylometric analysis, and, in some cases, manuscript evidence in Whitman’s hand.
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Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Sun Struck." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 16 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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SUN STRUCK.—

Two laborers employed in laying water pipes, named John Eagan¹ and Patrick Hays, were prostrated by the heat on Saturday afternoon. They were taken to the City Hospital² and recovered yesterday, sufficiently to go to their homes.

Notes:

1. Possibly John Eagan (1820–1898) who was a delegate of the 9th Ward of Brooklyn. [back]

2. Due to the need for an emergency medical institution, the Brooklyn City Hospital was formed by the state legislator in 1845. It was later renamed the Brooklyn Hospital and is still active today as the Brooklyn Hospital Center. This might be where the two laborers were taken to. [back]