The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
HOT WEATHER STORY.
A Man Gives His Experience-The
 Hottest Yet.

The recent warm spell that we have had in this part of the country has oc- easioned comment that Is highly amusing to me" said Ananias Phlbb, well known Tyre and piano salesman from Atlanta, yesterday T really do not think the people of this part of the country know what warm weather is Now in Atlanta We have warm weather In fact very warm weather. Whether or not this is oc- easioned by the great amount Of hot air that Is in Atlanta I am not in a posi- ton to say. However, while I must con fess the weather we have in Atlanta is exceptional, as is everything else. l ex- perenced a spell of weather once that l don't believe has ever been equaled in this or any other part of the United States.
 ''It was during my trip around the world We were about two days out of Port Natal, when we began to notice that the atmosphere was close and heavy. Soon after the wind began to blow and in a. few moments the sea was a mass of white l caps. In less than ten minutes a fear fth gale was blowing and the vessel I | was on, the good ship "Whopper," was buffeted about as though made of card board The waves seemed thousands of feet high, and continually broke over the ship, carrying away the deck house. the funnel, the life boats and part of the bridge. In few moments over three feet of water was floating over the deck, toss- ing everything portable about from ono side of the ship to the other.
 "The storm continued for about half an hour and then ceased as suddenly as 1t started The sun broke brightly and 1t looked as though we were to have nice weather. Then it began to get warm. In a few moments it became warmer and continued to grow warmer until we were all very uncomfortable Everything on deck seemed so hot that it would almost burn you. We had on board about two dozen geese. swimming about in the water that was on deck. In about three minutes we noticed steam rising, and saw with horror. that the water was boiling. l tell you 1t was certainly warm.
 The passengers were all crowded along the sides of the boat, not daring to step anywhere near the water, which was soon boiling furlously. In few moments the
 
 too warm to stay in uIe galley, and that 1t would be impossible to cook any meals By this time things began to look pret- y threatening. In about ten minutes the engineers and stokers reported to the the Sa tlaat 1t was so warm in the stoke | that-pature Is el was D ginning to coke | ,,fa that leesurs Ds,rirs ,s truly By shocking ,7tate ot
 z'sa- time we isoticed that the ocean M III Pc bubbling and boiling and noticed
 z the first time that the alr seemed iaull of Exocoetus robustus or flying hsh. They seemed panic-strcken, and soon | through exhaustion began to fall upon the deck of the 'Whopper.'
 ",rhis was about o'clock in the after 1 noon, and we had had nothing to eat since early morning, so you see we began to get trhe hungry You could not get the cook to go back into the galley for | love or money, and 1t looked as though | we would go starved. It was then a happy though struck me. We were all | hungry, 1t was impossible to get anything | cooked, something must be done. AS our mate would say, Any port in a storm, why not make use of the geese that had been boiling in the water for over half an hour. l suggested this to the balance of the passengers, and they all agreed il | was a good idea. Besides the geese, we had the flying fish We finally bribed the cook to get us some potatoes, which he did and we all set to peeling them and throwing them Into the now missing and roaring water. In less than five min utes we had boiled geese, boiled fish anc boiled potatoes and used as beverage boiling water from the water tanks. No so very bad in an emergency.
 Tn about two hours 1t began 10 ge cooler and finally toward midnight W, were enabled to retire and obtain mucl needed rest
 T tell you that certainly was warn spell That Is why I always smile wher hear of people complaining of warn weather"