The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31

While the mercury struggled to pass
the 80 degree mark on the thermometer
OF the city. yesterday four men were
prostrated by the sweltering rays of
the sun and every cool Granny and
nook on the beaches or off in the coun-
tryside was sought by thousands of
wllted, parched and blistered members
of the community. The ocean beach
and Golden Gate park were thronged
with men. women and children. lured
10 the inviting shade of the trees and
hedges or the ocean breeze that blew
across the sands at the Cliff house and
along the boulevard Those who had
automobiles rushed out into the cool
reaches of the San Mateo hills, while
those who had no machines crowded
the streetcars and sought relief from
the oppressive heat in the baths or out
in the white spray of the surf.
NEW PROSTRATION RECORD
The four prostrations were a record
for San Francisco, being the largest
number overcome in one day by the
heat in the citys history. Walter Muir
dock of 1925 Ellis street was stricken
while walking through jefferson
square, Elmer Frankfort fell at Mont
rest was picked up in an unconscious
condition at Eleventh and Folsom
streets and an unknown man was found
prostrated at Pacific and Montgomery
streets.
All through the city Sol was king
In the larger apartment houses and
hotels the only people stirred to eff
fort were the bellboys and the only
sound of industry was the klink -klink
of ice water pitchers and the tingle-
tingIe of dainty Bohemian beverage
glasses. It was hot day-Prof. Alex
ander McAdie, the weather prophet,
said it was the hottest in IA years
Once, in 1896, McAdie declared, San
Francisco baked in a sizzling ray that
sent the mercury up to 81 degrees.
CLIMBS TO 30
At midnight Sunday the temperature
was 81 degrees. At 10 o'clock yester-
day morning it climbed to "a degrees,
the hot wave moving west from the
climbed up, the population of the city
mometer had tip toed to 80 degrees
three-fourths OF the homes of the city
were empty. From midday it gradu-
ally dropped breathing became ester
and more regular and at O'Clock bell
hops stopped hopping, ice pitchers
stopped klinking and the mercury fell
to 72 degrees.
While San Franciscans baked. Red
Bluff sizzled at 106 and Fresno blistered
at los. San Jose did not reach its
highest mark until o'clock. when the
mercury touched 102, though Los An
geles asted nothing over 80 degrees.
Northern and central California enjoyed
delightful conditions compared to the
heat reported by dispatches from the
extreme south Yuma and central Ari-
zona broke all former records with
120 degrees. This mark has never been
approached there since 1878. when it
reached 11S degrees. Phoenix, Ariz
and Prescott report ia for the former
and 100 for the latter. While Oregon
and Washington enjoyed even tempera-
ture, Reno, New, reported SO degrees in
the shade.
HARVEST FOR vENDERs
1t was the day of days for the hokey-
pokey ice cream vender, the popcorn
shouter and the pink lemonade man of
the beaches and park entrances. While
the band in the park discoursed music
to beguile the boiling audience babes
and little tots reveled in the glories of
cold milk or cornucopias. The grown
ups were out in their ducks and fan
nels And those who insisted that duck
and flannel were both too hot, dipped in
the surf in bathing suits.
Relief is promised. however, by Pro-
fessor McAdie today. He says it will
be warm-without any adjectives-and
that work will not be a burden.