new orleans daily crescent ([new orleans, la.]) 1851-1866 — sulphur smell
- Date of account
- Newspaper page published 1857-05-15
- Location
- new orleans, louisiana, united states
- Source
- Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
- Reference
- new orleans daily crescent ([new orleans, la.]) 1851-1866 · 1857-05-15 · page 1
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English OCR
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
A 1857-05-15 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sulphur smell”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention only... have seen smoke with a sulphuric smell isue from a very remarkable cavity which is found in the neighborhood of this place. Tne WEATIHE AND RIlvER.--The weather during the past few days has been beautiful, spring-like and cheering to the hitherto gloomy prospects of the planter. Since our last issue we have had heavy rains, which appear to have been general throughout the country, swelling the small streams ndrth and west of us to such an extent as to suspend, for a few days, our mail communication with Little Rock and Chlrks. ville, Texas. Little river. at a point some sixty miles west of this, was reported bank full and risaig on Sunday. The upper ...
Historical context
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Modern context
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