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the portland daily press (portland, me.) 1862-1921 — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1902-06-17
Location: portland, maine, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the portland daily press (portland, me.) 1862-1921 · 1902-06-17 · page 08
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1902-06-17 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.

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... in the town and the sulphur smell was strong, while a sudden gust swept over several acres oovered with ashes and oarrled the line dust up in a whirling column similar to a water spout, moving with tremendous speed In the direction we were running. EFFECT ON THE SEA. All through the catastrophe little or no movement in the sea was noticed, ex cept of course immediately on the beach at St. Pierre, where the sea seems to have receded several feet at the moment when the gas cloud struck the surface of the water. Undoubtedly, however, there have been great changes at the bottom in some parts of the Caribbean, upheavals a some places ...

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