the redwood gazette (redwood falls, minn.) 1873-1940 — sulphur smell
- Date of account
- Newspaper page published 1876-02-24
- Location
- redwood falls, minnesota, united states
- Source
- Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
- Reference
- the redwood gazette (redwood falls, minn.) 1873-1940 · 1876-02-24 · page 2
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English OCR
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
A 1876-02-24 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... and emitting a horri ble sulphuric smell which is almost sti fling. The ground appears to be but a mere crust over boiling springs, and often so yields to the step that one feels as if he were about t* descend immediately into the earth. The great geyser itself is up in the top of a lofty hill, which appears to have been the extinct crater of a volcano, now filled with light blue boiling water of an unknown depth. The water is for ever seething and boiling, as if all the fires of perdition were allame beneath it. It is constantly shooting up in columns from six to thirty feet in height, which sometimes ...
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis OCR excerpt may mix reporting, humour, folklore, syndicated copy, editorial comment and witness claims. Newspaper title, date and original page remain available for source-critical reading.
Modern context
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