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the bossier banner (bellevue, bossier parish, la.) 1859-1952 — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1886-09-23
Location: benton, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the bossier banner (bellevue, bossier parish, la.) 1859-1952 · 1886-09-23 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1886-09-23 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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... dust, which emit ted a sulphuric smell, soon formed a coating upward of half an inch in thick ness over the ground. Mr. H. R. Burt, native agent, whe has just come into town, says he camped at Okaro lake, five miles from Roto niahana. He went to bed about two o'clock, and was awakened by a rumb ling noise like that of an earthquake. He went outside the door, but could see nothing, although it was a clear night. The noise proceded from Tara wera. He looked round again and saw a huge mass of flame rise in the heavens, and instantly lava and smoke covered the ground. Soon after a volume of flame ...

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