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st. landry democrat (opelousas, la.) 1878-1894 — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1882-05-13
Location: opelousas, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: st. landry democrat (opelousas, la.) 1878-1894 · 1882-05-13 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1882-05-13 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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... and covered with a blue, sulphuric smelling mud. The brick dwelling of Jeff Eccles was lifted from its foundation. The family, including the baby in a cradle in the front room, were all covered by debris and more or less injur ed, except the baby, which had not received a single scratch and waa not even awakened. The Pacific Railroad ran a large excursion train from Sedaiia, donating the gross pro ceeds to the sufferers. After leaving here the storm cloud raised some distance in the air and began the de struction of fences. Work of the Wind Elsewhere. At Montrose, Henry County, the Christian and Baptist churches were completely de molished, Column's butcher-sj^op was ...

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