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March 28, 1880
Daily Globe
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
A Californian newspaper reports on the Gas Spring near Bartlett Springs, an ice-cold bubbling spring emitting carbonic gas that kills birds, lizards, and affects humans within minutes, rendering the area lifeless within 100 yards.
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A DEADLY SPRING.
A writer in a Californian newspaper says: About half a mile over a mountain from Bartlett Springs there is what is called the Gas Spring. This is probably the greatest curiosity of the mountains. The water is ice-cold, but bubbling and foaming as if it boiled, and the greatest wonder is the inevitable destruction of life produced by inhaling the gas. No live thing is to be found within a circuit of one hundred yards of the spring. The very birds, if they happen to fly over it, drop dead. We experimented with a lizard on its destructive properties by holding it a few feet above the water; it stretched dead in two minutes. It will kill a human being in twenty minutes. We stood over it about five minutes, when a dull, heavy, aching sensation crept over us, and our eyes began to swim. The gas which escapes here is the rankest kind of carbonic, hence its sure destruction of life: also of quenching of flame instantaneously.
A writer in a Californian newspaper says: About half a mile over a mountain from Bartlett Springs there is what is called the Gas Spring. This is probably the greatest curiosity of the mountains. The water is ice-cold, but bubbling and foaming as if it boiled, and the greatest wonder is the inevitable destruction of life produced by inhaling the gas. No live thing is to be found within a circuit of one hundred yards of the spring. The very birds, if they happen to fly over it, drop dead. We experimented with a lizard on its destructive properties by holding it a few feet above the water; it stretched dead in two minutes. It will kill a human being in twenty minutes. We stood over it about five minutes, when a dull, heavy, aching sensation crept over us, and our eyes began to swim. The gas which escapes here is the rankest kind of carbonic, hence its sure destruction of life: also of quenching of flame instantaneously.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Gas Spring
Deadly Gas
Carbonic Gas
Bartlett Springs
Natural Curiosity
Where did it happen?
Half A Mile Over A Mountain From Bartlett Springs, California
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Location
Half A Mile Over A Mountain From Bartlett Springs, California
Story Details
A gas spring near Bartlett Springs emits deadly carbonic gas that kills all life within 100 yards, including birds flying overhead and lizards in minutes; it affects humans quickly and extinguishes flames.