The Massachusetts Spy, And Worcester County Advertiser

Meteorological Phenomenon.—A very extraordinary circumstance took place on the 3d of Dec. in the forest of Calonhaven, in the arrondissement de Thionville. A carrier, returning from Sierck to Filstroff, was going through the forest between 6 and 7 in the evening. He had arrived within three quarters of a league of Launsfeld, when, in the midst of a violent hurricane, mingled with thunder, the forest suddenly appeared all on fire, and preserved that appearance for the space of a quarter of an hour. The horses became alarmed, and fell down; one of them broke from his harness, and fled as far as the village. Some of the inhabitants recognized him, and suspected some accident had happened to the driver. They immediately went towards the forest. As they came near, they perceived an inflamed cloud traversing the horizon from the north to the south. The most complete darkness succeeded this appearance. The carrier, when he heard them calling, answered them; and when they came up with him, they found him so overcome with fright, that it was only by the greatest care he recovered to give an account of what had happened to him.

[Jour. de Moselle.]