Show mysterious PHENOMENA ALMOST if riot not quite simultaneously with the occurrence of the first shocks of the groat great earthquake at charles charleston ton some extraordinary phenomena occurred on a large scale in the arctic regions of which it seems difficult it if not impossible to give any plausible explanation on a scientific basis concerning the remarkable occurrences occurred ees and sights in the legion and at the time referred to an exchange has the following the officers of the government steamer alert report that on their recent exploring expedition to hudsons Hud sons bay dyring the night of august while at diggs it got unusually dark the air being oiled filled with dense smoke which smelled like burning pitch the sea seemed literally on tire while the smoke was so thick thichon thi ckon on the deck that one could not see his bis band before him A furious gale was blowing at the time and the lead was the only guide capt gordon commander of the expedition tion is of the opinion that great rest fires were were raging in the center of labrador ta labrador brador and that taie me dense smoke and heat which about that time was ex experienced e aion along g ahe coast trona timm the curf gulf of st awre lawrence nce to cape breton was due to this cause A chicago paper commenting upon captain gor gordons aper theory ot the cause of the phenomena shows that it is not plausible as labrador is a sparsely timbered country prod producing dicing but little vegetation of any kind and from what Is ia known of it there is not sufficient cit combustible combus table material on the entire peninsula to produce such results as those described by the officers of the alert the fact seems to be that the causes of the phenomena are shrouded in mystery making them appear all the more wonderful but the report regarding them coming from government officers who have had a scientific training and a discipline in the naval service and who could have no possible object in fabricating such a description is doubtless correct |