The Inhabitants of Jerusalem were puzzled on Monday by an unexplained sulphurous mist, luminous at a distance, which swept over it for two hours, causing discomfort to all who were out-of-doors at the time. A Hebrew newspaper published accounts of observers who told of the arrival of the mist at 10 o’clock Saturday night after two days of a very severe khamseen,” or dry, hot wind. Sulphurous fumes, so oppressive as to make breathing out-of-doors difficult, descended over the city until midnight, when the wind carried them away.
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