Arizona republican., 1910-05-23
Experience Of 1. B. Cannon
 With Deadly Gas 4 STRANGE PINK CLOUD
Which Created An Area of Death From Which MI. Cannon and Horse Barely Escaped - Dead Rabbits and Birds Found

L. E Cannon of Congress. als" well known in Phoenix. believes that h. saN and felt something of the passage of the comet on May I9. He has writ ten the Republican as follows. dcscrib- ing his strange and thrilling cxperi- once that day:
 As HalIcy's comet seems to be the aU-absurbing topic of interest at pres cnt. an experience of mine on May l9 may be ot interest to some of your readers. on that day, was riding on the desert. ten or twelve miles west Of the town of Congress in this terri tory. The day was hot and close and sIltry. although I could not see a cloud near. There was a peculiar feeling in the air. Aboupt 9 ?. m. I noticed a peculiar booking cloud that seemed to suddenly appear short distance ahead of me and at some height above the earth. It Was of sin was perhaps quarter of a mile in extent.
 What particularly astonished me was the singular shape of the cloud the top vas flat. straight across h"ri- zontally The lower part hung down in points. some lower than others like any other cloud in appearance, but all parts had the same pink color. As l rode toward it l noticed that il was settling slowly to the earth. There was not breath of air stirring When I got to it l found it was dust The edge was directly over me. and as it settled down on me and around me a strong. gasy. sulphurous odor per vaded the air. and my eyes and nos trils and throat and lungs began to burn and smart as though they were on fire I gasped for breath. My horse began to cough and shake his head and clear his nostriIs. turned him and rushed .out of the cloud. none too soon.
 As I reached the fresh air my horse began to sway and stagger. thought he would fall so I sprang to the ground. When l tried to stand I almost fell My knees gave way un- der me. was so weak My horse stood with legs far apart. his ears topped and his nostrils wide open, panting
 as If he had had heartbreaking run.
 The fresh air soon revived us and I led my horse farther away from the danger line. The cloud was settling to the earth fast now. 1 could see over the top as [ stood on the ground. It still held the same shape-as flat as floor on top. In few seconds it all settled down on the earth. and then d strange. uncanny sight pre- scnt"d itself to my eyes. a pink spot in the gray desert. The dry grass, the scrub mesquite and cat claw brush and the ground all covered of pink
 After perhaps half an hour I got pn my horse and vcntured to the edge of the pink spot. I slowly rode on the pink spot. X plain odor of gas as sailed me, but felt no ill effect. Then tho thought occurred to me to collect sbme of the dust as d curiosity. had no way to carry any except in my puckethandkerchief I thought of placing that on the ground and shak small greasewood bush to do so. when ! noticed dead jackrabbit under the bush. l pulled it out and examined it. I found no signs of injury on the body. The body was still warm and the limbs were Timber vet. It surely met death from the deadly gas. After a lot of work managed to collect a small amount of the dust by going from bush to bush. This I securely tied up in my handkerchief Then l got on my horse and rode home.
 The next morning thought I would visit the dust spot again and see what effect the gas had on the vegetation there. The wind was blowing a gale and it blew hard all