tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post2921194323142679352..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Newspaper Clipping of the DayUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-25613914032634775682021-12-21T00:03:15.040-08:002021-12-21T00:03:15.040-08:00https://youtu.be/68DNpdOxOrI a very dangerous pyr...https://youtu.be/68DNpdOxOrI a very dangerous pyro-poltergeistsKeithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12775662237239757809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-86374516650006460192014-09-25T12:28:24.188-07:002014-09-25T12:28:24.188-07:00I never knew that about picric acid being used in ...I never knew that about picric acid being used in old dyes. The things one learns...John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-45468169936454553732014-09-24T17:48:32.412-07:002014-09-24T17:48:32.412-07:00I wonder if this wasn't just a lack of underst...I wonder if this wasn't just a lack of understanding of chemistry? A popular dye of the 18th-19th C. was picric acid. It gave a lovely yellow-green color. A draper might very well have used picric acid or had materials dyed with it in stock. His mother could well have had clothing so dyed, too.<br /><br />The problem is that when picric acid-dyed cloth dries, it becomes extremely flammable, at times capable of spontaneous combustion. Salts of picric acid were among the main explosives used in WWI.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picric_acidJohn Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979918255430186425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-50070813431351376022014-09-24T14:22:10.393-07:002014-09-24T14:22:10.393-07:00This is a wacky one. After the first couple of tim...This is a wacky one. After the first couple of times I really would've left the house and everyone in it for a while! Definitely one of those tantalising cases you wish there was more about though. CharmedLassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08408541277096433664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-65608307742604607902014-09-24T06:51:36.677-07:002014-09-24T06:51:36.677-07:00It sounds more like a human pyromaniac was at work...It sounds more like a human pyromaniac was at work than a supernatural one. Frightening for the family, even so. The mother, Mrs Wright, though she did likely die of her injuries, was a tough old bird. After being "burned dreadfully", she was up and about again. That couldn't last through sustained attacks, though.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com