[meteorite-list] 1922 Norfolk Meteorite Newspaper article
From: Mark Bostick <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:06 2004 Message-ID: <OE72etvHGrvxtvOxToO00004f06_at_hotmail.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C23A2A.99CA3AC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Everybody, Found another old meteorite newspaper article. This one is on the 20 = TON Norfolk iron meteorite! No, not the Norlfork Octahedrite that was = found in 1907. Evening Tribune, San Diego, California, May 12, 1923 Title at top of paper "FIND BIG METEOR; EARTH TORN" Article reads: MANY TREES BURIED BY 20-TON VISITOR Associated Press, Norfolk, Va, May 12.- The meteor which flashed across = the skies of Virginia last night and rocked the homes in half a dozen = cities by the shock of its landing, was found today 12 miles southwest = of Blackstone in Nottawa County.=20 Cover 500 Square Feet Striking a grove of oak trees the meteor made a depression in the = earth which measures 500 square feet in area. Several trees were buried = beneath beneath the falling body in the hole. The Meteor apparently was = composed of some metallic substance. Residents in the vicinity said there was a terrible detonation = when the object, which apparently weighed as much as 20 tons, hit the = earth, and a sheet of flame was sent up which was plainly visible for = miles. Scientists from Richmond will visit the scene to make an = analysis of the material of which the meteor was made. (end of article) Since I have never heard of, nor could find any reference to this = meteorite I assume it didn't happen. Has anyone ever heard about this = event before? No meteorite was recovered from that area at that time. Mark Bostick ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C23A2A.99CA3AC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everybody,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Found another old meteorite newspaper=20 article. This one is on the 20 TON Norfolk iron meteorite! = No, not=20 the Norlfork Octahedrite that was found in 1907.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Evening Tribune, San Diego, California, = May 12,=20 1923</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Title at top of paper "FIND BIG METEOR; = EARTH=20 TORN"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Article reads:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MANY TREES BURIED BY 20-TON = VISITOR</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Associated Press, Norfolk, Va, May 12.- = The meteor=20 which flashed across the skies of Virginia last night and rocked the = homes in=20 half a dozen cities by the shock of its landing, was found today 12 = miles=20 southwest of Blackstone in Nottawa County. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cover 500 Square Feet</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Striking a = grove of oak=20 trees the meteor made a depression in the earth which measures 500 = square feet=20 in area. Several trees were buried beneath beneath the falling = body in the=20 hole. The Meteor apparently was composed of some metallic=20 substance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> = Residents in the=20 vicinity said there was a terrible detonation when the object, which = apparently=20 weighed as much as 20 tons, hit the earth, and a sheet of flame was sent = up=20 which was plainly visible for miles. Scientists from Richmond will = visit=20 the scene to make an analysis of the material of which the meteor was=20 made.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(end of article)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Since I = have never=20 heard of, nor could find any reference to this meteorite I = assume it=20 didn't happen. Has anyone ever heard about this event before? No = meteorite=20 was recovered from that area at that time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark Bostick</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C23A2A.99CA3AC0-- Received on Fri 02 Aug 2002 02:43:35 PM PDT |
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