[meteorite-list] Newspaper Article, June 13, 1887 German Meteorite Fall?

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:06:55 2004
Message-ID: <3D9DDA46.D965873E_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Mark wrote:

> AN IMMENSE METEOR. The Evansville Daily Carrier
> Evansville, Indiana, Monday Morning, June 13, 1887
> It Strikes the Earth in German Township causing consternation
> Among the People and Creating a Panic Among Animals and Fowls

and:

> Considerable excitement was created among the people in German
> township Saturday night by an immense meteor striking the Earth

and:

> A search in Meteorites A to Z does not
> show any meteorite falling at this time.


Hello Mark and List,

Nor did I find anything in:

a) The 3rd and 5th editions of the Catalogue
b) My personal databases
c) F. Heide, Kleine Meteoritenkunde (1957)
d) M. Neumayr, Erdgeschichte, (Leipzig und Wien, 1895)
e) M.W. Meyer, Kometen und Meteore (1907)

Regards,

Bernd
Received on Fri 04 Oct 2002 02:13:26 PM PDT