[meteorite-list] Newspaper Article, 05-12-1922 Va. Meteorite
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:02 2004 Message-ID: <OE71wViKaZxVn3Qzh67000045db_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C275F4.3129FAE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable (Mark note: Paper has the same date and for the most part, the same stor= y, as a San Diego paper I transcribed a couple months ago.) =20 Reno Evening Gazette Reno, NV May 12, 1922 =20 Page: 7 METEORS EXPLODES AND ROCKS EARTH Richmond, Va., May 12 - With a detonation that was heard forty miles away= , a meteor appeared to fall to earth some distance north of Lawrence at a= buot 11:15 last (night), according to reports reaching here. The phenomen= on was said to have rocked the earth not unlike an earthquake, shaking ho= uses and awakening residents of Lawrenceville. The countryside for miles = around, it was said, was lighted up as bright as midday, and the meteor e= mitted a swishing sound as it hurled through space. Reports reaching Norfork said the meteor exploded with a force that shook= houses and broke windows in and around that comunity. The flash of the m= eteor was plainily seen at Norfork, 100 miles each of where it is estimat= ed to have fallen. ------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C275F4.3129FAE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT size=3D2= ><FONT size=3D2> <P>(Mark note: Paper has the same date and for the= most part, the same story, as a San Diego paper I transcribed a couple m= onths ago.) </P> <P>Reno Evening Gazette</P> <P>Reno, NV</P> <P>May = 12, 1922</FONT><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></P><FONT size=3D2> <P>Page: 7</P><= /FONT><FONT size=3D2> <P>METEORS EXPLODES AND ROCKS EARTH</P> <P>Richmond= , Va., May 12 - With a detonation that was heard forty miles away, a mete= or appeared to fall to earth some distance north of Lawrence at abuot 11:= 15 last (night), according to reports reaching here. The phenomenon was s= aid to have rocked the earth not unlike an earthquake, shaking houses and= awakening residents of Lawrenceville. The countryside for miles around, = it was said, was lighted up as bright as midday, and the meteor emitted a= swishing sound as it hurled through space.</P> <P>Reports reaching Norfo= rk said the meteor exploded with a force that shook houses and broke wind= ows in and around that comunity. The flash of the meteor was plainily see= n at Norfork, 100 miles each of where it is estimated to have fallen.</P>= </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D2></FONT><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C275F4.3129FAE0-- Received on Thu 17 Oct 2002 04:45:17 PM PDT |
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