[meteorite-list] NP Article, 07-1925 Meteors fall in Neb and SD
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:20:58 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV42ZX6WKVc0s0000ce7f_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C34210.CC90D6A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Coshocton Tribune =20 City: Coshocton, Ohio =20 Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1925 Page: 3 SIOUX CITY, Ia., July 23 - Local scientific circles are greatly intereste= d in the reports of falling meteors at Ponca, Neb., and at Hot Springs, S= outh Dakota. Twice within the last six-months a meteor has fallen near the Dennis O'Fl= aherty home, three and one-half miles west of Ponca. The latest heavenly visitor was about ten inches in diameter and reached = the O'Flaherty home abuot ten o'clock at night. Mr. and Mrs. O'Flaherty were awakened by a loud hissing noise and saw a b= all of fire strike an electric light wire and fall to the ground, where i= t burned for some time. The electric wire fell across the barbed wire fen= ces and electrocuted two steers that were standing by the fence. The elec= tric current followed the barbed wire to the a gate post and scorched it = where ti have already been scorched by a meteor that fell near the post s= ix months before TOO HOT TO HANDLE The O'Flahertys watched the fireball for several hours. At 6 o'clock the = next afternoon Mr. O'Flaherty and several of his neighbors dug up parts o= f the meteor and found it still too hot to handle Near Hot Springs A. A. Hardin was driving along the highway when a bright= , comet-like flame swept over the sky. He saw a brilliant red fire ball f= all in a pasture. Hardin left his car, climbed the fence and ran to the spot where he saw t= he fire ball land. A colu,m of smoke was rising from the gass. He discove= red the smoke was emanating from a red hot object, smaller than a basebal= l - a meteor. The meteor had torn a large hole in the ground. Later when the meteor cooled the metal mass was weighed and found to be e= xactly two pounds heavy. Mark note: I could find no other reference to these possible meteorite fa= lls Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C34210.CC90D6A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper: Coshocton Tribune </P> <P>City: Coshocton, Ohio </P> <P>Date= : Wednesday, July 29, 1925</P> <P>Page: 3</P> <P> </P></B> <P>SIOUX = CITY, Ia., July 23 - Local scientific circles are greatly interested in t= he reports of falling meteors at Ponca, Neb., and at Hot Springs, South D= akota.</P> <P>Twice within the last six-months a meteor has fallen near t= he Dennis O'Flaherty home, three and one-half miles west of Ponca.</P> <P= >The latest heavenly visitor was about ten inches in diameter and reached= the O'Flaherty home abuot ten o'clock at night.</P> <P>Mr. and Mrs. O'Fl= aherty were awakened by a loud hissing noise and saw a ball of fire strik= e an electric light wire and fall to the ground, where it burned for some= time. The electric wire fell across the barbed wire fences and electrocu= ted two steers that were standing by the fence. The electric current foll= owed the barbed wire to the a gate post and scorched it where ti have alr= eady been scorched by a meteor that fell near the post six months before<= /P> <P> </P> <P>TOO HOT TO HANDLE</P> <P> </P> <P>The O'Flahert= ys watched the fireball for several hours. At 6 o'clock the next afternoo= n Mr. O'Flaherty and several of his neighbors dug up parts of the meteor = and found it still too hot to handle</P> <P>Near Hot Springs A. A. Hardin= was driving along the highway when a bright, comet-like flame swept over= the sky. He saw a brilliant red fire ball fall in a pasture.</P> <P>Hard= in left his car, climbed the fence and ran to the spot where he saw the f= ire ball land. A colu,m of smoke was rising from the gass. He discovered = the smoke was emanating from a red hot object, smaller than a baseball - = a meteor.</P> <P>The meteor had torn a large hole in the ground.</P> <P>L= ater when the meteor cooled the metal mass was weighed and found to be ex= actly two pounds heavy.</P> <P>Mark note: I could find no other reference= to these possible meteorite falls</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.Me= teoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite artic= les.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C34210.CC90D6A0-- Received on Fri 04 Jul 2003 10:44:01 AM PDT |
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