[meteorite-list] NP Article, 10-1869 Boise County, Idaho Bolide
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:04 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV125xxfYXFrw00006496_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0041_01C34AE7.E8774FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Idaho Statesman City: Boise City, Idaho Date: Saturday, October 23= , 1869 BOISE COUNTY. The World of Thursday gives an account of the supposed fall= of an Aerolite, from which condense as follows: On Monday, the 11th instant, a singular phenomenon occurred between Place= rville and the Payette. About 3 o'clock in the evening persons living in = that section of the country were started by a tremendous explosion which = shook the ground like an earthquake. The first impression on the minds of= the people at and around Placerville was that the boiler of the quartz m= ill on Granite creek had exploded, but such not proving the case, specula= tion was rite as to the cause of such a terrible explosion and shock. esp= ecially as the sky was clear and the sun shining brightly. Mr. Miner, who= was at the rance opposite Horse Shoe Bend, on the Payette says the explo= sion sounded to him as though it took place ont eh divide between the hea= dwaters of Granite creek and Payette. Other parties agree apon the locali= ty of its occurrence. Maj. R. G. Allen was coming down the mountain, on t= he Boise City road about three miles below Jidge Stringhathis (?), and he= not only heard the explosion but felt the ground shake under him quite p= lainly and he was at least thirty miles from it. A gentleman at Thorn creek, about ten miles from here, on that evening, s= aw something like a ?????? apparently a huge ball of fire int he directio= n of Placeville; it was some distance up in the air above the mountain, a= nd suddenly exploded and disappeated. It was from there to four minutes f= rom the time he saw it burst until he heard the sound. several parties in= Idaho City also say that they felt the shock, but it was not very severe= they paid little attention to it. Mark note: ? means I can not read the paper well because of folding or ag= eing on the paper. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0041_01C34AE7.E8774FE0 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><STRONG>Paper:</STRONG> Idaho Statesman <STRONG>City:= </STRONG> Boise City, Idaho <STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Saturday, October 23, = 1869</P> <P> </P> <P>BOISE COUNTY. The World of Thursday gives an ac= count of the supposed fall of an Aerolite, from which condense as follows= :</P> <P>On Monday, the 11th instant, a singular phenomenon occurred betw= een Placerville and the Payette. About 3 o'clock in the evening persons l= iving in that section of the country were started by a tremendous explosi= on which shook the ground like an earthquake. The first impression on the= minds of the people at and around Placerville was that the boiler of the= quartz mill on Granite creek had exploded, but such not proving the case= , speculation was rite as to the cause of such a terrible explosion and s= hock. especially as the sky was clear and the sun shining brightly. Mr. M= iner, who was at the rance opposite Horse Shoe Bend, on the Payette says = the explosion sounded to him as though it took place ont eh divide betwee= n the headwaters of Granite creek and Payette. Other parties agree apon t= he locality of its occurrence. Maj. R. G. Allen was coming down the mount= ain, on the Boise City road about three miles below Jidge Stringhathis (?= ), and he not only heard the explosion but felt the ground shake under hi= m quite plainly and he was at least thirty miles from it.</P> <P>A gentle= man at Thorn creek, about ten miles from here, on that evening, saw somet= hing like a ?????? apparently a huge ball of fire int he direction of Pla= ceville; it was some distance up in the air above the mountain, and sudde= nly exploded and disappeated. It was from there to four minutes from the = time he saw it burst until he heard the sound. several parties in Idaho C= ity also say that they felt the shock, but it was not very severe they pa= id little attention to it.</P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <P>Mark= note: ? means I can not read the paper well because of folding or ageing= on the paper.</P> <P></FONT></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteAr= ticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</P><= /DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0041_01C34AE7.E8774FE0-- Received on Tue 15 Jul 2003 04:43:59 PM PDT |
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