[meteorite-list] NP Article, 04-1913 Bolide At Sea
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:06 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV151pIq4yQOc00007663_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0019_01C34C62.FEE4F670 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel =20 City: Fort Wayne, Indiana =20 Date: Monday, April 14, 1913 METEOR EXPLODES AT SEA Gives Passengers on Steamship a Bad Fright Boston, April 14. A meteor which passed over the vessel and exploded only= a short distance alarmed passengers on the Leyland liner Bohemia, which = arrived here from Liverpool, after towing the disabled British steamer Ca= yo Romano to Hallfax. The meteor appeared on the steamer's port side in a heavy hailstorm and c= rossed her bow at great speed. It exploded with a deafening report and bl= inding glare when apparently about forty feet from the surface of the oce= an. Passengers said that they had difficulty in hearing for about ten minutes= afterward. The lookout in the crew's nest on the foremast was frightened= , as it seamed to him that the meteor passed very near. When the explosio= n occurred the flash lighted all parts of the steamer. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0019_01C34C62.FEE4F670 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: Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel </P> <P>City: Fort Wayne, Indiana= </P> <P>Date: Monday, April 14, 1913</P></B> <P> </P> <P>METEOR EXP= LODES AT SEA</P> <P>Gives Passengers on Steamship a Bad Fright</P> <P>&nb= sp;</P> <P>Boston, April 14. A meteor which passed over the vessel and ex= ploded only a short distance alarmed passengers on the Leyland liner Bohe= mia, which arrived here from Liverpool, after towing the disabled British= steamer Cayo Romano to Hallfax.</P> <P>The meteor appeared on the steame= r's port side in a heavy hailstorm and crossed her bow at great speed. It= exploded with a deafening report and blinding glare when apparently abou= t forty feet from the surface of the ocean.</P> <P>Passengers said that t= hey had difficulty in hearing for about ten minutes afterward. The lookou= t in the crew's nest on the foremast was frightened, as it seamed to him = that the meteor passed very near. When the explosion occurred the flash l= ighted all parts of the steamer.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.Mete= oriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite article= s.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0019_01C34C62.FEE4F670-- Received on Thu 17 Jul 2003 01:57:36 PM PDT |
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