[meteorite-list] NP Article, 07-1896 Meteorite Kills Children, Brings Rain
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:40 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV19SlJgHL6n100033f06_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0017_01C334DE.68838660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Fort Wayne News =20 City: Fort Wayne, Indiana =20 Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1896 Page: 1 METEOR FALLS Strikes a House and Kills Two Children - Brings Rain Chichihua, Mex., July 14. - Particulars have reached here of the fall of = a meteor in a small mining town of Santos Reis, this state. The meteor wa= s of immense size and as it descended through the air it was a molten mas= s of metal. It made its descent at noon, and was accompanied by a report = louder than that made by a cannon. It struck the house of a miner and dem= olished the building killing two children and then buried itself in the g= round to a great depth. A large part of the meteor was broken off when it= struck, and it was sent to the National museum at the City of Mexico. Th= ere has been no rain in that section for nearly a year, but within twenty= minutes after the fall of the meteor the sky became overcast with clouds= and a heavy fall of rain took place. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0017_01C334DE.68838660 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 News </P> <P>City: Fort Wayne, Indiana </P> <P>Da= te: Tuesday, July 14, 1896</P> <P>Page: 1</P></B> <P> </P> <P>METEOR= FALLS</P> <P>Strikes a House and Kills Two Children - Brings Rain</P> <P= >Chichihua, Mex., July 14. - Particulars have reached here of the fall of= a meteor in a small mining town of Santos Reis, this state. The meteor w= as of immense size and as it descended through the air it was a molten ma= ss of metal. It made its descent at noon, and was accompanied by a report= louder than that made by a cannon. It struck the house of a miner and de= molished the building killing two children and then buried itself in the = ground to a great depth. A large part of the meteor was broken off when i= t struck, and it was sent to the National museum at the City of Mexico. T= here has been no rain in that section for nearly a year, but within twent= y minutes after the fall of the meteor the sky became overcast with cloud= s and a heavy fall of rain took place.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, ww= w.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite a= rticles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0017_01C334DE.68838660-- Received on Tue 17 Jun 2003 03:40:33 PM PDT |
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