[meteorite-list] NP Article, 07-1896 Meteorite Kills Children, Brings Rain
From: tett <tett_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:40 2004 Message-ID: <003901c33538$6c94fd10$6400a8c0_at_Tettenborn> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C33516.E47D10A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Mark and List, Is there other evidence that two boys were killed in 1896 by a = meteorite? I was under the impression that there were no reported cases = of people being killed by meteorites. Cheers, Mike Tettenborn ----- Original Message -----=20 From: MARK BOSTICK=20 To: Meteorite List=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] NP Article, 07-1896 Meteorite Kills = Children, Brings Rain 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 was of immense size and as it descended through the air it was a = molten mass 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 demolished 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 it struck, and it was sent to the National museum at the = City of Mexico. There 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_000_0036_01C33516.E47D10A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; FONT: 10pt = verdana; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Hello Mark and List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Is there other evidence that two boys were = killed in 1896=20 by a meteorite? I was under the impression that there were no = reported=20 cases of people being killed by meteorites.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Mike Tettenborn</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dthebigcollector_at_msn.com = href=3D"mailto:thebigcollector_at_msn.com">MARK=20 BOSTICK</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite List</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 17, 2003 = 3:40=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] NP = Article,=20 07-1896 Meteorite Kills Children, Brings Rain</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><B><FONT size=3D2> <P>Paper: Fort Wayne News </P> <P>City: Fort Wayne, Indiana </P> <P>Date: 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=20 meteor in a small mining town of Santos Reis, this state. The meteor = was of=20 immense size and as it descended through the air it was a molten mass = of=20 metal. It made its descent at noon, and was accompanied by a report = louder=20 than that made by a cannon. It struck the house of a miner and = demolished the=20 building killing two children and then buried itself in the ground to = a great=20 depth. A large part of the meteor was broken off when it struck, and = it was=20 sent to the National museum at the City of Mexico. There has been no = rain in=20 that section for nearly a year, but within twenty minutes after the = fall of=20 the meteor the sky became overcast with clouds and a heavy fall of = rain took=20 place.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a = free=20 on-line archive of meteor and meteorite=20 articles.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C33516.E47D10A0-- Received on Tue 17 Jun 2003 09:24:53 PM PDT |
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