[meteorite-list] NP Article, 09-1886 Meteor Falls in Charleston Bay
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:41 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV48yWtIIZS2T000376dc_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C3367B.1D8BE2D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Newark Daily Advocate =20 City: Newark, Ohio =20 Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1886 Page: 1 A Meteor Falls in Charleston Bay. CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 7. - But few people saw the meteor which fell in= the bay here Sunday night. Three or four sailors describe it vividly. Mr= . E. T. Riddick, correspondent of the New York Star, had a fair view of i= t, and to a reporter said: "I was on the battery at the time the meteor w= as seen. My attention was directed to it by a reflection on the water. It= was exactly 11:15 p.m. When first discovered it was 275 degrees azimuth = and 90 degrees elevation. It was in the sky southeast by south and went d= own diagonally in a westerly direction. At 30 degrees elevation it burst = into a million pieces. When first seen it was a green color, then it beca= me yellow with a green tail, and just as it burst, it turned red, nd frag= ments resembled balls of fire. The meteor looked and acted like a rocket,= and appeared to the eye to be thirty or fourty feet across. It was visib= le about seven seconds. Mr. W. H. McDongal, an artist for the New York Wo= rld, also saw the meteor and confirms the description of Mr. Riddick. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C3367B.1D8BE2D0 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>Title: Newark Daily Advocate </P> <P>City: Newark, Ohio </P> <P>Dat= e: Tuesday, September 07, 1886</P> <P>Page: 1</P></B> <P> </P> <P>A = Meteor Falls in Charleston Bay.</P> <P>CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 7. - But = few people saw the meteor which fell in the bay here Sunday night. Three = or four sailors describe it vividly. Mr. E. T. Riddick, correspondent of = the New York Star, had a fair view of it, and to a reporter said: "I was = on the battery at the time the meteor was seen. My attention was directed= to it by a reflection on the water. It was exactly 11:15 p.m. When first= discovered it was 275 degrees azimuth and 90 degrees elevation. It was i= n the sky southeast by south and went down diagonally in a westerly direc= tion. At 30 degrees elevation it burst into a million pieces. When first = seen it was a green color, then it became yellow with a green tail, and j= ust as it burst, it turned red, nd fragments resembled balls of fire. The= meteor looked and acted like a rocket, and appeared to the eye to be thi= rty or fourty feet across. It was visible about seven seconds. Mr. W. H. = McDongal, an artist for the New York World, also saw the meteor and confi= rms the description of Mr. Riddick.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.M= eteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite arti= cles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C3367B.1D8BE2D0-- Received on Thu 19 Jun 2003 04:54:50 PM PDT |
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