[meteorite-list] NP Article, 08-1922 Meteor alarms all Winnemucca
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:43 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV127TCi90gP800010568_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0011_01C320AE.E5D844A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Reno Evening Gazette City: Reno, Nevada Date: Saturday, August 12, 1922 Page: 3 METEOR ALARMS ALL WINNEMUCCA WINNEMUCCA, Aug. 12. - (Special to the Gazette.) - A big explosion, that = awakened people here and shook frame houses, arroused the city at 1:45 o'= clock this morning and caused considerable speculation as to its cause. It is now believed that a meteor fell near here and when the burning mass= struck the earth that it exploded. Several young people, returning from a dance at Golconda, saw a meteor fa= ll and were frightened. They said they thought it struck the earth a mikl= e or two north of Winnemucca. J. A. Wolgamat, Orovada rancher, who was ca= mping near Paradise Hill, saw the spectacle and says it struck near Winne= mucca. A large number of meteors were observed during the night and about fiftte= en minutes before the explosion a very large and bright one was seen to f= all apparently burning until it struck the earth north of town. Several parties are conducting a search today for the meteor. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0011_01C320AE.E5D844A0 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= > <P>Paper: Reno Evening Gazette</P> <P>City: Reno, Nevada</P> <P>Date: S= aturday, August 12, 1922</P> <P>Page: 3</P> <P>METEOR ALARMS ALL WINNEMUC= CA</P> <P>WINNEMUCCA, Aug. 12. - (Special to the Gazette.) - A big explos= ion, that awakened people here and shook frame houses, arroused the city = at 1:45 o'clock this morning and caused considerable speculation as to it= s cause.</P> <P>It is now believed that a meteor fell near here and when = the burning mass struck the earth that it exploded.</P> <P>Several young = people, returning from a dance at Golconda, saw a meteor fall and were fr= ightened. They said they thought it struck the earth a mikle or two north= of Winnemucca. J. A. Wolgamat, Orovada rancher, who was camping near Par= adise Hill, saw the spectacle and says it struck near Winnemucca.</P> <P>= A large number of meteors were observed during the night and about fiftte= en minutes before the explosion a very large and bright one was seen to f= all apparently burning until it struck the earth north of town.</P> <P>Se= veral parties are conducting a search today for the meteor.</P></FONT><BR= ><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of m= eteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0011_01C320AE.E5D844A0-- Received on Thu 22 May 2003 11:10:04 PM PDT |
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