[meteorite-list] Why haven't we heard about this?
From: ken newton <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:11 2004 Message-ID: <4070C1D2.5010602_at_earthlink.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000307070502070900040006 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gregory and All, The reason you have not heard of it, is because it did not happen. http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2003-March/018369.html Best, Ken http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/news1.html Sharkkb8_at_aol.com wrote: > I have a copy of the "Wellesville Daily Reporter", April 18, > 1883. From the front page: > > Fort Worth Texas, April 16: "A dispatch from Williams ranche (sic) > says that at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, a meteor fell in the > outskirts of town, killing several cattle, and destroying the dwelling > of Martinz Garica, who with his wife and children were buried beneath > the ruins. The meteor resembled a massive ball of fire, and the shock > was similar to that of an earthquake. The meteor is still hot and > steaming. It is embedded in the earth probably 100 feet. It towers > above the surface seventy feet, and will cover about one acre. The > concussion was terrific. Nearly every window in town was shattered, > and the people were hurled violently from their beds and the goods in > the storehouses thrown from the shelves. No lives were lost so far as > known, except the Garica family, although several buildings fell. The > cattle fled in every direction. The air was filled with sulphurous > gas, and the wildest excitement prevailed. This is the largest meteor > that has ever fallen, and has already been visited by many people. It > has occasioned great excitement all over the surrounding country." > > http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/wellsville.jpg > > Gregory > > J. Gregory Wilson > 2118 Wilshire Blvd. #918 > Santa Monica, CA 90403 > USA > (310) 913-2598 --------------000307070502070900040006 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Gregory and All,<br> The reason you have not heard of it, is because it did not happen.<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2003-March/018369.html">http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2003-March/018369.html</a><br> Best,<br> Ken<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/news1.html">http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/news1.html</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Sharkkb8_at_aol.com">Sharkkb8@aol.com</a> wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid7e.4b15a4eb.2da20ad5_at_aol.com"> <meta charset="US-ASCII" http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name="GENERATOR"> <div>I have a copy of the "Wellesville Daily Reporter", April 18, 1883. From the front page:</div> <p align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Fort Worth Texas, April 16:</strong> "A dispatch from Williams ranche <em>(sic)</em> says that at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, a meteor fell in the outskirts of town, killing several cattle, and destroying the dwelling of Martinz Garica, who with his wife and children were buried beneath the ruins. The meteor resembled a massive ball of fire, and the shock was similar to that of an earthquake. The meteor is still hot and steaming. It is embedded in the earth probably 100 feet. It towers above the surface seventy feet, and will cover about one acre. The concussion was terrific. Nearly every window in town was shattered, and the people were hurled violently from their beds and the goods in the storehouses thrown from the shelves. No lives were lost so far as known, except the Garica family, although several buildings fell. The cattle fled in every direction. The air was filled with sulphurous gas, and the wildest excitement prevailed. This is the largest meteor that has ever fallen, and has already been visited by many people. It has occasioned great excitement all over the surrounding country."</font></p> <p align="left"><a title="http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/wellsville.jpg" href="http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/wellsville.jpg">http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/wellsville.jpg</a></p> <div><font lang="0" face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ff0000" size="3" family="SCRIPT" ptsize="12"><b>Gregory</b></font><b><font lang="0" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2" family="SANSSERIF" ptsize="10"><br> <br> J. Gregory Wilson</font></b><font lang="0" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2" family="SANSSERIF" ptsize="10"><br> 2118 Wilshire Blvd. #918 <br> Santa Monica, CA 90403<br> USA<br> (310) 913-2598</font></div> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------000307070502070900040006-- Received on Sun 04 Apr 2004 10:17:54 PM PDT |
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