[meteorite-list] NP 09-1899 Meteors over Ohio, Meteor-Wrong Found
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:50 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV84JlVWPK6aT00017b13_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0020_01C40A7D.E2662030 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Newark Daily Advocate City: Newark, Ohio Date: Saturday, September 16, 1899 Page: 7 METEORITES Small One Near Alexandria - Large Aerolite at Cambridge Alexandria, O. Sept. 16. - A large aerolite fell near this village about = 3 p.m. The meteor was first noticed in the northwest and was traveling to= wards the east. It was accompanied by a blinding light and made a noise r= esembling a rocket. When about a mile east of town it burst into three pi= eces apparently about six inches in diameter. Although it fell within a f= ew rods of some workmen, a search failed to reveal any trace of it. As it= fell in the neighborhood of a swamp it would be very difficult to locate= it exactly. Cambridge, O. Sept. 16. Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. John Carnes, whi= le driving along the Byesville road about 3:30 o'clock were greatly start= led by witnessing the fall of a meteor on the Burt farm. Mr. Carnes repor= ted the occurrence of his arrival here and about 5:30 o'clock Messrs. She= rrard and Stanley drove out. On their return they reported they had located the meteor and as well as = they could judge, it would weigh about 300 pounds. Mr. Carnes said that i= n falling it was in shape of a top, the large end being about two and a h= alf or three feet across, and that when it struck the earth it had spread= out and that small pieces had been broken off. When found by Messrs. She= rrard and Stanley it was still warm and for some distance the grass was s= till burning. They brought a small piece home and it is now on exhibition= at Senhauser's store. Two other meteors were reported, one as having bee= n seen at Pidgeon Gap and the other in Knox township. Mark Note: The "O' in the location is the same as the state of the paper,= Ohio. Meteorites A to Z (second edition available now) does not show any= meteorites found at this time. Story does not sound right either as I a= m sure many of you are thinking. Like the Chicago fire, I think we can b= lame this one the neighbors cow. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0020_01C40A7D.E2662030 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><FONT size=3D2> <P>= Paper: Newark Daily Advocate</P> <P>City: Newark, Ohio</P> <P>Date: Satur= day, September 16, 1899</P> <P>Page: 7</P> <P> </P> <P>METEORITES</P= > <P>Small One Near Alexandria - Large Aerolite at Cambridge</P> <P>Alexa= ndria, O. Sept. 16. - A large aerolite fell near this village about 3 p.m= The meteor was first noticed in the northwest and was traveling towards= the east. It was accompanied by a blinding light and made a noise resemb= ling a rocket. When about a mile east of town it burst into three pieces = apparently about six inches in diameter. Although it fell within a few ro= ds of some workmen, a search failed to reveal any trace of it. As it fell= in the neighborhood of a swamp it would be very difficult to locate it e= xactly.</P> <P>Cambridge, O. Sept. 16. Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. J= ohn Carnes, while driving along the Byesville road about 3:30 o'clock wer= e greatly startled by witnessing the fall of a meteor on the Burt farm. M= r. Carnes reported the occurrence of his arrival here and about 5:30 o'cl= ock Messrs. Sherrard and Stanley drove out.</P> <P>On their return they r= eported they had located the meteor and as well as they could judge, it w= ould weigh about 300 pounds. Mr. Carnes said that in falling it was in sh= ape of a top, the large end being about two and a half or three feet acro= ss, and that when it struck the earth it had spread out and that small pi= eces had been broken off. When found by Messrs. Sherrard and Stanley it w= as still warm and for some distance the grass was still burning. They bro= ught a small piece home and it is now on exhibition at Senhauser's store.= Two other meteors were reported, one as having been seen at Pidgeon Gap = and the other in Knox township.</P> <P></FONT> </P> <P>Mark Note: Th= e "O' in the location is the same as the state of the paper, Ohio. Meteor= ites A to Z (second edition available now) does not show any meteorites f= ound at this time. Story does not sound right either as I am sure m= any of you are thinking. Like the Chicago fire, I think we can blam= e this one the neighbors cow.</P> <DIV><BR><BR>Please visit, www.Meteorit= eArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</= DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0020_01C40A7D.E2662030-- Received on Mon 15 Mar 2004 12:08:45 PM PST |
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