[meteorite-list] NPA 01-26-1907 Meteor Explodes Near Powder Car Causing Wreck

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Nov 28 19:57:03 2004
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Paper: Newark Advocate
City: Newark, Ohio
Date: Saturday Evening, January 26, 1907
Page: 1

METEOR EXPLODED NEAR POWDER CAR CAUSING WRECK

WHICH OCCURRED LAST SATURDAY NIGHT ON BIG FOUR IN INDIANA

Several People Saw the Aerolite Moving Toward the Car, Leaving a Trail of
Sparks

     Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 26 - That a meteor set off the car of powder
and caused the disaster to Big Four accommodation train No. 3 at Sandford,
Ind., on last Saturday night, is the assertion of R. E. Brown of Edgar
county, Ill. Mr. Brown lives on rural route No. 1, out of Paris. He stated
that on the night of the disaster and at the time of the explosion a large
meteor passed over his place. It appeared like a great ball of fire, he
said, and made a noise like a strong wind. The meteor, said Mr. Brown, was
moving in the direction of Sandford and left a trail of sparks. Almost
immediately after its appearance, he said, the explosion of the car of
powder occurred. Other people living in the vicinity of Vermillion, Ill.,
and Sandford, Ind., stated they saw the meteor also.

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