[meteorite-list] NPA 03-25-1880: Estherville Meteorite Article

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Oct 1 13:36:53 2004
Message-ID: <BAY4-F10FRaqbC8wSA10001a14c_at_hotmail.com>

Paper: Reno Evening Gazette
City: Reno, Nevada
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1880
Page: 1

The Iowa Meteorite

     Prof. Thompson of the Minnesota State University has examined and
reported on the great Iowa meteorite which fell last May. The day was
cloudless, he says, when the meteorite passed through the air like a ball of
fire, and a rumbling, crashing noise. It was seen along its coarse for
several hundred miles, terrifying the people greatly, and finally exploding,
with two tremendous reports, near Esterville. Two large pieces fell into
hard soil, and many fragments were scattered. The entire weight was about
800 pounds, the largest mass weighing 470 pounds. The material is found to
be chiefly iron.

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Mark note: This article refers to the Estherville meteorite, which town is
misspelled in the article.
Received on Fri 01 Oct 2004 01:33:52 PM PDT