[meteorite-list] Stat. Speaking / killer Hammers / New Concord

From: almitt2 at localnet.com <almitt2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:51:56 -0500
Message-ID: <20111121175156.x4p9h63fnt340kc0_at_webmail.localnet.com>

Hi Frank and all,

This is one that I have wanted to chase down. Need to look at what
Farrington had to say on the fall. Thought I would go over to the area
sometime and do a search at the libraries in the area and try to get
some definitive proof (if there is proof in a newspaper article) on the
account.

I've certainly sold enough New Concord that it would be nice to know
one way or the other. In my information cards I list a colt being
killed and not sure at this time what source of information it came from
but the information comes from about two decades back and probably from
my own collection piece.

Best!

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites



  Quoting Frank Cressy <fcressy at prodigy.net>:

> Hello all,
>
> Every time I see that the New Concord meteorite hit and killed a
colt (or
> horse), I cringe.? Maybe Kevin K. does the same when he hears that
a dog was
> killed (or turned to ashes) by a Nakhla stone.?
>
> In 2006 Mark Bostick collected over 15 newspaper accounts about the

> New Concord
> fall.? All these were published shortly after the fall and not one

> mentions any
> animal being killed.? The leading authorities (J. Lawrence Smith,
professors
> E.B. Andrews and E.W. EVANS of Murietta College) who studied the
> fall, and who
> wrote in great detail of the fall circumstances, mention no horse
or animal
> being killed even though they wrote that a stone severed a large
root, and
> others smashed a log, hit a barn and broke a rail of a fence.??It

> was mentioned
> thougth, that a man saw a stone fall THREE FEET FROM HIS HORSE'S
HEAD.?
>
>
> The first reference I can find?about a New Concord equine
eliminator is Prior
> and Hay's?Second Catalogue of Meteorites published in 1953.? The
> first catalogue
> (1923) makes no mention of this incident.
>
> So I would have to rate this story as another "Legend of the
Fall."? To those
> who don't agree I'd certainly appreciate them pointing me to the
original
> reference.
>
> All the best,
>
> Frank
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Blood <mlblood at cox.net>
> To: Met. Anne Black <Impactika at aol.com>; mrmeteorite at gmail.com;
> Meteorite List
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sun, November 20, 2011 1:05:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stat. Speaking / killer Hammers
>
> I am responding using Anne's responses, as they seemed as
informative
> As the best of the bunch:
>
> REGARDING METEORITES THAT STUCK LIVING CREATURES:
>
> Other than the most famous of all, the 1947 Sylacauga hitting
> ? ? ? ? Hulitt Hodges and leaving a huge bruise on her side,
the
> ? ? ? ? photo of which is famous, there have been other
documented
> ? ? ? ? Hammers which nailed living critters:
>
> (NOTE: the list below does not include some of the biblical
references
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? nor the Roman report of a legion being killed)
>
> 1860 New Concord Ohio meteorite struck and killed a colt.
>
> 1908 TUNGUSKA, Russia killed countless forest animals
> ? ? ? ? which inevitably inhabited the remote forest which was
> ? ? ? ? ripped asunder when eighty million trees were blasted,
> ? ? ? ? left lying on their sides in a radial pattern over an
area
> ? ? ? ? of eight hundred square miles.
>
> 1911 Nakhla, Egypt fall reportedly killed a dog. Kevin Kichinka
> ? ? ? ? wrote a thorough article concluding that the rumor was
> ? ? ? ? false. However, in a series of heated debates on "The
List,"
> ? ? ? ? Between Kevin and Ron Balke. The latter held his own,
> ? ? ? ? presenting credible arguments that left at least a
crack of
> ? ? ? ? doubt as to the possibility of regarding the issue.
(These
> ? ? ? ? rousing debates can be read in the List Archives of
Meteorite
> ? ? ? ? Central).
>
> 1972 Valera is documented up the yin yang (Darryl Pitt, I believes,
owns
> ? ? ? ? the original, signed and notarized papers on this one).
>
> 1992 Dutch Meteorite Society photo of Ugandan boy struck by and
> ? ? ? ? holding a 3g Mbale meteorite, the force of which had
been
> considerably diminished having passed through a banana tree
> ? ? ? ? before striking the boy:
> ? ? ? ? http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/MbaleBoyW.jpg
>
> 2003 Park Forrest fall killed a minimum of 2 termites when striking
> ? ? ? the Garza house. An entomologist attested to the death
taking
> ? ? ? ? place at the time of the impact.
>
> 2007 Carancas Peru impact shock force killed a ewe and a llama.
>
>
> ADDENDUM:
>
>> 5. Q. Has any animal ever found a meteorite?
> ? ? ? ? 2010 Mifflin, Wisconson, a 198g stone was recovered by
Sonny
> Clary's dog, Brix
>
> ? ? ? ? Best wishes, Michael
Received on Mon 21 Nov 2011 05:51:56 PM PST