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

From: al mitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:17:24 -0500
Message-ID: <EE0EC7FEF8274D0C8FA82D4E1F3BCEF8_at_StarmanPC>

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 libaries 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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Cressy" <fcressy at prodigy.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:56 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stat. Speaking / killer Hammers / New Concord


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 05:17:24 PM PST