[meteorite-list] NPA 06-1901 Large Meteor In Mexico
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:01 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV137ztxc1o8y00049986_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3D90B.5E129690 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: The Fort Wayne Evening Sentinel City: Fort Wayne, Indiana Date: Friday, June 21, 1901 Page: 4 LARGE METEOR IN MEXICO Denver, Col., June 21. - A special to the News from Tucson, Ari., says: T= he largest meteor ever seen in this part of the country fell between the = pueblos of Los Molinas and Alter, in Senora, Mexico, on June 11, at 10 o'= clock in the morning. The meteor was seen by parties in Tucson as it show= toward the southwest. Although the sun was high, the meteor illuminated = the sky and seamed to have burst at the horizon. El Progreso, a Spanish p= aper receiving in Tucson, contains an article describing the shock at Alt= ar and the terror of the people when the meteor fell. It struck the earth= about fourty miles from Altar, but the shock there was terrific and the = people thought it was an earthquake. An exploring party will go out from = Altar to try and find the place where the meteor fell. (Mark note: Meteorites A to Z does not show a meteorite having fallen on = June 11, 1901 in Mexico and having been recovered. It does show an unrela= ted meteorite that fell June 10, 1901 23:00 in Pakistan). Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3D90B.5E129690 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT size=3D2= > <P>Paper: The Fort Wayne Evening Sentinel</P> <P>City: Fort Wayne, Indi= ana</P> <P>Date: Friday, June 21, 1901</P> <P>Page: 4</P> <P> </P> <= P>LARGE METEOR IN MEXICO</P> <P>Denver, Col., June 21. - A special to the= News from Tucson, Ari., says: The largest meteor ever seen in this part = of the country fell between the pueblos of Los Molinas and Alter, in Seno= ra, Mexico, on June 11, at 10 o'clock in the morning. The meteor was seen= by parties in Tucson as it show toward the southwest. Although the sun w= as high, the meteor illuminated the sky and seamed to have burst at the h= orizon. El Progreso, a Spanish paper receiving in Tucson, contains an art= icle describing the shock at Altar and the terror of the people when the = meteor fell. It struck the earth about fourty miles from Altar, but the s= hock there was terrific and the people thought it was an earthquake. An e= xploring party will go out from Altar to try and find the place where the= meteor fell.</P> <P> </P> <P>(Mark note: Meteorites A to Z does not= show a meteorite having fallen on June 11, 1901 in Mexico and = having been recovered. It does show an unrelated meteorite that fell June= 10, 1901 23:00 in Pakistan).</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.Meteori= teArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.<= /DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3D90B.5E129690-- Received on Mon 12 Jan 2004 01:55:34 PM PST |
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