[meteorite-list] NPA 09-15-1886 Possible Bradford Woods Fall article?

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:53 2005
Message-ID: <BAY104-F148FF18C87632B85DE01DEB35B0_at_phx.gbl>

Paper: Indiana Weekly Messenger
City: Indiana, Pennsylvania
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1886
Page: 3 (of 4)

     LAST Friday evening, about 8 o'clock, a large meteor passed over Homer
City. The light reflected from the terrestial visitor was so brilliant that
the smallest print could be read on the streets. While yet in full view of
the observers the meteor exploded and the flying fragments were distinctly
visible and the noise following the explosion seemed as loud as a cannon.

(end)

Possible...or maybe...likely Bradford Woods meteorite fall article. This
meteorite fell in Sept. 1886, on an unknown date in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania.

Catalogue of Meteorites reads, "A mass 762g fell on the Deutihl property,
2.5 miles SW of Bradford Woods."

Bradford Woods and Homer City are 46 miles (76 km) apart.

No other meteor reports were found in the Indiana Weekly Messenger, a
Pennsylvania newspaper, that were for a Pennsylvania meteor during a search
of Sept. 1886 by me.


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Mark Bostick
Wichita, Kansas
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The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old list
server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess this is
more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now.
Received on Thu 03 Mar 2005 12:37:03 AM PST