Show ITHOUGHT THE END HAD COME A Heavenly Visitor Alights at Chiinaciim Washington Wash-ington WEIGHED FIVE THOUSAND I Buried Itself in a Muddy Lagoon Broke Crockery in Farm Houses Three Miles twnyTen Hours After Af-ter the Occurrence the Waters of j the Lagoon Were Hot Enough to Readily Coolc EfS Probably Gone Through to China People I PanijStricUen I Tacoma Wash June 16A Port I Townsend Wash special to the Ledger says I Last night at S oclock Chimacum a small farming center four miles i from here experienced a terrific explosion ex-plosion and jar the result of the falling of a 5000pound meteor which burst with a loud noise at the height of a hundred yards and after causing I a small sized cyclone of several minutes I min-utes duration buried itself deep in the muddy bottom of a neighboring j lagoon The meteor struck the bot I torn with force enough to break I crockery in farm houses three miles I away creating terror among residents resi-dents who believed the end of the world had come Ten hours after I the occurrence the waters of the lagoon la-goon were still bubbling and seething and were found to be hot enough to readily cook eggs Systematic dragging of the lagoon failed to bring up any traces of the celestial messenger which is believed to be buried deep in the earth |