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Show The FaU of a Meteor. Laramie Republican. A lBtter received from W. A. Knight, superintendent for the Ottras Mining company, at Keystone, written Oct, 8 describes a wonderful sight witnessed there on Tuesday. At 11:30 p. m. the inhabitants of Keystone were aroused by a quaking of the earth and a terrific explosion, caused by the falling of a meteor not more than two miles northeast of the Keystone mine. Mr. Homer Hart, one of the night mill men, happened to be at the Keystone flume when the meteor passed. He said that it wai a huge ball of fire, so brilliant thatjjjloould not look at it, that it illumil! the entire country lighter than da; It came from the south w,, massing mass-ing northeast. It was hardly, n't of sight before the earth quakinrT the mountains was distinctly felt -Jjftiteen miles away. Mr. Wood, a ner at Bush creek, said that it awakued him and that he was sleeping in 1 house. Mr Towner, who was camped in the Centennial valley, reports that it aroused him from his slumber. The explosion caused a great deal of consternation con-sternation among the night engineers at the Keystone mine, the Keystone mill and the Florence mine.each thinking think-ing that the boiler at one of the places had exploded. Mr Uavid Dole saw the meteor as it passed his window and said that not biDre than one-half a minute expired before be heard the report of the ex-olosion ex-olosion and felt the quaking of the earth The meteor must be one of extraordinary ex-traordinary size and would make a verv valuable specimen for the state university. Mr. P. Pfaindler and several sev-eral others will leave in the morning to search for the curious stranger incase the snow does not fall too deep. |