Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-10 | Page 1 | Ohio Mystified by Terrific Explosion

mu BY If EXPlOSION Blast Rocks Wide Area Near Malinta Theory of Mei Meteor Me Me- i teor tear Dis Discounted d TA TA Ohio June 10 United Press A A. A terrific explosion that tattered window panes rocked hoe houes and ana aroused sleepers over a atle avide vide tle a ares are of northwestern Ohio early War today proved a source of mystery as ns an was mu started to determine deter deter- mine Ine 11 iU Ils origIn County authorities discredited the thc original belief belle a meteor had fallen then hen an examination of a a. gaping hole bole on a roadside revealed no traces of molten metal or or other remnants of or stellar itella matter A force of workmen workmen work work- men dug to the bottom of the 10 foot crater and at 2 p. p m nL found nothing but hard crusted dirt No one was found who saw the meteor ma anti authorities advanced the Ine- opinion the disturbance was ew d by an explosion of rUin although none was reported wred in the immediate vicinity Joe The detonation resembling nn an nh shock was heard at 1 10 a. a m. m procuring consternation among resident rest resl- dents dent at Findlay Fostoria Bluff ton Continental W Wauseon Columbus wore Grove rore Napoleon and a Do few villages Ui an eastern Indiana