| Show METEORS IN AMERICA three alro hall ob la the state on tho evening of december 2 at about eight elicio was seen in kansas a bright fire ball which roso in tho western sky near tho moon then was it crossed tho heavens apparently parent ly near tho center of alio llio state its flight to the horizon appearing to observers to last about 1 the same meteor was seen to pass similarly from wast southwest to cast northeast by observers in many states from nebraska to west virginia and from missouri to wisconsin near alio llio meteors path four or avo minutes alter its passage loud explosions were heard resembling sem bling distant cannonading canno or noises like iho rattling of empty wagons over belony roads so loud were the noises that aud animals acro frightened alio explosions acro heard cast of tho mississippi everywhere within sixty miles of tho estimated of tho meteor and at lud one hundred and fifty miles distant sounds were noted winch were supposed to conic from alio meteor orar central illinois the meteor broke into fragments liko an exploding and over indiana and ohio it formed a allock or cluster of meteors computed to bo forty miles long and five miles broad tho eky york was overcast but from man places in alio llio came accounts of rattling of houses thundering noise and other such phenomena which at tho time were attributed to an earthquake at one place in northern indiana a farmer heard a heavy thud and found beneath the snow ho next morning a strange beono weighing of a pound uy putting alio llio various accounts of observers alio llio meteor was first seen noar tho northwest corner of indian territory at an of from sixty to ono hundred miles abobo iho earths surface it traveled to a point over central new york in about two minutes approaching the carth all alio while A similar meteor waa been on ho opening 0 july 20 in new york and now england tim light was 0 o vivid that thousands of persons left houses t it ita velocity was computed at from ten to twelve miles per second fifty throes tho velocity of sound this mo acor disappeared from sight over the atlantic ocean early in alio last century 11 brilliant meteor was seen in now york city A worthy citizen 0 eliat adny chronicles how ho was sitting on yo sloop in maiden lane at about eight u meteor or starr aholt across yo making ho brilliant a light eliat although iho night was very dark all objects n 30 street appeared i cry visible chicago times baic ball will bo played nt night bj electric light on island next summer M 1 sun |
