Piute Chieftain | 1918-12-19 | Page 4 | Explaining Shower of Fishes

explaining ning shower of fishes A recent shower of fishes nt at hendon a suburb of bf sunderland england occurred about 3 p in during it a heavy heave thundershower and lasted about ten minutes minute A meela of dove marffie madlne laboratory states in id nature that the fall was confined to an area of about aboul a third of nn an acre the fishes weri iver oil about three inches long and all sand eels a marine s often pres ent in 1 ii great 9 along the english beaches the place of fall Is a quarter it f a mile fr from om the seashore eifle it Is found probable that the fishes num boring bering several hundred were drawn by a waterspout from the bay to the southeast and transported hy by vie the easterly breeze at least li halt a lf it a nille mile AS the lishes fishes were ei re all dead the ahe evidence that t inland w waters aters may I 1 have laye been stocked with marine forms from the abras air Is bof not conclusive I 1 I 1