[meteorite-list] NPA 03-25-1880: Estherville Meteorite Article

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Reno Evening Gazette
City: Reno, Nevada
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1880
Page: 1

The Iowa Meteorite

     Prof. Thompson of the Minnesota State University has examined and 
reported on the great Iowa meteorite which fell last May.  The day was 
cloudless, he says, when the meteorite passed through the air like a ball of 
fire, and a rumbling, crashing noise.  It was seen along its coarse for 
several hundred miles, terrifying the people greatly, and finally exploding, 
with two tremendous reports, near Esterville.  Two large pieces fell into 
hard soil, and many fragments were scattered.  The entire weight was about 
800 pounds, the largest mass weighing 470 pounds.  The material is found to 
be chiefly iron.

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Mark note:  This article refers to the Estherville meteorite, which town is 
misspelled in the article.