[meteorite-list] NPA 07-03-1994 Meteorite Shakes Broken Hill, Australia

[MARK BOSTICK]

HilPaper: News Record
City: North Hills, Pennsylvania
Date: Sunday, July 3, 1994
Page: A8

Meteorite shakes Australian region
The Associated Press

     SYDNEY, Australia: A meteorite hit the township of Broken Hill in far 
western New South Wales Saturday might causing earthquake-like vibrations 
throughout the area.
     Hundreds of distressed residents called police saying they had seen a 
huge white bright light plummeting toward the ground.
     A police spokeswoman said many people reported the walls in their homes 
shook when the meteorite hit.
     Police were not sure of the exact location of the strike but scientists 
confirmed it was a meteorite.

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Hello all,

While this article does not refer to the Broken Hill meteorite.  The Broken 
Hill meteoite, and many other Australian meteorites were FINDS from that 
year.  It is possible press from this event helped lead to some of these 
discoveries. (?)

Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com

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