[meteorite-list] NPA 09-15-1886 Possible Bradford Woods Fall article?

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Indiana Weekly Messenger
City: Indiana, Pennsylvania
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1886
Page: 3 (of 4)

     LAST Friday evening, about 8 o'clock, a large meteor passed over Homer 
City.  The light reflected from the terrestial visitor was so brilliant that 
the smallest print could be read on the streets.  While yet in full view of 
the observers the meteor exploded and the flying fragments were distinctly 
visible and the noise following the explosion seemed as loud as a cannon.

(end)

Possible...or maybe...likely Bradford Woods meteorite fall article.  This 
meteorite fell in Sept. 1886, on an unknown date in Allegheny County, 
Pennsylvania.

Catalogue of Meteorites reads, "A mass 762g fell on the Deutihl property, 
2.5 miles SW of Bradford Woods."

Bradford Woods and Homer City are 46 miles (76 km) apart.

No other meteor reports were found in the Indiana Weekly Messenger, a 
Pennsylvania newspaper, that were for a Pennsylvania meteor during a search 
of Sept. 1886 by me.


Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
Wichita, Kansas
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The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old list 
server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess this is 
more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now.