[meteorite-list] 1906 Selma Meteorite NPA

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: The Newport Daily News
City: Newport, Rhode Island
Date: Sunday, December 22, 1906
Page: 4 (of 10)

METEORITE FOUND IN A HAYFIELD.

     The largest entire stone meteorite ever found, according to Professor 
Hovey, of the Museum of Natural History, New York. It was found March 26 in 
a hayfield about two miles from Selma, Ala., by J. W. Coleman. It is 20½ 
inches high, 20 inches wide and 13 inches thick, and weighs 306 pounds. In 
shape it is roughly polygonal.
     Professor Hovey says that most aerolites break to pieces while passing 
through the earth's atmosphere, probably on account of unequal heating due 
to friction. The meteorite had evidently lade embedded where it fell since 
1895. July 26 of that year several people, living in the vicinity heard a 
rumbling noise and saw a flaming mass shooting toward the earth.

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