Re: [meteorite-list] NP Article, 07-1896 Meteorite Kills Children, Brings Rain

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Hello Mark and List,   Is there other evidence that two boys were killed in 1896 by a meteorite?  I was under the impression that there were no reported cases of people being killed by meteorites.   Cheers,   Mike Tettenborn ----- Original Message ----- From: MARK BOSTICK To: Meteorite List Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] NP Article, 07-1896 Meteorite Kills Children, Brings Rain Paper: Fort Wayne News City: Fort Wayne, Indiana Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1896 Page: 1   METEOR FALLS Strikes a House and Kills Two Children - Brings Rain Chichihua, Mex., July 14. - Particulars have reached here of the fall of a meteor in a small mining town of Santos Reis, this state. The meteor was of immense size and as it descended through the air it was a molten mass of metal. It made its descent at noon, and was accompanied by a report louder than that made by a cannon. It struck the house of a miner and demolished the building killing two children and then buried itself in the ground to a great depth. A large part of the meteor was broken off when it struck, and it was sent to the National museum at the City of Mexico. There has been no rain in that section for nearly a year, but within twenty minutes after the fall of the meteor the sky became overcast with clouds and a heavy fall of rain took place. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.