Title: Stevens Point Daily Journal City: Stevens Point, Wisconsin Date: Saturday, March 18, 1882
Fall of a Meteor. An immense meteortie fell about fifty miles southeast of Fort Assinaboine, Arizona, on the night of the 10th inst., its glare lighting the country for many miles around. Four minutes after striking the earth the report was heard in Assinaboine, sounding like the discharge of a heavy-gun, and the earth was perceptibly shaken. The shock was also felt at Fort Benton and the coal banks, nearly one hundred miles south. The meteorite has not yet been found. Mark Bostick note: Fort Assinaboine and Fort Benton are both in Montana and not Arizona, this appears to be a newspaper error. Also, I could find no recovered meteorite that fell in Montana (or anywhere else) during that date. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles. |
