Paper: Decatur Daily Republican City: Decatur, Illinois Date: Thursday, June 26, 1890 Page: 2
A Wonderful Meteor ATCHISON, Kan., June 26. - About one o'clock yesterday afternoon a meteor fell with a terrific explosion on a farm near Washington, Kan., scattering rock in every direction. One piece weighing nearly a ton embedded itself in the ground to a depth of several feet. The rock was of a grayish color and was intensely hot. The shock of the explosion was felt for miles around, many persons thinking it was an earthquake.
Mark Note: This newspaper account is of the Farmington meteorite. This meteorite fell in Washington County, Kansas on June 25, 1890 at 1300 hrs. Classified as an L5 black chondrite, breccia. Two stones fell with a total weight of 89.4 kg. (Reference: Meteorites A to Z, 2001, Michael Jensen, William Jensen, Anne Black). Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles. |
