Paper: The Daily Chronicle City: Elyria, Ohio Date: Wednesday, August 07, 1901 Page: 2 (?) FIND OF ANCIENT METEOR Laborers at Williamsburg, N.Y., Unearth What Appears To Be Old Heavenly Visitor What seems to be fragments of a magnetic iron meteor, which may have descended to the earth centuries ago, was discovered the other day by some laborers who are excavating a cellar on Knickerbocker avenue, at Cornelia street, Williamsburg, N.Y. The discovery was made at a depth of 19 feet. It being necessary to remove a hill 30 feet high before the sidewalk level was reached. Upon reaching a ten-foot depth in the cellar excavation the men came upon the hard substance, and at first believed it nothing but solid rock. Its extraordinary weight, however, made them examine it more closely, and when they cut into a large piece of the matter they found the interior was a solid mess of iron ore beneath a surface several inches deep of harden yellow clay. The search was extended further, and the men came upon a perfectly formed ape's head and also a ram's head. All the matter was turned over to Frank S. Schell, the contractor, who will transfer the relics to some museum. "It appears to me," said Mr. Schell, "that when this meteor fell, perhaps centuries ago, it struck the earth like a shower of hailstone would. That the pieces are all ancient is evident from the hard yellow clay which surrounds each piece. (Mark note: Once again using the must have reference guide, Meteorites A to Z, I could not find any meteorite having been found in New York during this time. Meteorites A to Z, also pointed out to me, how few New York meteorites there are. New York being one of the first and one of the most populated states in America I find their 11 find/falls to their name, and most of these being rather small.) Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles. |
