Paper: Bangor Daily Whig and Courier City: Bangor, Maine Date: Monday, July 17, 1843 Page: 2 (of 4)
Singular Phenomena
We learn from the Gazette at Urbana, Ohio, that "about 11 o'clock on the evening of the 19th ult. a rumbling noise and jarring of the earth, similar to that produced by the shock of an earthquake, was very sensibly heard and felt in various parts of this county.
"On Wednesday night, 28 ult., between 8 and 9 o'clock, an unusually large and brilliant meteor fell a little east of the zenith, and disappeared behind a cloud in the north-east. The light produced by it was equal in brilliancy to that of the sun. Those who saw the meteor say that it was nearly as large as a man's head. A few moments after it disappeared a rumbling noise was heard, which lasted two or three seconds, supposed to have been caused by its explosion."
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