"The meteor, which was glowing hot," What think yee now? Was the Times then, as earnest in their persuit of the truth of what they printed? Jerry Flaherty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Shallit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] more on Info needed
> Ask and ye shall receive: > > "Little thing like a meteor fails to discourage bride" > New York Times > December 8 1929 > p. E1 > > Special correspondence of the New York Times > > Belgrade, Nov. 20. - The heavens "blessed" a bride in unwonted > and unwelcome form in the village of Zvezvan today. As the wedding > party was nearing the church a meteor fell into one of the carriages > immediately in front of that in which the bride was seated. > > One of the wedding guests, a man, was killed, the woman sitting > opposite him was badly injured and the bride fainted. The crowd > scattered in panic, but after a brief delay the marriage was > duly solemnized. > > The meteor, which was glowing hot, measured forty centimeters in > diameter. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
