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Meteoric Stone
Mr.
Dinsmore, an intelligent farmer in
Nobleboro, Maine, gives the following account of a meteroric stone, which
lately fell in that town:
As he was at work in
his field between 4 and 5 o’clock P.M. of the 7th of August, his attention
was arrested by an unusual noise in the sky, directly over his head, like
the firing of many guns, in repeated succession and as loud as the report
of a musket at a distance of 20 rods. The noise continued 4 or 5 minutes,
the succession of the reports growing more rapid until the whole sounded
like the roll of a drum. About 5 minutes after this sound had ceased, he
heard something like the noise produced by wind among trees, and looking
up to discover the cause; saw what he thought a cloud in quick motion, and
at that instant heard something strike the ground near him, He proceeded
to the spot, and found that a bout 6 rods from where he had been standing
a stone had entered the earth to the depth of 6 inches, when stroking
another stone it broke in pieces. He thinks the stone would have weighed
as much as four pounds. The stone is of an ashy grey color, covered with a
coat of black resembling oxyd of Iron. Its granular texture resembles
coarse sand stone.
The Republican
Compiler
Gettysburg, PA
5 Nov
1823 Page 1
(Contributed by Nancy
Piper)
Fire
Waldoboro, Dec.19;
Fire was discovered in the store of
Thomas Kacharn, North Waldoboro, Saturday night about 11 oclock, which was
totally consumed with his entire stock of goods. Loss, $1100.00;
insured in the AEtna Insurance company for $800.00
[source: Daily Kennebec Journal, Dec. 31, 1872
edition]
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