Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1913 — METEORITE MISSED 2 BOYS [ARTICLE]

METEORITE MISSED 2 BOYS

Youths Were Overcome by Fumes of Sky Wanderer Which Struck Near Them. Boston. —A meteorite dropped into Chaddock park in Malden neqfly striking two young men who say the visitor from space passed within two feet of thorn. Both were thrown down and overcome by fumes from the white hot mass. The eyebrows of one were nearly singed off. The metorite buried itself in the earth ten feet

The young men are John McDonald and Frank Butler, both of Malden. Butler is a member of the senior class ot_the Malden high school. In support of th,eir statement the two point to the jagged mass in the hole in ths park. A Both complained of a violent attack of nausea. This they thought was caused by inhaling the fumes of the flaming mass. Both say they saw the meteorite some seconds before it struck the earth arifi thought it was an ordinary, falling star. Scientists of both and Harvard college were notified and will dig up the meteorite for examination.