Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1885 — A MOMENT WITH A METEOR. [ARTICLE]

A MOMENT WITH A METEOR.

Colored People in Texas Thought the Day of Judgment was at Hand. [Sherman (Texas) special ] A meteor of remarkable size was seen near midnight last night, moving in a southwesterly direction. The sky was brilliantly illuminated by it for several seconds. A moment after the meteor had disappeared a loud explosion, similar todhe discharge of heavy artillery, was heard, accompanied by a perceptible shock. This phenomenon was followed by a rambling like distant thunder. The meteor appeared to bo about the size of a flour barrel. It was also observed at McKinney, thirty-five miles distant, where a hissing sound was heard, greatly alarming some colored people who were returning from a prayer meeting and causing them to tike to flight, shouting that the day of judgmen t had come.