Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1887 — Fall of Immense Meteors. [ARTICLE]

Fall of Immense Meteors.

An immense meteor fell on the line of the New Brunswick railway within six miles of Vanceboro, Maine,Friday night. It is'sunk deep in the earth and yet projects ten and one half feet above the surface. It is of the color of burnt rock. When it felL it was very hot. The falling of the meteor could be seen 200 miles away. It is undoubtedly of immense size. - r ■ • . . A dispatch from Barrington, N. S., Saturday, also reports the fall of a “meteor as large as an elephant. Friday night. It went into the ocean. Its fall was accompanied by a most vivid illumination of the whole city. There was a sudden and almost dazzling flash.lasting for a couple of moments, then all jras over. At Barrington darkness prevented the prosecution of any search, as the appearance was not followed by any unusual phenomenon. Th; meteor was also seen at Lockport, Shelburne, Yarmouth, Amhers and other towns in different parts of the Province. A Bridgewater dispatch says that when first seen it appeared to be a large falling star,but before it reached the earth it burst into small Btars of exceeding brilliancy,w«ich illuminated the heavens in a truly grand style. A hissing sort of noise was plainly heard there during the meteor’B fall. A Lockport' dispatch says the meteor was followed, a few minutes after its disappeaiance,"by ssou ud resembling that of distant thunder.