Six Tons of Another World Which Arrived inthe Midst of a Thunderbolt 'A correspondent in India sends us the following account of the advent of a huge meteorite at Quetta.
On Thursday January 25, an un usual phenomenon was witnessed in the Camtonment of Quetta, on the Northwest Frontier of India, a large meteorite falling to earth during the course of a thunderstorm, at about half-past two in the afternoon.
Previous' to its impact, a house rear the point of its arrival was struck by lightning. About a minute later, came the meteorite itself, hitting a large stack of baled straw about 100 feet long and 30 teet high, The force of its impact may be gauged by the fact that it penetrated 23 layers of tightly packed straw, almost reaching to the ground level.
The molten mass set fire to the centre of the stack, but, owing to the absence of sufficient air, the straw did not break into a blaze until combustion had progressed slowly outwards to the surface. The hole made by the meteorite in entering thus remained clearly observable for some hours. A striking feature was its shape, which was a circle of only some two feet diameter. The direction of the hole showed that the meteorite fell to earth at an angle of some 45 degrees, coming from the west.
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