Heidelberg, July 19.
Practically the whole of the Palatinate was. aroused last night by-a temse noise and shock which at first was believ-fed to have been caused by an earthquake. Very" soon, how-fever, it was found that a'meteor of extraordinary size had erashfed down somewhere in this district, Observers report that this meteor, the light of which filled the whole sky, hada long tail like & comet."'A' search is now under way to find' the place Where the meteor has come down—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min.
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