Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-03

,ncv visible Mr. Eexton our postmatel, "as' d. '0
time Of its passage asserting the mall having TWO can
dies 10 furnish him light; but the igh, 0, 'ne @
WIS great as 10 hlahe 'ie'n "FP
dies in full daylight. ,.,,,.,
rnm MI we can gather, at least three minutes must
a e,,sed between the disappearance oil the Hieteo,
and The hearing of the report Consequently as SCUM
I'm ves al the rate ufitle over thirteen miles nu'
49, hodv of The meteor must have been nearly foriy
niles from US either in elevation or horizontal ostahc'
:, tho time of its explosion. Probably II was nueh
HIGHER than it appeared to be TO The gentlemen "no
messed it. The whole duration OF It's appearance
vas not more than halt minute, IL II was Is io"s
I elevation was 563 miles from the earth, and It's
a;n.,er O10 wards. 1t is worthy OF remark, that
go, nc those which have been sufficiently noticed to
form any satisfactory estimate concerning them, nave
Noon found to be between fifty and sixty miles from Inc
earth's surface.
r,nlosye meieors have usually, if not always, been
attended with the dropping of stones to the earth Inc
,ooes Tins broken and fallen generally not large
.,e;obinp from few ounces TO dozen pounds There
ba becn instances however, where huge masses nave
fallen In 1885, one fell in Yorkshire, which measured
70 inches in length, and PSI in breadth, and weighed
"a popnds II fell with such force that it sunk INTO
The ground to the depth of 81 inches The most re-
morkabe stone for SIZE, whose TALL has ever been VII
| nessed was one which fell in Connecticut some -
vears ago This fell in the day tlme we believe IL
,yas SO bright to be luminous, butt II we mistake no
!, was not attended with explosion. It rushed down
milo the earth with tremendous force, and gave such
lar and rumblng led many 10 suppose that an earth
make had happened. Ii was seen to fall, and people
soon repaired 10 The field and found its burrow 1t was
shortly uncovered though it had sunk some three or
four feet beneath the surface. It's weight, II we are
not much mistaken, was not lar from ton
PosrscrrpT Since writing the above, We have con-
versed with Mr. Horace Palmer, who was on his way
from Dunkrk 10 this place, when the meteor appeared.
file was two or three miles from Dunkrk when he APP
peared to he instantly surrounded with most PAINFUL
1, t.-I.. DIM frnn, mas nj al
Iy.lke substance, which fell around and upon HIM,
producing suphureous smell, great difficulty Of
breathing and feeling Of fantness with strong sen
saon OF heat. AS soon as he could recover from
his astonishment he perceived the body OF The me-
teor passing above him, seeming TO be about me
hob f. then appeafed TO be in diameter about the
size of large steamboat pipe near mile IN lensth :
It's dimensions varied soon; becoming first much broad
er and then waning away in diameter ana eng'h unii
The former was reduced 10 about eight nches and Inc
latter fourth Of mile when separated INTO pieces
which fell 10 the earth, and almost Immediately he heard
the explosion, which he says was tremendous on ar
irving here in the morning, his face had every appear
ance of having been severely scorcbed his eyes were
much affected and he did not recover from The shock
il rave his system for three days This is really
marve ous story; but Mr.. Palmer is temperate and
nm industrious man, and man OF integrity; and we be-
Iieve any conversng with him on The subject,
would be satisfied that he intends deception; but de-
scrites the nearly possible, as actually APP
pearpd Probably, however, his aglalloh al his suuoep
introduction such scene, caused the meteor TO be
some " hat magnlfed 10 him. Witnesses here speak of
the sparks which thrown off probably one OF those
sparks fell md cnveloped Dir. Palmer. In addition TO
lis light Mr.. Palmer, states that passage was accom-
panied by sound like that OF car moving on rail
road, only louder.
AT Salem, observer stated the meteor TO be ''as
large as house rather indefinite, but proving it 10
have been Of extraordinary magnitude. TWAS no.
ticed at North East, Waterford, and Sugar Grove Pa
Harmony, Chaulauque and other towns in this county.
The report was also heard Buffalo In Chautauque,
an observer describes it six eight miles in dame
Ter, and half mile long.
we learn also that it burst about three miles beyond
Fredonia or about eighteen from this place The report
is that fragment has been found foot in d.
ameter but we know not the original authority Of the
statement
Fit did burst where is represented 10 have done,
and il was seen here until it exploded lis elevation
must have ben obout 50 miles This is pretty low IN
comparison with of them, but it would seem from
the account Of Mr. Palmer that 1t much lower STILL
Perhaps was not observed here long as it might
have been from good points Of vision Its course is re-
pre- Sc nted by all to have been North Eas,erly.
In copying the above account, the Buffalo CONNER
cal Advertiser says "At Erie and Rochester, places
about 100 miles apart in straight line the light was
nearly as vivid that of day This shows the immense
ma unitude and great height of The meteor.