Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-07-30

There is no report in any OF our exchanges,
that the meteor seen the other night was yisi-
bic anywhere west of Detroit river and yet
it must have been visible in the upper part of
Michigan, if not in Wisconsin and Minnesota
AT Detroit its path was above the clouds
which occasionally obscured it and one OBJ
server in that city says, at did not appear to
descend below the clouds within our range of
vision" Some of the western observers de-
scribe the state of the atmosphere during that
evening, and say there had been unusual man
ifestations Of electricity AT Cleveland the
appearance was as follows =
CAT sunset veil of murky clouds arose
from the northwest and covered the greater
part OF the sky. When the sun disappeared,
these clouds were lit up so brilliantly that the
whole west became of flame color. About
half past seven o'clock a mass of clouds came
up rapidly from the northwest, accompanied
by sudden fall of heavy rain which lasted but
few minutes, and then lett Il brilliantly star
lit sky. Soon afterwards dark clouds appear
ed IN the northeast from which shot up the
| lights of the aurora borealis.
AT fifteen minutes after nine O'Clock an ex-
traOrdinary meteor suddenly appeared from
bank Of clouds in the northwest, and shot up with
great rapidly until it reached an angle of
about forty five degrees above the earth, when
it changed its course to one parallel with the
surface of the earth.
Another spectator said it shot up from the |
direction of the lake with the velocity and APP |
pearance of very large rocket, having two |
tails, and the dark space between the tails |
looking like the stick. On reaching its high. |
est point the head became suddenly brilliant, |
as if about to burst but, instead of exploding, |
1t assumed horizontal course and slower rate |
of speed, until it sank behind the clouds in the |
southeast. During the whole of the evening
the atmosphere was highly charged with cleo
tuclty, cheat lightnings" flashing repeatedly. |
After the appearance of the meteor, the wind |
treshened, and toward morning heavy showers
fell"
The difference in time between Worcester
and Cleveland makes fifteen minutes past nine |
there about the same as fifteen minutes before |
ten here. The meteor was seen here about |
ten o'clock-perhaps few minutes before ten.
What connection have such fiery shows with
electricity? The most western point of OBJ
servation yet reported is the village of Pom
tiac, in Michigan, some thirty miles northwest
of Detroit. A communication in the CIeve.
land Herald describes the meteor as it appear.
ed there. The writer says;
81 saw the meteor apparently coming to.
wards me from little north of west, and but
few degrees above the horizon-emerging
from among the heat lightning, which at that |
time Illuminated the entire western horizon |
with an almost continuous blaze of light 1t |
passed to north OF me at an elevation of 40 Or
40 degrees and disappeared in cloud near
the horizon in east. Throughout its entire
course it seemed to richochet, or bound through
the air, at each rebound throwing off brilliant
scintilations of light and fire, highly tingcd
with yellow, blue, and green, leaving but
comparatively short train behind it,"