The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-17
The Great mstecr,c Shower - Ohio.
A STONE wEI0an0 Pigry.ovg POUNDS FALLING TO

The Great metecrse sa.~er - Ohio.
A STONE wEIGar0 Pgry.oyg POUNDS FALLING TO
the HAgra.
The wsshirrion Iat,io-rcr publishes ths following
letter sen, 70 Professor Henry Of me smithsalAa fa.,isu-
tsn, Descriptive Of TIE recent mevoro pbenomers u
Obio;-
HrDsrsnrpG, Ohio, xar o. 1870
Voc w eossrs@ - - .os sness ~ s,,,ia'
the village ~ Concord m Musk,ngum couasy, Onp Leo
700 srosd link ncax or Al isss, iaoorscs sese
prun 10 oossp, ~ near a. OLE All hs less an
canrssncs- cgnbecisd with u.
me shower took pace os'wser twsive an o-s o'ocS
p NJ ne cay uuususiy COLI ior tbs OF tns
year. sxy about thirds Overcast clouds
simultaneously 9th N. fall OF ssones IRE s-adsas
plo~on occurred IN tse stnospsere To those By
ubso csp OF thundcr In sound, sut
oornl aned hy tsrrrK scnsspon, which gs,rsr
Ne nose, -ss fss asa heard At rn,os rs.er ais
lance thsn Toe fleet o. hunosr vss observed and
NAKED ~ sos,esene pc0ihsr BY pepous nfsy
m,ss OF I VS. ~ The noe about nuty mica de
and jarvisr sentative lhss shosstt (si,soass us
known occlrrspce IN this rcro1J ssrthar.ke rhDcx
N 'srs such -as the general sr'oios ~ all VINO s.ara
To tbose near wneev the stones feb several dsn.c
ports vere haaro-so,ounx vHyy from W twelve hey
were IN rapid srocssssss. perhaps sot sec,pd of
ean. ~ n. ns: ran, ssrSs = Tsor .sssss s.ss
zen 70 fall, aad have been recovered but The prscshi
u.s are ma, mAsy others fell Too, Which fen -rhis
couple Of men who lAsorrpg IN h-d. Hsssisg TOE
repovu, Of the oked up and ss~ lays nofy
ikt into ofld q otnNf, kootn~r
rsosop, sac another whcn fell upon fsncs wnoin
sbout sveosy minutes they approached and dsg ont
whch ha< - len m Nh nst, where " hal pu-ef ~
so'i n ssui t5Af oooh scsrcsly b, bsd 10
The hands Prom the direction 10 which estves tbc
esrH W. sA Appeared 70 Ne ve~sscs Ts wr4rss Afy
enc pounds and W. shsps Irregular long ana nsiiec.n-f
entered TIE gro,n1 pos1t foremost the otser. sac9
fell opoo the yeroe, weighed forytvo pounds 10 - 90
scent cut through The rails n ms esoe and ouried 'sen
IN tho earth, having dirccrco apparently fro~n sos
northeast Aboas ons and half rtles from ~rer>
ibeeo two stores fel. younr usn po1gniog 10 nsit
heart fusrse vhiyyrf sound overhead, and oJ<isx
up lhs cords . svsnge state ~ comp,to1 trns
9Th regard 10 the aeitsron ~ ,oe cIcocs
fervei by oshsrs) rhokirg ths, he n.srt scp-so'nx
fall upcn searching he fouDd sso.e weighing ssrty
pounes ~hich had fallen upon aDd errb-dd-d sseH 10
oscsye6 VOC. war Supposed that hsr 10 q. 'sn ~
90 from the suu,tcts, Near usysviis socut
pos on aod very soon Afterwards sioas sexnng f1or
pour &c. FEN near them stirng the groaaf "a tsy
e. 10 v,<cchsl rbe direction a lh appeared fro
The north ms four sopes s,ove nert'ooes al
that were seen 70 fAf; spofher, howsv-~ vs fo,nf
with had fallen N ths woods and iodssf IN she earn
amer q thick cnstr Of root surrounding beech
n weighed about shiry psusds, asd sersassd have
fslen vevtcaIly. All Of The stones lvr~suar Tn
figure ana had The senevai sppesrsncs, hsvnx .
bincheoed suo,xh vfrined surface fnb svt~~or c,as
lss was havever, very htn--scs nssts 81 as
mch N thsckress wnhsr tho h~s sn ashy col,~
and contained ase castclss " sbin~g saD-.aso-
probably nAnvs n,cksl JOHN o, rfDDAfI.,
feutenAss Usiss1 BAass Army.
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