The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-30

which fell on the list inst, near the village
Of Concord, III Mnskingum county, Ohio.
Lest yon should think ii d hoax, Or III
least an incorrect statement, I have taken
such pains Us circumstances would permit,
to obtain, as near as possible, all the facts
and circumstances connected With il
The shower took place between twelve
aud one o'clock pm. The day was
unusually cold for the season Of the
year, and the sky about two thirds over
Gust with clouds. simultaneously with
the fall of ssonea 4 tremendous expIo-
sion occurred In the atmosphere. no
those near BY il rcsennbled a severe clap
.of thunder in sound, but was accompanied
by Earring sensation, which, together
with the noise, was felt and heard AZ a
much greater distance than the effect or
thunder. 10 was observed and remarked
as something peculiar BY persons fifty
miles OF. was at the time about thirty
miles distant, and so extraordinary was
the detonation and jarring sensation that
that ] thought ii {although an unknown
occurrence il this region) All earthquake
shOek; liz fact such was the general opin+
ion Of all who heard it. 10 those near.
where the stones fell several distinct re-.
ports were heard accounts vary from six
Eto twelve they. were in rapid succession.
perhaps not over q second Of time between
them So strange was the sensation that
cattle lii the fields ran, startled at ii.
i Four stones were seen TO fall, and have
4 been recovered, but the probabilities are
4 that many others fell. Two, which fell
within about six hundred yards Of each
other, were seen by a compile Of men who.
We're laboring in n field Hearing the re-
ports, one Of the men looked up and saw.
Z q large body fall into d field close BY; the
other, looking in another direction, saw
another which fell upon fence. Within
,, Eabont twenty minutes they approached
and dug ont the one which had fallen in
the field, where ii had buried itself Id
the depth of about twenty inches in a still
limestone soil. ii was still SO hot that Ii
Eeouid scarcely be held in the hands, From
The direction in which il entered the earth
Its fall appeared TO be vertical. Its weight
was fifty-one pounds, and its shape ire
gnlar, long ard hattened. Iteaterci tht
ground point foremost. The other, which
!, fell upon the: fence, weighed fgrty-tGt
pounds. til its descent it cut thfongbfht
.4rails Of the feleasaAd hurried itself in I'll,
I, tearlh, having a direction apparently freI
I the northeast Ahont one and d hal
!, miles from where these two stones fell,
young man plDughipg in a field heard
/ Estrange Whizzing sound overhead, an
looking mp, saw the clouds In u stEall
state Of connection Tile same with i
, gard TO the agitation Of tile clouds vi
observed by Others. Thinking that
heard something fall, upon searching ]
found stone weighing thirty six pound
which had fallen upon and embedded itst
FIJI o decayed log; II was supposed thi
! l:it had in its fall a direction from Il
southeast Near CIaysyiiie, about 4
miles distant, two gentlemen walking 81
heard the explosion, and very soon aftc
! wards a stone Weighing four pounds, Fl
J near them, striking the ground so obliqu
lily as TO ricochet The direction Of Iii
appeared to be from the north. The fot
: stones above mentioned were all that wei
!, seen to fall; another, however, was foHn
which had fallen in the woods and lodge
in the earth among thick cluster Of root
4 surrounding beech tree. 1t weigbe
about thirty pounds, and appeared to hay
= fallen vertically. All OF the stones wer
! irregular in figure, and had the same 6,
neral appearance, having a blackene(
; smooth, vitrffied surface. The exteriQ
coating was, however, very thin not oye
:. ole-6ftieth Of an inch 10 thickness. Wit
) in, the stones had an ashy color, and col
!, tanned the particles Of some shining sui
? stance, probably native nickel. :. u: =: =.
D -: &: Fl JoHN C. TIDpALL, : a.
s ~ Lieutenant United States Army,