The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-08
History OF Remarkable Blood
Red Rains.
The Kentucky Story Robbed
Of It's Novelty.
The Alps Wrapped in a Crimson
Snow Mantle.
Rains OF Human Hair, Blue Silk
and Flies.

regarding the recent extraordinary rain in Kentucky.
Many not satisfied with accepting the story as true,
make haste to invest its natural wonder with touch
OF the supernatural. and accord TO the phenomena
celestial origin and significance Others, while view
Ing the matter nationally still at fault when
they drnouncc the whole story the fabrication OF the
Kentucky mind and refuse to entertain the possibility
OF such thing q shower OF flesh Tho general &C
ceptaton OF the word lcsh the difficulty many people
experience getting IT, and the absence OF scientific
Confederation Of the recent story, combine TO make II
unacceptable TO tho general public
Il the object OF this article to provo the valid
ity OF tho Kentucky story demonstrate It's posi-
bty In the light OF history and scientific authority.
la the following data events OF far greater mystery
than the Kentucky rain will be ound and in the In
gciow story tho Of rain which In many re-
specls similar to the late phenomena.
Christian Godfrey Gutenberg. the great German nat
uraist and microscopic mentions cighty-ono dust
which took place before the Christian era, and
about three times many subsequently, Tho former OF
these rather speculative and number OF tho latter
will be found in his "Micro geologic"
The which follow many Of them historical,
and many others win be found In tho works OF Won
Humboldt Maury and Ehrenbcrg
PHENOMENAL RAINS
On the 5th aud 9th of November, 472, there .
great fall black the neighborheod OF Constan-
tinople and atmosphere seemed to be fire. Pro-
copus and Marccius ascribcd II to vcsuvius.
In 652 red dust rained at Constantnoplc.
In 500 red fell for three hours In the vicinity Of
Brixcn, III the Austrian Tyrol.
In 029, at Bagdad. there great rcdncss IN tho
atmosphere and red sand fell
In 1850 there fall Of red snow Armenia
In lilo, in the province OF vaspourngan, In
Armenia, dark night In winter, flaming body
fell INTO Lake Van. The became OF the color OF
blood and tho Garth cracked open in several d.
In 1919 or 1922 a rcd rain fell in Bohemia. About
this time there was fall Of stone and mass like
coagulatcd blood, with ncry meteor.
In Thurngia, on the 9th Of November, 1546, ball OF
fire fell with great noise, and reddish substance like
coagulated blood, anerward found on the ground
In Pomcrania in 1851 there Tell large flakes Of SUBJ
stance resembling coaguatcd blood
On the 9th oil december 1860, at Lllcbonne, In Lower
Seinc France there fell meteor, followed shortly
alter by red rain.
Al tie close Of terrible tempest on tie sM Of July
1882 there fall Rockhatse, Prussia, quantity Of
fbrous matter resembling human hair
AZ verden, IN Hanover, on the Sd OF December 1885
there tell large Quantities Of matter, partly red and
partly black accompanied by iighnings and thunder
and a fiery meteor, which burst with loud noise
BY shower OF stones and a rain OF blood.
At Tourney, in Belgium, in 1858, q rcd rain fell
In January, l64s bloody rain ieIl at vachigen and
During the month Of May, 1862, Immediately follow
ing a brilliant meteor, viscid mass Tell
Cn the 2Sth Of March, 1868, there (eH, near LduchG,
Prussia sho,cer Of fbrons substance like blue stR
On the 3lst Of January 1885, there fell, smultane-
ousy IN Norway and IN parts o. r 's great
ish, somewhat like half burned paper. The Baron
Theodore Gcthus analysed portion Of the substance
which has been preserved In cabinet OF natural his
tory and found In IL Slick iron, lime, carbon magne
STA OF chrome and Of sulphur, but not particle
OF Nickel always present In aeroitcs.
On the path OF March, Ills, the Island OF Lcthy,
In INDIA there fell ball Of IRE containing gelatinous
On tho 14th Of October l7s5 blood rain descended
at Iocarno switzerland, during which inches OF
rain fell and the rod matter that deposited during
49, (.s,A h. hxra
The same storm reached swaba, on the Alps, and on
those high mountains changed into reddish snow,
which fell 10 q depth of nine feet
On the 9Th OF March, l796, viscid and rcsnous sub
stance tell near Bauizen, in Upper lusaiia composed
OF carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Chladin Guyton de
Morycau and Blumenbacn had specimens OF Il. II
sembled IN smell aad color the dried gum ofjunper
In July, 1911, thore fell near Heidelberg, in tho
Grand Duchy OF Baden, gclatinous substance follow
ing the explosion OF a meteor
On August ID, 1919, mass Of gelatnous and very
fctld matter fell at Amherst, In Massachusetts,.
On September b IN 1919, at SUDDEN. Morava, be-
tween eleven A. II. and noon the atmosphere being
serene ana tranquil there fall OF lle pieces VI
earth from small cloud, isolated ana very bright
In 1s41 accounts were published OF two showers OF
flesh and bood--onc IN Massachusetts, the other In
THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAIN
In 1S4S similar phenomenon occurred In South Car
DINA man named lngelow and his two sons were
picking his plantation lin Laurens district
near Eurole River, aud about two miles below Mus
groves MilD the younger SON called 10 tho Others
who little distance from him. to lsstcn for he
heard something falling him. They thought he
was mistaken and paid but little attention. He in
sisted that his assertion correct told them II
they would come he would show them what had iaen
They went and found the ground s.rcwn with what APP
pcarcd them TO be pieces OF meat varying from tho
sze OF an ball TO larger than hens egg Tho
pieces we're very moist red as blood, and the cotton
grass, whatever they came in contact with,
stained as with blood They scattered several
feet apart space fomc twenty thirty feet
rnK Albany WONDER or 1861
During the month Of August, 1867 masses OF gclati
nous matter containing minute sranuies were found
following account OF the phenomenon, published at
the time from Or. j. ) Mosher. then Of the Albany
University, now OF Quarantine, Staten lsiand:-
s'vicwcd through microscope the small, brick
colored bodies somewhat OF the shape OF grams
OF wheat, ana the gelatlnous matter seemed to be
connected 10 each one as separate covering They
were apparently separate cells, very uniform in size,
being ii20 Of an inch long and $50 OF an inch thick
filled with granular PARTICLES which they derived
their color Tho gcatlnous envelope and their appear
nnce gave them at urs somewhat the character OF
OF the single called prototypes, resembling most tho
palmoglsca That they were these was proven
by their behavior with iodre and their containing
distinct cell wall Several persons CLAIM to have
them fall in shower. and they found under
trees or shelter They have probably been carried
srsa. ~ the er Mans ana 1re keg 70 %
pus, which they resemble. The presence Of chloride
Of sodium which IS found largely in the gelatlnous
envelope, Us corroboration OF their marine origin
HISTORICAL
A storm OF rcd hail is stated by Humboldt to have
occurred at Palermo In Tuscany March H. 1873 there
In March, lsos, fAIl u over five feet OF red
Cured in Carnioia, Germany. The ground had been
previously covered with white and tho OF coorcd
snow was succeeded by another tho flakes OF when
were, xs usual OF pure and brilliant white the
kinds being perfectly distinct portion OF the red
snow melted IN vessel and the evaporatcd
Lett fine rose .coicrcd earthly sediment the bottom.
SNOW coorcd brick red, fell In Italy IN 1910 and In
the Tyrol in ls45.
black snow fell al walpolc N H., intense In It's
color that correspondent OF the Boston Journal
marks concerning it:--.I send yon some writing
written with the snow as IL fell, and with clean
penn
NAV depend upon the same cooring matter under dill
crent conditions Microscopic Investigations In dit
ercnt parts OF the world have revealed tho Of
these dust and blood rains to be either portions
or various minerals shells OF nusoria parts Of
plants and insects carried into The atno-
sphere Nv the winds lnfusoriai shells and
aquatic plants OF especial localities have been
identified after having crossed the and
boon deposited dust storms thus tracing the aerial
currents Ehrcnbcrg found 800 different species OF
organisms In tho dust o. various showers; OF these
m Nun treat vQrv