Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-19
Chicago Struck by Flaming Meteor.

The Chicago Times OF the 10th says:
An accident of somewhat phenomenal
nature occurred in the South Division OF
the city at $3.50 O'Clock last evening.
At that hour the storm wss still In
progress, but not at its height of vio-
lence, though sharp flashes of lightning
were playing uncomfortably near to the
heads of people whose business obliged
them to be upon the streets.
Col Henry C. Mutt, whose residence
occupies the southeast corner of Twen-
ty-fourth Street and South Park Ave-
nue., had left his home for. the purpose
of boarding an incoming train at the
Twenty-second Street station. He had
gone but few PAGES from his house
when his attention was attracted by
report which appeared to emanate from
the upper regions. Instantaneously
with this he beheld flash of pale red
light. There was nothing brilliant
about this display. The light was sue
ceeded by rush of smoke, which, as he
remembers it, separated into streamers
that darted away in different directions,
and soon disappeared altogether-at
the same moment the colored particles
of something more tangible than smoke
flying through the air, and rolling upon
the ground. He is positive that one
missile struck the barn building in the
rear of Downer & Bemis's Office. An
other p;<ce rolled across South Park
Avenue, and, as it did so, appeared to
him more like a bucketful of ashes be-
ing moved by gust of wind than a
solid substance. Mr.. Davis, who lives
at No. 113 South Park Avenue, and who
was also on the street at the time of the
occurrence, is positive he saw missile
strike the corner of Col. Nutt's house.
The meteoric stone, CT thunderbolt,
or whatever it may have been, entered
| Col. Nuts house, apparently, through
the bay windows on the Twenty-fourth
Street front. Mrs. Mutt was seated
close to the window, and near by were
her little daughter and son. All three
were severely shocked. Mrs. Mutt was
still suffering at late hour last evening
from the effects of the conclusion. The
glass globes attached to the chandelier
were blown across the room and smash
ed to smithereens. In the telephone
room the plastering was stripped from
the ceilings, the tips were twisted from
the gas fixtures, the library case was
somewhat shattered, and deer's head,
| which occupied place aSdinst Inc wall,
WIS carried by some mysterious force
through the open door and out into the
hall some distance. Every goblet or
the supper-table was broken, and lit
tie boy who was eating his supper sus
tanned severe shock. Carpets, too
and pictures and fixtures, and furniture
of ali descriptions, were more or les:
disturbed, some of the things being en-
tirely ruined. The window panes in tht
front of the house were all shattered tt
atoms. The damage will amount tt
800.
The same phenomenal agency set fir
to some furniture stored in the office o
Downer & Bemis, at No. 81 South Parl
Avenue, and caused damage amount
ing to $50. The alarm was given bu
the fire was extinguished before the ar
rival of the engines.
In the course of the evening Col. Nut
, and others picked up several pieces c
, scoria, which they believed to be frae
ments of the meteoric stone. Thes
fragments were still quite hot whe
, found