The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-22

uncommon, but It is seldom observed
on 80 startling O scale. The conclusion
from the explosion was go violent that
every building In Madrid WIS shaken.
many windows were broken, and q few
light structures were leycllod with the
ground. The terror inspired by the
occurrence. particularly among the lg-
noront and suporsiitious. was all the
greater because the event was, OF
course. unexpected. and It came ON "a
day Of beauty when all nature was
bright and gladstone
The sky was clnudlcel. the morning
sur was radiant the shops had put on
their freshest Monday morning air, and
the streets were iuat beginning to be
thronTcd with shopper. pedestrians,
md traffic when the dcUfoning sound of
the explosion was heard Those who
happened TO be looking at the sky say
that nt the instant of the explosion
there was q vivid glare OF binding light
that for the moment outahone the sgn,
and then There instantly appeared at
the place where the disturbance orig
mated what looked like q cloud OF
white and blush tint bordcrod with
rcd, which moved east NJ tremendous
rate, leaving behind q thin train that
may have been dust particles from the
meteor illumlncd bv iho fun.
The largest she'll shot from q modern
gun and bursting In midalr could not
have produced a sound approaching tho
stunning dctonatlon Of this explosion.
Many people dll not recognize iis orig
In In the air and thought some terrible
calamity had occurred AZ the surface.
Tho enormous energy OF the disturb
0ncc probably cquallcd az least that
o. a large powder magazine which had
blown mp. for the whole city seemed 10
be shaken as by an earthquake. and
the agitation OF the atmosphere was
shown by the rapid fall and rlsc OF the
baromctcrs.
We may imagine with what bril-
linncy this ncrolltc must have shonc
In the sunllt sky when We know that
II was visible over at least thrce-fourths
Of Spain as It shot through the air
above the peninsula with speed sew.
oral times as great as that OF the swift
est war projoctlle The mountaineers
among the PyTenees saw II and won
dorod. Even at frances famous water
Ing place. Blarrtz. on the edge OF Spain.
the streak OF light athwart the sky
waG observed So II was observed from
the Atlantic TO the Mediterranean, for
the people on the east coast at Valen-
ella saw II. and In the south II was
noticed as far as the southern tier OF
provinces. Nearly all Spain was treat
cd to n pyrotechnie display on that
morning.
Some damage was done also at places
other than Madrid. for the big red hot
stone partly dialntegrated on It's way
and incandescent fragments that show
cred down upon the town OF Logrono.
1885 miles northeast OF the capital. set
two buildings olonre. and at Borgos.
100 miles north 81 Madrid three frag-
ments from the main body started on
as meteors on their own account aud
fell among the houses. other pieces
OF the grayish stone that were flung
on near Madrid were picked up while
still hot.
SO we see that this celestial visitor.
after striking out atmosphere. scat
tered fragments along its way. II is
quite probable that the main body
passed completely over Spain aud fell
into the Mediterranean. II seems likely
that II crossed the Spanish peninsula
In less than half minute, for these
little objects travel with tremendous
velocity Probably many OF the frag-
ments that broke on from the stone
travelled along with It IN parallel
courses but a few OF them dropped to
the ground.
The story Of ito flight 10 very much
like that OF tho famous moteuritb
whose passage over about half OF our
continent from west 10 cast was OBJ
served In December. 1876 Il FIRST be-
came visible In the western part OF
the Indian Territory. and II passed
over all the intervening states until II
was last observed In the state OF
New York. and It trayorsed this vast
distance In about two minutes. The
height above the earth at which Il was
first observed is believed TO havo boen
over sixty miles. and when over cen
trail New York It is thought to have
been over thirty miles high. Many
explosions were heard along itB path,
and many fragments that were broken
OF travelled along In its train as a flock
OF smaller meteors. and few OF them
fell to the ground. An Indiana farmer
heard the dull thud" with which one
Of them struck the ground near his
house, and he found the stone In the
morning, and II was declared TO be UNI
doubtedly a part OF the metcorite. In
the same way explosions were heard In
various cities as the Spanish visitor
fitted along, and, as in the case OF our
aerolite, these explosions were followed
by detonations each little less potent
than It's predecessor. and each a genu-
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