Paper: Sandusky Clarion City: Sandusky, Ohio Date: Tuesday, January 25, 1848 Page: 5
A REMARKABLE AEROLITE
On the 14th July last, a remarkable aerolite fell at Braunau, in Bohemia. Two fragments were found, one weighing fifteen, the other twenty-one kilogrammes. The aerolite appeared to proceed, as is very often the case, from a small black cloud. The smaller fragment fell upon a house, pierce the roof, struck the beam which caused it to deviate slightly from its course, passed through a ceiling composed of white clay and straw, and entered a room where several persons were assembled, but, fortunately, no one was hurt. A circumstance worthy of remark was, that the straw of the ceiling traversed by the meteor was not in the least carbonized; it only appeared of a brighter yellow, with semi-metalic lustre; pieces if straw even adhering to the stone, presented no trace of carbonization. A fragment has been analyzed by M. Fischer, of Breslau, who found in it, besides sulphuretted iron, carbon, phosphorus and bromine. In sawing the mass globules were inflamed by the friction of the teeth of the saw, and a bright light produced. Literary Gazette.
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This article refers to the Braunau meteorite. I think the oldest newspaper article referring to a fall I have so far uncovered.
Clear Skies, Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com
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