Tracy wrote: "I had thought that meant they collected pieces that fell on the ship."
Michael Blood wrote: "Do you or anyone else know of ANY reference..." Hello All, Here what I can offer: American Journal of Science and Arts. Vol. 49, Oct 1845: Particulars of the fall of Meteorites in the Sandwich Islands; communicated by request, by the Rev. Hiram Bingham, missionary in those Islands, in a letter dated Boston, May 1, 1845. To Prof. Silliman--On the 27th of September, 1825, a shower of meteoric stones fell, partly in the channel between Molokai and Lanai, and partly between those islands and Oahu, and partly at Honolulu, where I then resided. One explosion was heard at Lahaina, and several in quick succession at Honolulu, eighty miles to the northwest, between the hours of 10 and 11, A.M. The fragment that was seen to pass Lahaina towards Oahu fell in the Molokai Channel, and threw a mass of water into the air, and was said to be followed by a rumbling sound. The Rev. Mr. Richards of Lahaina mistook the report of the explosion for that of cannon on board of some ship. The explosions which I heard at Honolulu led me at first to suppose they were cannon on board of ships not far distant. But soon after I was satisfied that they were meteoric. Very soon the servants of Kalanimoku, secretary of state, brought me the fragment which they affirmed had just fallen from the sky in our village. This fragment I carefully preserved and brought over, and had the pleasure of presenting to you. A different pleasure from that with which Mr. Richards and myself picked up and forwarded to the Missionary Museum in Pemberton Square, Boston, a cannon ball--one of several which had been fired at our heads. As for Lillaverke, maybe one of our Swedish list members can look into this: WICKMAN F.E. (1993) Eight pound ball fell on the ship and killed two boatsmen (Swedish Geol. J. 115, 29-298). I don't know where I or someone else found this reference and whether "ball" is the correct word in the Swedish version of that paper. Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
