Re: [meteorite-list] more on Info needed
"The meteor, which was glowing hot," What think yee now? Was the Times then, as earnest in their persuit of the truth of what they printed? Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: "Jeffrey Shallit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] more on Info needed > Ask and ye shall receive: > > "Little thing like a meteor fails to discourage bride" > New York Times > December 8 1929 > p. E1 > > Special correspondence of the New York Times > > Belgrade, Nov. 20. - The heavens "blessed" a bride in unwonted > and unwelcome form in the village of Zvezvan today. As the wedding > party was nearing the church a meteor fell into one of the carriages > immediately in front of that in which the bride was seated. > > One of the wedding guests, a man, was killed, the woman sitting > opposite him was badly injured and the bride fainted. The crowd > scattered in panic, but after a brief delay the marriage was > duly solemnized. > > The meteor, which was glowing hot, measured forty centimeters in > diameter. > > __ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] more on Info needed
Ask and ye shall receive: "Little thing like a meteor fails to discourage bride" New York Times December 8 1929 p. E1 Special correspondence of the New York Times Belgrade, Nov. 20. - The heavens "blessed" a bride in unwonted and unwelcome form in the village of Zvezvan today. As the wedding party was nearing the church a meteor fell into one of the carriages immediately in front of that in which the bride was seated. One of the wedding guests, a man, was killed, the woman sitting opposite him was badly injured and the bride fainted. The crowd scattered in panic, but after a brief delay the marriage was duly solemnized. The meteor, which was glowing hot, measured forty centimeters in diameter. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] more on Info needed
Hi Sterling, Do you know if there is a name for this fall? (Is it "Zvezvan?" Thanks, again, Michael on 2/24/07 12:16 PM, Sterling K. Webb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, Michael, > > The source is a newspaper: New York Times > (published in New York, New York, USA) > Date (of report in NYT): December 8, 1929 > Date of Incident: Not Specified > Location: Zvezvan, Yugoslavia > Details: A meteortite struck a wedding party in > Zvezvan, killing one person. > > I think that little newspaper is still in business; > maybe they kept some of their old papers in > the basement; who knows? You could check. :-) > > Reported in the book "Rain Of Iron and Ice" > by John S. Lewis, 1996, in a table of hundreds of > "Property Damage, Injuries, and Deaths Caused > by Meteorite Falls," found on pp. 176-182. > > The Hammer List Deluxe... > > > Sterling K. Webb > - > - Original Message - > From: "Michael L Blood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Meteorite List" > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Info needed > > > In my never ending quest of hammers and information > re same, I have come across this puppy a couple of times: > > Dec. 8, 1929 YugoslaviaMeteor hits bridal party, killed 1 > > Note that no name is provided for this fall. It is, of course, not > on the Walter Branch "Hits" page. > Any info anyone can provide me will be appreciated. > Thanks, Michael > > -- > You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice > because thorns have roses. > - Ziggy - in a comic strip by Tom Wilson > -- > > > > > > > > > > > __ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > -- You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. - Ziggy - in a comic strip by Tom Wilson -- __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
