[meteorite-list] English mechanic "killed by meteor"???

Hi everyone!   This is a post I received off of another list I subscribe to for genealogy in Northumberland and Durham Counties in England.  I must say, I never thought I would get a post that applied to both of my lists!  : )   Does anyone know anything about this?   "Now here's a curious ref

Re: [meteorite-list] English mechanic "killed by meteor"???

I nosed around a bit on Google, and supposedly the British Library has the back issue of English Mechanic containing this article. I couldn't get the web site to load, however; maybe someone else might have better luck. Ideally, a transcript or abstract would be available on line. There are also