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rattling the windows and shaking the house severely, resembling 

 an earthquake. To others at New Leipzig it sounded like rolling 

 artillery. 



Mr. Bernard Kuntz, Section 27, Township 137, Range 92 west 

 of the fifth principal meridian, saw the fall. To him the flight 

 seemed to be from southwest to northeast, making the country- 

 side as bright as day. He described the noise as like that of an 

 airship or a motorcycle. He found several specimens. 



Mr. Nickolas Kuntz lives on another quarter of the same 

 section as Bernard Kuntz. All his family were in bed and asleep 

 at the time, but they were awakened by the light and noise, which 

 they took to be caused by lightning, thunder, and rain. Mr. 

 Kuntz found one boloid weighing 11^ lbs., which was in a shallow 

 hole on plowed land; another weighing 2 lbs. 10 oz., which was 

 lying on the surface in a pasture; and a third weighing about 

 92 lbs. 



Mr. Rochus Steiner, living in the northwest quarter of Sec- 

 tion 26, Township 137, Range 92, made a written record of the 

 fall. According to his notes it was 10:39 p.m., Sunday, June 30, 

 19 1 8. He noticed first a bright light for one-half minute; then 

 there came a sound like rolling thunder which shook the windows 

 of the house, followed by a whistling like that of a bullet. He 

 found a broken meteorite partly buried 5 or 6 inches in the loose 

 earth at the roadside, the pieces weighing about 6f lbs. 



Mr. Leo Kern, Section 18, Township 136, Range 92, saw the 

 fall. He was walking home about 10 o'clock at night, when 

 suddenly there was a bright light. At first it was like a bright 

 shooting star; then it became a streak of fire until it burst like a 

 Roman candle. It appeared to be coming from the southeast, 

 falling at an angle of about 15° to the horizontal. It made a 

 "rattling sound like an airship," and when it burst the earth 

 all about him trembled, and the house shook with the violence of 

 the explosion. He prudently took shelter behind a telegraph pole, . 

 as the meteorite appeared to be coming directly toward him. 

 After the explosion he heard pieces flying through the air like 

 whistling bullets, and pieces rattled against the roof of his barn, 

 where he found some later. After the meteorite had burst there 



