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observed at all the places, and so far as was ascer- 

 tained, at the moment of the fall. It excited in some 

 the idea of a tornado ; in others, of a large cannon shot 

 in rapid motion, and it filled all with astonishment and 

 apprehension of some impending catastrophe. In ever}'- 

 instance, immediately after this, was heard a sudden and 

 abrupt noise, like that of a ponderous body striking the 

 ground in its fall. Excepting one, the stones were more 

 or less broken. The most important circumstances of 

 the particular cases were as follows : 



I. The most northerly fall was within the limits of 

 Huntington, on the border of Weston, about 40 or 50 

 rods east of the great road from Bridgeport to Newtov/n, 

 in a cross road, and contiguous to the house of Mr.Mer- 

 win Burr. Mr. Burr was standing in the road, in front 

 of his house, when the stone fell. The noise produced 

 by its collision with a rock of granite, was very loud. 

 Mr. Burr was within 50 feet, and imm.ediately searched 

 for the body, but, it being still dark, he did not find it 

 till half an hour after. By the fall, some of it was redu- 

 ced to powder, and the rest of it was broken into very 

 small fragments, which were thrown around to the dis- 

 tance of 20 or 30 feet. The rock was stained at the 

 place of contact with a deep lead colour. The largest 

 fragment which remained did not exceed the size of a 

 goose egg, and this Mr. Burr found to be still warm to 

 his hand. There was reason to conclude from ail the 

 circumstances, that this stone must have weighed about 

 twenty or twenty-five pounds. 



Mr. Burr had a strong impression that another stone 

 fell in an adjoining field, and it was confidently believed 

 that a large mass had fallen into a neighboring swamp, 

 but neither of these had been found. It is probable that 

 the stone, whose fall has noAV been described, together 

 with any other masses, which may have fallen at the 

 same time, was thrown from the meteor at the first ex- 

 plosion. 



il. The masses, projected at the second explosion, 

 seem to have fallen principally at and in the vicinity of 

 Mr. William Prince's in Weston, distant about five 

 miles, in a southerly direction, from Mr. Burr's. Mr. 



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