164 II. A. Newton— Fireball of January 13th, 1893. 



view at an altitude of 20° to 25°. " When first seen it was 

 small and dim, — when it disappeared it was brilliant, and 

 apparently 4 to 5 inches in diameter. I did not notice it burst 

 in pieces. It seemed to disappear almost instantly, leaving a 

 small trail at the last." In his first letter to me Mr. Harwood 

 gave the altitude when first seen as 25 to 35 degrees. 



9. As seen from West Medford, Mass. (Lat. 42° 25', Long. 

 71° 8 ; ). — Mr. Geo. B. Frazar saw the meteor fall for a consid- 

 erable distance, almost vertically, and go behind a barn 150 

 feet distant from him. It was very bright and intensely 

 clearly defined. The direction was determined by a pocket 

 compass to be between West and W.S.W.; perhaps nearer 

 W.S.W than West. 



10. As seen from Berlin, Conn, (Lat. 41° 38', Long. 72° 46'). 

 — Mr. J. E. Beale, editor of the Berlin Weekly News, as he 

 was going out of his office had his attention suddenly aroused 

 by the brilliant light. Judging by the time that elapsed 

 before he got sight of the meteor he thinks it started north- 

 east of the zenith, and the distance from its starting point to 

 where it exploded must have been fully 90°. The course was 

 about two points south of west and the time about 7 h 35 m . It 

 burst without any noise, throwing out five or six globes of col- 

 ored light similar to a sky rocket. The flight was apparently 

 very slow. 



11. As seen from Branford, Conn. (Lat. 41° 17 / , Long. 72° 

 49 / ). — According to a notice in the newspapers Mr. Gr. W. 

 Calkins about 7 h 30 m saw the meteor cross the sky from S.E. 

 to N.W. Just over the town it exploded and broke into 

 three pieces which probably fell into the Sound. No deton- 

 ation was heard. 



12. As seen from New Haven (Lat. 41° 18', Long. 72° 55'). 

 —Mr. S. W. Glenney saw it in the KW. at 7 h 30 m by his 

 watch. It had a beautiful blue color, and left a long trail of 

 red which resembled sparks. He saw it explode but heard no 

 report. The path had a slight curve with a direct downward 

 course. When it exploded it seemed to him to be very near 

 the earth. 



13. As seen from Stratford, Conn. (Lat. 41° 12', Long. 73° 

 8'). — Miss Alice E. Curtis says it was of a bright blue color 

 and was going toward the N.W., too far to the west she 

 thought for fragments to have fallen in Connecticut. 



14. As seen from Newtown, Conn. (Lat. 41° 25', Long. 73° 

 18'). — Mr. John J. Northrop was with a friend driving, and 

 they saw the body just before it broke. It descended in a 

 northwesterly direction, more westerly than north, that is, in 

 the direction of Poughkeepsie, or the Catskill Mountains. 

 They thought that it fell beyond the borders of Connecticut. 



