320 GUERNSEY COUNTY (OHIO) METEORITES. 



come from the south-east at an angle of sixty degrees with 

 the horizon. Many were discovered to have fallen south-east 

 of Cambridge, but of smaller dimensions than those already 

 referred to. At the time of the occurrence nearly all were at 

 dinner or in and about their houses. The stones obtained were 

 mostly found near houses, where they were seen to fall, as the 

 sound of their striking the ground attracted attention. 



Another well-informed observer, Dr. McConnell, of New 

 Concord (a small town eight miles east of Cambridge), fur- 

 nishes the following particulars: "On Tuesday, the 1st of May, 

 at twenty-eight minutes past twelve o'clock, the people of that 

 vicinity were almost panic-stricken by a strange and terrible 

 report in the heavens, which shook the houses for many miles 

 distant. The first report was immediately overhead, and after 

 an interval of a few seconds was followed by similar reports 

 with such increasing rapidity that after the number of twenty- 

 two were counted they were no longer distinct, but became 

 continuous, and died away like the roaring of distant thunder, 

 the course of the reports being from the meridian to the south- 

 east. In one instance three men working in a field, their self- 

 possession being measurably restored from the shock of the 

 more terrible report from above, had their attention attracted 

 by a buzzing noise overhead, and soon observed a large body 

 descending strike the earth at a distance of about one hundred 

 yards. Repairing thither they found a newly-made hole in the 

 ground, from which they extracted an irregular quadrangular 

 stone weighing fifty-one pounds. This stone had buried itself 

 two feet beneath the surface, and when obtained was quite 

 warm." 



To this we add the following statement: "We the under- 

 signed do hereby certify that at about half past twelve o'clock 

 on Tuesday, May 1, 1860, a most terrible report was heard 

 immediately overhead, filling the neighborhood with awe. 

 After an interval of a few seconds a series of successive re- 

 ports, the most wonderful and unearthly ever before heard by 

 us, took place, taking a direction from meridian to south-east, 

 where the sounds died away like the roaring of distant thunder, 

 jarring the houses for many miles distant." Signed by A. G. 

 G-ault, Jas. McDonald, Nancy Mills, Iehabod Grumman, Samuel 

 Harper, Rev. Jas. C. Murch, Mrs. M. Speer, Ang'e McKinney. 



