500 H. C. RUSSELL. 
Bedooba Station, some sixty miles south of Cobar, and while 
sitting at a table reading, distinctly heard the glasses rattle 
together as a rumbling noise passed the house. Many others in 
Nymagee and Gilgunnia had a similar experience. Later Mr. 
Cadell got reports from the Cobar mailman that at the time he 
had seen a great meteor pass over, and from Mr. Edgar who was 
startled out of his sleep by the noise, and thought he saw the 
moon falling; these reports pointed clearly to the cause of the 
earthquake, and I wrote to the daily papers asking for informa- 
tion. Thanks to many correspondents to whom I am indebted 
for valuable reports, I have now been able to trace the meteor 
over this colony so well that I think it ought to be placed upon 
record. I have never before heard of such a magnificent meteor 
in Australia, and it is not often that any part of the world is 
visited by such a fine one. Unfortunately no one has referred its 
path to the stars; if they had, it would give us more exact inform- 
ation of its path in the heavens, and there are still some points to 
clear up which the publication of what follows may bring out, at 
least it will place upon record all that I have been able to learn 
of this truly magnificent meteor, and show that at its explosion 4 
distinct tremor of the earth was experienced in the houses near. 
No. 1, Vyngan—Mr. C. Maclean reports to Mr. Edwin Lowe 
of Wilgar Downs, that he was camped at Nyngan with sheep, he 
was on watch about 11 p.m., when a gigantic meteor passed over 
head travelling about due south-west, the ball of fire was twice 
the size of the moon and had a long train after it, travelled slowly 
and was in sight for several minutes. At Wilgar Downs 4 
brilliant light was seen by Mr. Lowe junior after he had retired, 
but at the time he did not know what it was. 
No. 2, Vymagee.—Mr. G. Robinson was on the night of May 
7, on his way from Nymagee to Gilgunnia, at a point marked 
by a cross on the map. At the moment he was driving due 
west, “when suddenly and without any warning a dazzling 
patch of light about twenty feet in diameter appeared 0” 
the ground just to the right of the horses’ heads; the horses 
