THE GREAT METEOR OF MAY 774, 1895. 503 
at Rookwood fix the time by railway clocks at 10-48 p.m. or 
within a minute or two of that. 
No. 3, Bedooba.—Mr. Thomas Cadell of Hillston, was at Bedooba 
on May 7, and at 10-50 p.m. felt a very distinct earth tremor pass 
the house from south-west to north-east, the noise lasted about 
two minutes ; it very much resembled the noise made by an iron 
tank being rolled rapidly over a rocky place, and he heard it 
gradually dying out in the distance. He also distinctly heard the 
glasses in the house rattling together and the kerosene lamp on 
the table at which he was reading decidedly tilted and momen- 
tarily flared up just as the rumbling noise passed the house. 
Mr. Edgar, who was camped about fifteen miles south-east from 
Mount Hope, reported to Mr. Thomas Cadell that he was asleep 
when the noise of the meteor awakened him, and looking up he 
saw a bright body passing overhead, and for a moment he thought 
it was the moon that was falling, it was so large. It had a tail 
of smoke and flame apparently twenty yards long, and the light 
it gave completely snuffed out the moon which was near the full. 
The mail driver from Mount Hope northwards reported to Mr. 
Thomas Cadell that he had seen an enormous meteor travelling 
horizontally from north-east to south-west, and it disappeared 
about 10-45 p.m.; about five minutes after the meteor passed he 
heard a rumbling noise travelling from south-west to north-east, 
and he thought the noise was made by the meteor exploding. 
No. 4, Orange.—Mr. District Surveyor Crouch was driving in 
hooded buggy home to Orange, and at about 10°45 p.m. of May 
ith saw the meteor, his attention being attracted by a bright light; 
he looked out and just saw for a fraction of a second the meteor 
‘ravelling from north to south about 5° or 7° degrees above the 
horizon. The size appeared about half the diameter of the full 
cine He did not hear any noise, nor was the trail particularly 
eee “It was certainly the largest meteor I have ever 
Seen, its bearing was about west by north.” 
No. 5, Sathurst.—Miss Gillkrest, Bathurst, saw the meteor of 
May 7th, at 10h. 50 m, p-m., and thought the moon was falling, So 
