A BOLT FROM THE BLUE.
A correspondent writes to the “Transvaal Chronicle*’ describing an extraordinary occurrence which took place on a farm in the Water - berg district recently in full daylight. The occupants of a house on the farm were startled by a hissing, screeching sound, like that of a shell from a gun, made by an object which passed through the roof and into the flooi. The missle, which was apparently an aerolite, then exploded with terrific force. Two men were in the room at the time, one of whom was partly paralysed in the leg. In an adjoining room were two little girls and three kittens. All the kittens were kiled ,and one of the girls was impressed with a curious mark on the body. A native in the kitchen was rendered unconscious, and others in the house were dazed. The windows and roof of the room through which the object tell were blown out by the force of the explosion, and the walls damaged, but no sign of the supposed aerolite could be found, except a little dust.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 92, 31 March 1911, Page 11
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181A BOLT FROM THE BLUE. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 92, 31 March 1911, Page 11
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