AN INTERESTING SIGHT.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ChiisTCHtrKCHj Wednesday. At half-past eleven yesterday a fireball fell On a farm at Ohoka. JFor a. time it caused consternation. There was a distinct smell of hair bf Wool singeing, with' a trace of Sulphur fumes, but any attempt to discoVer the track or effect of the ball was fruitless. It was accompanied by a loud sound as of a great rushing wind. Those who saw it say the light was as dazzling as that of the sun. BLMHEiM Wednesday. The fireball which fell at Ohoka yesterday was. seen by a settler at Onamatutu. He describes it as rijbody equal in brightness to the sun, and falling across the sky in a westerly direction.. It was pear shaped, except that the small end tapered to a point, which was uppermost. It was travelling at an enormous rate, and seemed to reach the horizon in two or three seconds.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12175, 22 January 1903, Page 5
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