FALL OF A FIREBALL.
PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, January 21. At 11.30 a.m. yesterday a fireball fell on a farm at Ohoka. For a time it caused consternation. There was a distinct smell of hair or wool singeing, with a trace of sulphur fumes, but all attempts to discover the track or the effect of the hall were 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 tho sun. .
BLENHEIM, January 21. The fireball which fell at Ohoka yesterday was seen by a settler at Onamalutu. Ho describes it as a body 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 and 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 Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 4869, 22 January 1903, Page 6
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