FALL OF A FIREBALL AT OHOKA.
CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 21
At 11.30 a.m. yesterday a lirouali fell on a farm at Ohoka. For a time it caused consternation. There was a distinct smell of the singeing of hair or wool, with a trace of sulphur flames, but iny attempt to discover the track or the effect of the ballwere fruitless. It was accompanied ‘by a loud sound as of a rushing wind. Those who saw— it say that the light was as dazzling as that of the sun. BLENHEIM, Jan. 21. The fireball which fell at Ohoka yesterday was seen by a settler at Onamulutu. He. describes it as falling across the sky in a westerly direction. It was pear shaped, except that the small end of it 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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Temuka Leader, Issue 4001, 22 January 1903, Page 3
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