Hermes Found 66 Years Later - Long-Lost Object Is A Bright Binary

Andrew Gray wrote:

I've not encountered references to any records of people killed by
meteorites in my readings on the subject; do you have anything?

Sorry this took me so long, I had trouble finding the book I had in mind.

New York Times 12/09/1929 III reports a meteor hitting a bridal party
and killing 1 in Zvezvan Yugoslavia.

09/14/1511 Monk, several birds and a sheep killed in Cremona, Lombardy,
Italy, reportedly by falling stones.

The above come from Chapter 13 of _Rain of Iron and Ice_ by John S.
Lewis. Chapter 13 is a list of newspaper and other accounts of meteorite
strikes Lewis has collected. Most of the stories recall near misses but
there are a few where meteorites were blamed for human or animal death
and property destruction.

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Hop David
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In article , Hop David wrote:


Andrew Gray wrote:

I've not encountered references to any records of people killed by
meteorites in my readings on the subject; do you have anything?

Sorry this took me so long, I had trouble finding the book I had in mind.

New York Times 12/09/1929 III reports a meteor hitting a bridal party
and killing 1 in Zvezvan Yugoslavia.

Interesting; hadn't heard of that one, and it's vaguely contemperanous
with the "meteorite kills dog" one in Egypt IIRC. Wonder why it doesn't
make the common accounts?

09/14/1511 Monk, several birds and a sheep killed in Cremona, Lombardy,
Italy, reportedly by falling stones.

Yeah, this is the sort of one I have problems with, but...

The above come from Chapter 13 of _Rain of Iron and Ice_ by John S.
Lewis. Chapter 13 is a list of newspaper and other accounts of meteorite
strikes Lewis has collected. Most of the stories recall near misses but
there are a few where meteorites were blamed for human or animal death
and property destruction.

Thanks, I'll look into it; any field of historical astronomy is a good
one.

[checks]

Hmm... would you reckon the book was worth about fifteen dollars? Amazon
reviews seem positive, may as well pour yet more money away... ;-)

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-Andrew Gray