AS GOOD AS A SEA SERPENT.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 28, 5 April 1907, Page 3

AS GOOD AS A SEA SERPENT.

A Luvkv: Mei.><--lte Falls at n Seaside Summer Resort ami IleUeven the Monotony. The se c a serpent, has failed .toputin his animal appearance at the coast resorts this summer, but a substitute lias been found, says an eastern exchange. Atlantic City was startled the other day when an unusually loud chip of tliunder, accompanied by « blinding Hash of lij»-ht nin.o- and a slight i rcmMing of the earth, occurred shortly a tier four o'clock. At first it was thought that the bolt had struck a large building, but this was found to be incorrect. Later it was learned l that a large nicteorilo weighing nearly three tuns had fallen upon Chelsea Heights, almost a mile north of Columbia avenue and across the I'.each 1 borough fare. It. had fallen upon a piece of waste ' land ami had biiriul itself to a deplh' of iiiariy ten feet in Ihe soil. The >h:i;K' of I':.' mass of m ; m ral ma! ;er from spars is yy. mewhaf irj'egular, though reseiniding 1o a slight degree a:i egg fb-.tlened upon one sale, willi a t'i ;'.es;-.nd;ng pro! übcr;; ooc upon !ii'.' oilier. Its color is a hl:;oP:.-]i i-rrv, streaked with bright sciiit lines, which run irregularly across the tip;.:-v jv-riooi. The presence of sul-p-li'.. :■ was ol'SiTved from the smell which pcnnraicdi the air for several feet an und it. All day long crowds went over to gaze upon this strange visitor from other worlds. It is said that a local seViitist has communicated with the Snii-ihsonian institution in Washington as to what shall be done with the meteorite.