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Dear observers!
 
1. The known Soviet astronomer I. S. Astapovich, in the book " Meteoric appearances in a Earth's atmosphere " informs about meteoric shower Canis Majorid, which has produced hundreds meteors for 10-15 minutes, January 2 1878 of RA=105 deg., DEC = - 27 deg. This shower was observed in USA and Ukraina (city Nikolaev).
Further, in one of the directories small meteoric showers I have found, that this strong gale has taken place in 1873 of RA=110 deg., DEC = - 26 deg. Here is informed also, that this shower, also, was in a maxima in 1916 and 1959 (period - 43 years).
I shall be happy to accept any information on it and others similar little-known meteoric showers.
 
2. I agglomerate cases about appearances bright fireballs in neighbourhoods of city Ulianovsk (RUSSIA), where I live (LAT. = 54 deg. 18 min., LONG. = 48 deg. 22 min.). I know such 12 cases (1881-2000). One such case, by December 10 (December 22 on new style) 1895, is circumscribed in one of the local newspapers:
"From village Embulatovo, inform, that 10 December (23 December at 5 1/2 o'clock in the evening was silent and is frosty; there were dense twilights; the sky was of dark - ashy colour and is no was stars. Above a village in the sky suddenly appeared shining gap quadrangular, approximately form, represented golden, even more abruptly by shining spheres as soap bubbles. Instantaneously these brilliant spheres were scattered and were carried by almost horizontally to a north, approximately versty on two (approximately two kilometers), have hidden in the same dark sky, and the appearance has disappeared not having left any track. Light has made two extremely strong oscillations sharply separable one from another, and its reflection on ground was of double sort: first - blue, and second - pinkish, which has transfered then again in blue; why and were represented three flashes. This appearance about 3 seconds was prolonged. As far as of this flashes were strong, it is visible, that the people in the streets came in braking and even impinged, and who were in houses were enveloped by unexpectedness and fear. Is most remarkable that from force of light oscillations in some houses go out even valves, whereas at all it in air was not noted of oscillations and percussions. The similar appearance was observed as well in city Simbirsk (now city Ulianovsk) between 6-7 o'clock in the evening, December 10, northern part sky on some seconds illuminated by phosphorus by light which has lit a northeast part sky. By newspapers informations, similar it was visible in some places, in neighbourhoods of cities Kazan ' and Simbirsk ".
Why go out of a valve? What reason?
Write, beforehand is grateful. 
 
Sergey Shanov
RUSSIA