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Re: (meteorobs) Chicago fire??

This is an interesting article though he concludes that the fires were not
caused by a meteor.

"It is probably safe to assume that the only way an object falling from
outer space could have caused the Great Chicago Fire was if it had
frightened Mrs. OLeary's cow into kicking over the fabled lantern."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drobnock" <drobnock@penn.com>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>; "George Drobnock" <drobnock@penn.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:57 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Chicago fire??


> Well this one is a puzzle.
>
> There is an article available on the net about a 22 year veteran fire
> fighter researching the three midwest fires of 8 October 1871, all being
> attributed to a meteorite or meteor fragments. see
> http://www.speak4you.com/mica_calfee/lectures.html
>
> And the following website
> http://www2.state.id.us/bdsmitigation/asteroids.html
> from the Idaho Bureau of  Disaster Services has a list of "meteor (sic)
> impacts" in modern ( recorded history) times.
>
> Also there is a listing of a meteorite fragment being found on the shore
> of Lake Huron.   see http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/gfmeteor/evidence.htm
>
> Until some graduate student or a dedicated researcher collects all the
> information it is an interesting story.
>
> So the question  -- is the cow a comet?
>
> George John Drobnock
>
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