Meteor

Abstract

IT may interest some of your readers to know that a meteor was seen here this evening during a thunderstorm, and immediately after a flash of lightning. It appeared about the size of an ordinary cricket ball, and was of a brilliant yellow colour, and moved very slowly in an upward northerly direction from about east-south-east. As it moved along, it gradually decreased to the size of an ordinary star, and was then lost to my view. The storm began about 7 o'clock, and lasted about half an hour, during which time the lightning was very vivid. A very thick fog (that arose suddenly) preceded the storm, but disappeared before its commencement. The weather during the day had been close, with heavy showers at intervals.