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1901 / Unidentified man taken to Dunfermline workhouse. / See Ap. 11, 1911. [C; 481. See: 1911 Ap 11, (D; 468).]

1901 / Pansini Boys. [C; 482. Hartmann, Franz. “Magical Metathesis.” Occult Review, 4 (July 1906):17-25, at 18-19.]

1901 / Pansini boys / [typescript] / Occult Review, 4-17. [C; 483. Typescript note. Hartmann, Franz. “Magical Metathesis.” Occult Review, 4 (July 1906):17-25, at 18-19.]

1901 / Fireballs in Denmark / Pubs Astro Soc Pacific, 14-44 / Ref A. [VIII; 689. Köhl, Thorvald. “Astronomical Observations in 1901.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 14 (no. 82; February 1902): 42-45, at 45.]

1901 / Sunspot minimum. In 1902, a long absence broken on Oct 3, Oct 20. [VIII; 690. (Refs.???)]

1901 / frogs / Albion, Bath, Ithaca, N.Y. / Frederick, Maryland / Nashua, N Hampshire / Richard Hoadley Tingley, N.Y. American, Jan 31, 1926. [VIII; 691. (New York American, January 31, 1926.)]

1901 / “Sun-spot Minimum” / Clerke, Hist Astro, appendix. [VIII; 692. Clerke, Agnes Mary. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century. London: Adam & Charles Black, 4th ed., (1902), 461.]

1901 Jan 2 / Mars—Rev. T.E.R. Phillips—“most brilliant white spot x x[”] “Apparent projection,” but this may have been an irradiation-effect. / Sketch of it given—quite like sketch of March 7 (See) also given—Mem BAA 11/91 / estimated uncorrect[ed] length of 67 miles. [VIII; 693.1, 693.2. “Section for the Observation of the Mars. Part I: Prolegomena.” Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association, 11 (1903): 85-92, at 91, (figures 1 & 2).]

1901 Jan 2 / White spot / Mars / E. Mec 73/119. [VIII; 694. Bolton, Scriven. “The Crater Marius—Mars.” English Mechanic, 73 (no. 1878; March 22, 1901): 119.]

1901 Jan 6 / 12:52 p.m. / Glasgow and other places in Scotland / brilliant fireball in sun's halo / Nature 63-276. [VIII; 695. Denning, William Frederick. “Fireball in Sunshine.” Nature, 63 (January 17, 1901): 276. No mention of the Sun's halo is mentioned here.]

1901 Jan 10, etc. / Time Tesla said received messages. / See N.Y. newspapers. [VIII; 696. (New York newspapers, ca. January 10, 1901.) “Tesla Dreams Again.” Indianapolis Journal, January 2, 1901, p. 4 c. 6-7. “I have been noticing disturbances that have had a peculiar effect on my instruments. What these disturbances are caused by I am unable to say at present, but I am firmly convinced that they are the results of an attempt by some human beings, not of our world, to speak to us by signals.” “I am absolutely certain that they are not caused by anything terrestrial. I know, too, that they are not caused by the sun or moon, and hence I am forced to the belief that they come from some other planet.” Corum, Kenneth L., and, Corum, James F. “Nikola Tesla and the Planetary Radio Signals.” 5th International Tesla Conference: Tesla. III Millennium, October 15-19,1996, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The probable explanation is the signals were from natural radio emissions from Jupiter. “There may be other acceptable explanations. But, it is our opinion that it is entirely within reason to identify Tesla's signals as the detection of intense kilometric (VLF) emissions originating from Jupiter. Considerable work still needs to be done to convince the skeptical. However, the bottom line is that when you listen to the kilometric signals from Jupiter with one of Tesla's Colorado Springs receivers you occasionally hear 'Beep... Beep-Beep...Beep-Beep-Beep'! Furthermore, extraterrestrial right circularly polarized kilometric signals penetrate the Earth's ionosphere during the time of sunspot minima. Tesla was at the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing, with the right equipment to be able to detect these unusual electrical signals of planetary origin. It was the scientific community that was unprepared.”]

1901 / ab. Jan 11 / Cab mystery in Antwerp. / Cab found. [C; 484. (Ref.???)]

1901 Jan 17 / —4 h., 16 m, p.m. / (21) / 10:28 p.m. / RA 160° +50° Dec / 22 and 29 / R-A 1901. [VIII; 697. (Check refs.???)]

1901 Jan 22 and 23 / Disastrous hurricane / New Caledonia / N.Y. Sun, Feb 23-11-4. [VIII; 698. "New Caledonia Hurricane." New York Sun, February 23, 1901, p. 11 c. 4.]

1901 Feb 1 / Funeral procession of queer sounds heard far. / Knowledge, N.S., 1/94. [VIII; 699. Davison, Charles. “Recent Explosions.” Knowledge, n.s., 1 (May 1904): 94-95. Guns fired at Spithead, during a funeral procession for Queen Victoria, were heard at Alderton, Suffolk, 139 miles away.]

1901 Feb. 1 / Gunfire at Eastbourne / Nature 63/420, etc. [VIII; 700. “Audibility of the Sound of Firing on February 1.” Nature, 63 (February 7, 1901): 355. “Audibility of the Sound of Firing on February 1.” Nature, 63 (February 28, 1901): 372. “Audibility of the Sound of Firing on February 1.” Nature, 63 (February 28, 1901): 420.]

1901 Feb. 10 / Early morning shock—terrified people—Grazalema (Cadiz), Spain. / Nature 63-396. [VIII; 701. Arcimus, Augusto.“An Earthquake on February 10.” Nature, 63 (February 21, 1901): 396.]

1901 Feb 11 / (F) / [LT], 6-b / q / France. [VIII; 702. “France.” London Times, February 11, 1901, p. 6 c. 2.]

1901 Feb 12, 24, 28 / (Ref 1901) / A. [VIII; 703. (Probably Aurora list. Check: 1901, (VIII; 692). (Not “Sunspot Minimum” / Clerke, Hist Astro, appendix.)]

1901 Feb. 12 / ab. breakfast time / near Guldford / Explosion in a powder factory / felt miles around / D. Mail 13-3-7. [VIII; 704. (London Daily Mail, February 13, 1901, p. 3 c. 7.)]

1901 Feb. 13 / Intense darkness / 3 p.m. / Paris—other parts of France / Bull Soc Astro de F, March, 1901 / deep greenish yellow clouds. [VIII; 705. Loisel, Jules. “Curieux phénomène météorologique.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 146.]

1901 Feb. 14 / Juvisy / Just before sunset, a sun column / Bull Soc Astro de F., April, 1901. [VIII; 706. Antoniadi, Eugène. “Colonne lumineuse.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 195.]

1901 Feb 14, etc. / Exceptional cold, U.S. and Europe. At Naples, night of 13th, three persons found, frozen to death. / D. Mail 15-3-3. [VIII; 711. (London Daily Mail, February 15, 1901, p. 3 c. 3.)]

1901 Feb 15 / 8 a.m. / 2 severe shocks, Geneva / D. Messenger (Paris), 16. [VIII; 712. (Daily Messenger, February 16, 1901.)]

1901 Feb 16 / New variable in Cygnus / by Dr. Anderson / E. Mec 73/96. [VIII; 707. “Scientific News.” English Mechanic, 73 (no. 1877; March 15, 1901): 96-97.]

1901 Feb 16 / Pawpaw, Michigan / veg. substance / (D-64). ** [VIII; 708. The note copies information from page 64 of The Book of the Damned. “Colored Snow.” Monthly Weather Review, 29 (no. 10; October 1901): 465-466.]

1901 Feb 17 / (+) / It (Sounds) / (Macerata) / q and aerial sounds / See 1816 / For list of Italian rombi, aerial / See “1888-89”. [VIII; 709.  Cancani, Adolfo. "Rombi sismici." Bollettino della Società Sismologica Italiana, 7 (1901-1902): 23-47, at 40. See: 1816, (I; 547), and, 1888, (VI; 1245.1).]

1901 Feb 17 / morning / Shocks / Switzerland / N.Y. Sun 18-1-4. [VIII; 713. "Snow and Earthquakes in Europe." New York Sun, February 18, 1901, p. 1 c. 4.]

1901 Feb 18 / With terrific explosions, a new geyser, in Yellowstone Park. / N.Y. Sun 26-1-5. [VIII; 714. "New Geyser in the Yellowstone." New York Sun, February 26, 1901, p. 1 c. 5.]

1901 Feb. 18 / “A comet” seen at Finchley and Tooting. On 20th at Tottenham. See Tottenham time op. Mars, 1892. / D. Mail 22-3-7. [VIII; 715. (London Daily Mail, February 22, 1901, p. 3 c. 7.) The opposition of Mars, in 1892, was August 3. See: 1892 Aug 3, (VII; 640), and, 1892 Aug, (VII; 684).]

1901 Feb 19 / D. Chronicle of / Coldest weather in 50 years in Italy. [VIII; 710. (London Daily Chronicle, February 19, 1901.)]

1901 Feb. 21 / Op Mars / (Al). [VIII; 716. Opposition of Mars. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1901, 581.]

1901 Feb. 21 / N.Y. Sun, 10-3 / Incendiary fires / Buffalo. [C; 485. “Incendiary Fires in Buffalo.” New York Sun, February 21, 1901, p. 10 c. 3.]

1901 Feb. 21 / Young amateur in Russia claimed an ob. 9 hours earlier than Anderson's. / Pop Astro 98-75 / Feb 2. [VIII; 717. Wilson, Herbert Couper. “Light Curve of the New Star in Perseus.” Popular Astronomy, 9 (nos. 8 to 9; October to December 1901): 447-454, 479-487, 545-552; and, 10 (nos. 1 to 5; January to June and July 1902): 31-38, 91-96, 144-151, 199-206, 257-264, & 316-319; at 257. Andreas Borisiak, of Kiev.]

1901 Feb 22 / One of the heaviest snow storms ever known in Texas and heavy snow in Mississippi—N.Y. Sun, 23-1-6. [VIII; 718. "Snowstorm in the South." New York Sun, February 23, 1901, p. 1 c. 6.]

1901 Feb. 22 / N. Pers. . See August, 1901. [VIII; 719. See: (August 1901).]

1901 Feb 22 / Position of N. Persei / RH = 3h-24-25 / Dec = +43-34 / Or a little following the center of a line joining Alpha and Beta Persei. [VIII; 720. (Ref.???)]

1901 Feb—Nova A. / A Russian school-boy, Andres Borisiak, of Kieff, claimed to have discovered Nov. P, 9 hours before Anderson. He was backed up by Glasenapp. / E Mec 108/6. [VIII; 721. “Nova Aquilæ 1918.” English Mechanic, 108 (no. 2783; July 26, 1918): 16-17.]

1901 Feb 22 (?) / BO / with n. star / Red snow fell near Mildenhall. “Pigeons seemed to feed on it.” / D. Mail, Feb 22-3-4. [VIII; 722. (London Daily Mail, February 22, 1901, p. 3 c. 4.)]

1901 Feb— / Mildenhall / Nothing in Cambridge D. News. [VIII; 723.]

1901 Feb. 22 / Star had burst out ab 300 years before—about beginning of reign of James I of England. / Dolmage, Astronomy of Today, p. 314 / Said later been reduced to ab 65 years before. [VIII; 724. Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius. Astronomy of To-Day. 3rd ed. London: Seeley, 1910, 314. Modern measures put the distance to GK Persei around 1,440 light-years.]

1901 Feb 22 / On photos taken 3 nights before the discovery, nova not found. / Dolmage, Astronomy of Today, p. 313. [VIII; 725. Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius. Astronomy of To-Day. 3rd ed. London: Seeley, 1910. 313.]

1901 Feb. 22 / Nebula around the star / Nature 67-16. [VIII; 726. “The Nebula Around Nova Persei.” Nature, 67 (November 6, 1902): 16.]

1901 Feb. 22 / Unsymmetrical formation of the nova nebula. / E Mec 75-292. [VIII; 727. Noble, William. “The New Star in Perseus.” English Mechanic, 75 (no. 1932; April 4, 1902): 162-163. Walton, Dudley W. “The Impact Theory.” English Mechanic, 75 (no. 1938; May 16, 1902): 292.]

1901 Feb. 22 / Changes in neb. around Nov. Pers. / Nature 65-39 / p. 62 / photo—p. 133 / diagram of changes of position, p. 133 / p. 475. [VIII; 728. “Nebulosity Surrounding Nova Persei.” Nature, 65 (November 14, 1901): 38-39. “Structure of the Region Around Nova Persei.” Nature, 65 (November 21, 1901): 62. Lockyer, Norman. “The Photographs of Nova Persei.” Nature, 65 (December 12, 1901): 133-134. “Nebula Around Nova Persei.” Nature, 65 (March 20, 1902): 475.]

1901 Feb. 22 / Nov. Pers not vanish in March. / See. [VIII; 729. (Ref.???)]

1901 Feb 22 / Nov, Pers / See Perseids of Aug 8-14. [ VIII; 730. See: (Aug 8-14.).]

1901 Feb 22 / See E. Mec for Nova Pers. [VIII; 731. (English Mechanic, ca. 1901.)]

1901 Feb 22— / 1st mag star / Nova Persei. [VIII; 732. (Ref.???)]

1901 Feb. 22 / Nova Persei / From Harvard charts known that Nova not in being on 19th. / Early morning of 22nd seen by Dr Anderson. / Bet. 2nd and 3rd mag—at 7 p.m. this day was a bright white star of about the 1st mag and increased this evening. On the 24th decline had begun and had faded almost away by March 22. / Observatory, vol 24. [VIII; 733.1, 733.2. Sidgreaves, Walter. “The New Star of the New Century.” Observatory, 24 (1901): 191-195.]

1901 Feb. 23 / Nova Persei maximum brilliance / about equal to Vega and Capella / A quite conspicuous group—on Oct 6 was of 22 spots. Changed to 15th. On 18th none. / Pop Astro 10-491. [VIII; 734. “Sunspots.” Popular Astronomy, 10 (no. 9; November 1902): 490-491.]

1901 Feb 24 / BO / 9:20 a.m. / White Star liner Teutonic in mid-Atlantic struck, in fair weather by a gigantic wave thought of submarine, volcanic origin. / D. Mail, March 1. [VIII; 735. (London Daily Mail, March 1, 1901.)]

1901 March, 1st part of / Palermo / Reddish rain like coagulated blood / E Mec 73/96. [VIII; 736. “Scientific News.” English Mechanic, 73 (no. 1877; March 15, 1901): 96-97.]

1901 March 1 / It Sounds / Siena / Concussions and sounds / See 1816. [VIII; 737. Cancani, Adolfo. "Rombi sismici." Bollettino della Società Sismologica Italiana, 7 (1901-1902): 23-47, at 46-47. See: 1816, (I; 547).]

1901 March 2 / Al-Moghreb (Tangier) of / “Very excellent rains” reported from Saffi. From Tetuan, great deal of rain for month of Feb—inundations and great damage. Continuing rains in issue of 9th. 16th—tells of phe in Sicily and Italy but nothing in Tangier. In latter issues news of floods but no whirls of sand. / In 30th news from Fez but no whirl mentioned. [VIII; 738.1, 738.2. (Al-Moghreb, March 2, 1901.)]

1901 March 3 / White spot / Mars / E Mec 73/119. [VIII; 739. Bolton, Scriven. “The Crater Marius—Mars.” English Mechanic, 73 (no. 1878; March 22, 1901): 119.]

[The following two notes were clipped together by Fort. C: 486-487.]

1901 March 5 / D. Mail / Ghst reported at Aberystwyth. Several days before, a young man had run into town, and, bleeding and bruised, said been struck by an invisible being. [C; 486. (London Daily Mail, March 8, 1901.)]

1901 March 5 / D. Mail, 3-6 / A young man in Aberystwith, ran through streets bruised and bleeding, unable to account for injuries beyond saying he had felt himself knocked about by an invisible being. Had been stories of a ghost that had been seen. [C; 487. (London Daily Mail, March 5, 1901, p. 3 c. 6.)]

1901 March 6 / 7:28 p.m. / Brilliant meteor over S. London / D. Mail 8-3-7 / Also Isle of Wight / 9-3-7. [VIII; 740. (London Daily Mail, March 8, 1901, p. 3 c. 7.) (London Daily Mail, March 9, 1901, p. 3 c. 7.)]

1901 March 7 / BO / “Terrible tidal wave” off Coast of Spain / D. Mail 9-5-2. [VIII; 741. (London Daily Mail, March 9, 1901, p. 5. c. 2.)]

1901 March 7 / Projection “very bright” seen by Capt. Molesworth. Had a height, “not corrected for irradiation” of 70 miles. / Mem B.A.A. 11/92. [VIII; 742. “Section for the Observation of the Mars. Part I: Prolegomena.” Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association, 11 (1903): 85-92, at 91-92, (figure 2).]

1901 March 7 / This “projection” is shown as a cloud” at the upper right edge of Mars, in Arrhenius' Destiny of the Stars, p. 216. [VIII; 743. Arrhenius, Svante. Fries, J.E., trans. The Destinies of the Stars. New York: Putnam's, 1918, 215-217, (figure 22).]

1901 March 8 / Lyons / 7:12 p.m. / large met from below Alpha Leo / Bull Soc Astro de F, Ap., 1901. [VIII; 744. Rengel, Albert. “Bolide remarquable.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 195.]

1901 March 9-12 / BO / In provinces of Kostroma and Perm, Russia / Symons Met Mag 1902-25. [VIII; 745. “Reviews.” Symons's Meteorological Magazine, 37 (March 1902): 23-26, at 25. (Hellman, Johann Georg Gustav, and, Meinardus, Wilhelm. Der Grosse Staubfall vom 9 bis 12 März 1901 in Nordafrika, Süd- und Mitteleuropa. Berlin: Asher, 1901.)]

1901 March 9-10 / BO / With blood rain, in Sicily midsummer heat—sunstroke. Dead birds falling from sky. / D. Mail 11-5-5. [VIII; 746. (London Daily Mail, March 11, 1901, p. 5 c. 5.)]

1901 March 10 / Red rains / Symons' Met Mag, May, 1901, says that particulars had been received and—“There is no room for doubt that they were simply due to desert sand.” [VIII; 747. “Meteorological News and Notes.” Symons's Meteorological Magazine, 36 (April 1901): 45-47, at 46.]

1901 March / time of red rains / At Avellin, Italy , a shower of ashes from a murky, yellow sky. / E Mec 73/96. [VIII; 748. “Scientific News.” English Mechanic, 73 (no. 1877; March 15, 1901): 96-97.]

1901 (March 9) / BO / Violent shocks in Algeria / Levant Herald, March 11—p. 111. [VIII; 749. (Levant Herald, March 11, 1901, p. 111.)]

1901 March 9, 10 / Destructive cyclone in Arkansas. [VIII; 750. (Refs.????)]

1901 March 9-12 / Nature 66-41 / Von Hellman and Meinardus quoted. Found that the dust began to fall at Algiers and Tunis on 9th. / On 8, 9, 10—dust storms in African desert El Erg—and they found that as the dust fell north it decreased and became finer—so the conclusion that had come from the African desert. [VIII; 751.1, 751.2. Lockyer, William James Stewart. “Dust-falls and Their Origins.” Nature, 66 (May 8, 1902): 41-42.]

1901 March 9 / BO / Tornadoes in Texas / D. Picayune, 10th / on 10th as far as Michigan / Tennessee, Arkansas. [VIII; 752. (New Orlean Daily Picayune, March 10, 1901; not @ Newspapers.com.)]

1901 March 9 and 10 / Great gale / Southern and Western states, America. [VIII; 753. (Refs.???)]

1901 March 10-11 / Dust / Germany, etc. / Met Zeit 18/138, 173, 279, 234. [VIII; 754. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 133-141, at 137-139. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 172-185, at 173-174. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 231-238, at 234-235. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 273-283, at 279-280.]

1901 March 9 / evening / Phe began in Sicily. / Daily Messenger (Paris), 11th. [VIII; 755. (Daily Messenger, March 11, 1901.)]

1901 March 10 / “The graded dust”—at Tunis—“fine presque impalpable” / Bull Soc Astro de F, Ap., 1901 / no wind at Tunis / Reports from extreme south of Tunis—sirocco of unprecented violence. That at Avellino, Italy, fell a shower of ashes. At Lucques, Italy, on 11th, substance seemingly unknown, questioned whether mud or ashes. / Austria the 11th, Germany the 12th. [VIII: 756.1, 756.2. Flammarion, Camille. “La Pluie Rouge.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 190-194. Bertainchand, E. “Notes sue les Poussières Atmosphériques.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 451-454.]

1901 March 10 / In Lagos (Gold Coast) Weekly Record, nothing. [VIII; 757.]

1901 March 10 / Nothing in Egyptian Gazette (Alexandria). Issue of Saturday, 16th—“This has been a rainless and cloudless week at Alexandria.” [VIII; 758. Egyptian Gazette, March 16, 1901.)]

1901 March 10 / Nothing in Sierra Leone Weekly News. [VIII; 759.]

1901 March 10 / Downpours, floods / R.I., Conn., Tenn., Del. / N.Y. Sun 12-1-3. [VIII; 760. “Dams Burst at Providence.” New York Sun, March 12, 1901, p. 1 c. 4.]

1901 March 10 / bet. 9 and 10 p.m. / near Rochester, N.Y. / Severe th. storm and cloudburst / N.Y. Sun 11-1-6. [VIII; 761. "Cloudburst in Charlotte." New York Sun, March 11, 1901, p. 1 c. 6.]

1901 Mar 10 / Sicily / Red rain like coagulated blood / NY Tribune, Mar. 11, 1901, 1/2. [VIII; 762. "Bloody Rain in Sicily and Italy." New York Tribune, March 11, 1901, p. 1 c. 2.]

1901 Mar 10, 11, 12 / Vast fall red / Tunis, Italy, Germany / L'Année Sci 1901/32. ** [VIII; 763. "La pluie rouge." Année Scientifique et Industrielle, 45 (1901): 32-34.]

1901 March 8, 9, 10 / Dust, southern Algeria / 10—Italy and Sicily / 11th—eastern Alps and Germany / 12th—Denmark, Russia, E[n]g. / Sc Am 106-497. [VIII; 764. “Counting Grains of Dust in the Air.” Scientific American, n.s., 106 (June 1, 1912): 497 & 504-506, at 497.]

1901 March 11 / Fall of sand and intense heat wave at Trieste. / D. Mail 12-5-2  Reached Tunison 10th. [VIII; 765. (London Daily Mail, March 12, 1901, p. 5 c. 2.)]

1901 March 11-12 / BO / night / At Hamburg fell a yellow-brown dust. It was “greasey” to the touch and was thought volcanic. / D. Mail 13-5-5. [VIII; 766. (London Daily Mail, March 13, 1901, p. 5 c. 5.)]

1901 March 11-12 / night / Sand that fell at Hamburg, thought from an eruption of Hecla. / D. Mail 13-5-5. [VIII; 767. (London Daily Mail, March 13, 1901, p. 5 c. 5.)]

1901 March 11 / BO / Great meteor at Vienna some time after fall of dust. / D. Mail 13-5. [VIII; 768. (London Daily Mail, March 13, 1901, p. 5.)]

1901 March 11 / “Intense heat wave”—“tropical temperature” and fall of sand at Trieste. / Daily Mail. [VIII; 769. (London Daily Mail, ca. March 11, 1901.)]

1901 March 11-13 / Dr. Phipson, in Chem. News, 83-159, says of this dust and the “precisely similar” dust that fell at Melbourne, Dec. 12, 1896, that, “I am of the opinion that it is partly, if not wholly, of cosmic origin, and not merely desert sand uplifted by the wind, nor volcanic dust.” He thinks it was the product of exploding meteors. [VIII; 770.1, 770.2. Phipson, Thomas Lamb. “Composition and Nature of the Red Rain.” Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, 83 (April 4, 1901): 159-160.]

1901 March 12 / Thick orange-red rain, at Ongar, Essex. The substance contained a large proportion of iron. / D. Mail 19-4-7. [VIII; 771. (London Daily Mail, March 19, 1901, p. 4 c. 7.)]

1901 March 12 / BO / A thick orange-re rain, at Ongar, Essex, ac to J. Gidley-Moore, Fyfield House, Ongar. / D. Mail, 19-4-7. [VIII; 772. (London Daily Mail, March 19, 1901, p. 4 c. 7.)]

1901 March 10 / Trib 11-1-2 / A heavy red cloud over Palermo, Sicily, March 10, 1901. / Drops “like coagulated blood" at Palermo and sand at Naples. [VIII; 773. "Bloody Rain in Sicily and Italy." New York Tribune, March 11, 1901, p. 1 c. 2.]

1901 March 10 / Tunis / clear sky / 5 a.m. / Reddish cloud of dust appeared. / said almost no wind / CR 132-1155. [VIII; 774. Bertainchand, E. "Sur les poussières atmosphériques observées à Tunis le 10 mars 1901." Comptes Rendus, 132 (1901): 1153-1155.]

1901 March 11 / Italy / Red rain. Rain so thickly charged with red sand that the peasants took it for blood. / Jour Roy Met Soc 28/229. [VIII; 775. Mill, Hugh Robert. “The Cornish Dust-Fall of January 1902.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 28 (January 1902): 229-252, at 229.]

1901 March 11-13 / Sicily, Eng, etc. / dust / Ac to Dr. T.L. Phipson, Chem News 83-159, “precisely” similar to that which fell at Melbourne, Dec 12, 1896. [VIII; 776. Phipson, Thomas Lamb. “Composition and Nature of the Red Rain.” Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, 83 (April 4, 1901): 159-160.]

1901 March 11 / Sandfall / For similar great one, see Feb. 25, 1896. For great deal 1901, see Me Zeit, vol. 18, 19, index, stains. [VIII; 777. (Meteorologische Zeitschrift, v. 19. (19: ) "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 133-141, at 137-139. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 172-185, at 173-174. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 231-238, at 234-235. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 273-283, at 279-280. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 313-329, at 313-314. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 459-476, at 462-463. See: (1896 Feb 25).]

1901 March 12 / N.Y. Sun, 7-6 / Honeywell Street, Long Island City. Uncanny sounds in home of John Payne, No. 387. Then the watch-dog killed, at night. A butcher shop, things disturbed but nothing stolen. Grocery store entered. Unearthly sounds in a yard (Mrs Daly's). Watch-dog found dead next morning. [C; 488.1, 488.2. "What It Is?" New York Sun, March 12, 1901, p. 7 c. 6.]

1901 March 12 / D. Mail, 3-2—Said that a foreigner whose nationality could not be learned was sent to the workhouse from Bow street. [C; 489. (London Daily Mail, March 12, 1901, p. 3 c. 2.)]

1901 March 12 / Dust / Bremen / Met Zeit 1901-237. [VIII; 778. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 231-238, at 237-238.]

1901 March 13 / Dust falling / Danish Islands / Gt. Malvern, Scarborough, Dumfries / Jour Roy Met Soc 28/229. [VIII; 779. Mill, Hugh Robert. “The Cornish Dust-Fall of January 1902.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 28 (January 1902): 229-252, at 229.]

1901 March 13 / D. Mail of / Tells of falls of dust, th. storms and quakes in Austria. [VIII; 780. (London Daily Mail, March 13, 1901.)]

1901 March 13 / Disastrous hurricane / Fiji / D. Mail 21-3-7. [VIII; 781. (London Daily Mail, March 21, 1901, p. 3 c. 7.)]

1901 March 13 / BO / Further falls of red snow in Austria / D. Mail 14-5-2. [VIII; 782. (London Daily Mail, March 14, 1901, p. 5 c. 2.)]

1901 March 15 / (Strange Wound) / The inquest / Cambridge D. News of 16th / Lavinia Farrar, blind woman, “independent means,” aged 72, had been living alone. Could not keep servants long because of “queer temper”. Found lying dead on kitchen floor. Face bruised; nose broken. Near her on the floor was a blood-stained knife and drops of blood on floor. She was dressed and no sign of a wound. Post-mortem by Dr Yeats and Dr Heslop, who testified at the inquest. She was stabbed to the heart. But no puncture through her garments, of which there were three or four. Blood from the wound had smeared only one under-garment. The woman, undressed, could not have so stabbed herself, and then dressed, because death would have come too rapidly. Seemed as if blood on floor not come from the wound, and the physicians could not explain it. Jury returned an open verdict. / Cam. D. News of 19th—Dr Yeats said that the persons who unfastened the clothing might not have made sure that her hand with a knife could not have been inserted. Dr Heslop said that persons who had told him of clothing so put on that hand with knife could not be inserted, may have so believed because of their excited condition. One of Mrs Farrar's peculiarities had been to keep her other house, next door to her, unrented. / Put in first post that at inquest said that openings of her garments were at different parts, so a hand with a weapon could not have been inserted. [C; 490.1 to 490.8. “A Mystery.” Cambridge Daily News, March 16, 1901, p. 3 c. 5. “Her garments above the waist were stitched up at the neck, and there were three or four of them, the apertures being in different directions, so that apparently she could not have got her hand and a knife in together. Her clothes were in no way penetrated.” “The Manchester Mystery.” Cambridge Daily News, March 19, 1901, p. 4 c. 2.]

1901 March 16 / D. Mail, 3-5 / Ghst reported from Watlington, Oxfordshire. / An object like a headless sheep. [C; 491. (London Daily Mail, March 16, 1901, p. 3 c. 5.)]

1901 March 20 /  (dust and volc) / In Sicily the fall great, and Prof Judd (this is fall of 10-11-12th of March, writing in Nature 63-514, said that the question was raised whether an eruption Etna, but decided against because of news of fall elsewhere. / But upon 20th at 7:30 a.m.—copper-colored clouds and another fall of dust. [VIII; 783.1, 783.2. Judd, John Wesley. “The Recent Blood Rains.” Nature, 63 (March 28, 1901): 514.]

1901 March 18 / Nova P / (18)—3.7 / 19—5.2 / 20—3.6 / 21—3.9 / 22—5.2 / 24—4.3 / 25—5.3 / then 4s / Mags of Nova P. / Observatory 24/207. [VIII; 784. “Nova Persei.” Observatory, 24 (1901): 206-207.]

1901 March 25 / Tornado / Alabama / D. Mail 26-5-4. [VIII; 785. (London Daily Mail, March 25, 1901, p. 5 c. 4.)]

1901 March 30 / 10 p.m. / Sharp q. / Constantinople / Nature 63-571. [VIII; 786. “Notes.” Nature, 63 April 11, 1901): 570-575, at 571. “At five minutes past nine in the morning,” (not 10 P.M.).]

1901 March 31 / Eagle, 6-2-1 / Elec phe. [C; 492. "Exeter City Loses a Man." Brooklyn Eagle, March 31, 1901, p. 6 c. 2.]

1901 March 31 / morning /q's / Sicily, Italy, Turkey / Levant Herald, Ap. 1. [VIII; 787. (Levant Herald, April 1, 1901.)]

1901 April / Eagle, 7-1 / H. House. [C; 493. "Historic Melrose Hall To Be Sold At Auction." Brooklyn Eagle, March 27, 1901, p. 7 c. 3-4. "Historic, Haunted Melrose Hall." Brooklyn Eagle, April 7, 1901, p. 7 c. 4-6.]

1901 Ap. 4 amd 9 / S / Persian Gulf, Capt in / (D-263). [VIII; 788. The note copies information from pages 262 and 263 of The Book of the Damned. Hoseason, W.S. "Remarkable Phosphorescent Phenomenon Observed in the Persian Gulf, April 4 and 9, 1901." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society of London, 28 (1902): 29-32. Hoseason may have been an officer aboard the Kilwa, but his paper identifies the "Captain" as Captain Whitehead.)]

1901 Ap. 9 / White spot in same place but not protruding—See March 7. Reported by Mr. Attkins. / Mem. B.A.A. 11/92 / Atkins (right). [VIII; 789. “Section for the Observation of the Mars. Part I: Prolegomena.” Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association, 11 (1903): 85-92, at 92. See: 1901 March 7, (VIII: 742 & 743). Ernest Anthony Lonsdale Atkins was the observer, at Highgate.]

1901 Ap. 13, 17, 18, 19 / Lyrids scarce at Bristol / 20—few / 21—extremely numerous / 52 in 3¼ hours / Denning / Nature 64-21. [VIII; 790. Denning, William Frederick. “The April Meteors of 1901.” Nature, 64 (May 2, 1901): 21-22.]

1901 Ap. 17 / D. Mail-18-5-3 / Explosion of unknown origin, behind the organ in St Michael's, a Catholic church, in Berlin. [C; 494. (London Daily Mail, April 18, 1901, p. 5 c. 7.)]

1901 Ap 18 / D. Mail, 5-7 / tens of thousands of frogs, each carrying smaller ones on its back, on the road, near Huy, Belgium. [VIII; 791. (London Daily Mail, April 18, 1901, p. 5 c. 7.)]

1901 Ap. 23 / at Sydney / early morn / Brilliant comet approaching the sun. / Nature 64-21 / Above eastern horizon. [VIII; 792. “Comet α (1901)” Nature, 64 (May 2, 1901): 21.]

1901 Ap 23 / Ref 1901 / A. [VIII; 793. Refer to: (1901).]

1901 Ap. 24 / Bright object near the sun—now said to be the comet of    . / Observatory 24/372 / See into May. [VIII; 794. Maunder E. Walter. “The Comet and the Eclipse.” Observatory, 24 (1901): 372-376. See: (May).]

1901 Ap. 24 / Vesuvius begins and all month. / Nature 64-134. [VIII; 795. “Notes.” Nature, 64 (June 6, 1901): 132-136, at 134.]

1901 Ap. 24 / q's / Italy, Portugal, Guernsey / Nature 64-6, 288. [VIII; 796. Russell, Rollo. “Unusual Agitation of the Sea.” Nature, 64 (May 2, 1901): 6. Davison, Charles. “The Reported Earthquakes in the Channel Islands and South Devon on April 24.” Nature, 64 (June 6, 1901): 126. “Notes.” Nature, 64 (July 18, 1901): 285-289, at 288.]

1901 April 24 / Guernsey, etc. / 5 shocks between 1 and 1:45 p.m., and 8 at Paignton in South Devon. In Nature 64/126. Dr Ch. Davison says that the disturbances were like firing of distant heavy guns. That trials of heavy guns along the coast of France said been made that day, but he had not yet found out where. [VIII; 797.1, 797.2. Davison, Charles. “The Reported Earthquakes in the Channel Islands and South Devon on April 24.” Nature, 64 (June 6, 1901): 126.]

1901 Ap. 24 / trials with heavy guns / In Geol Mag 1904-541, said by French vessels. Still Dr Davison not traced them. [VIII; 798. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 541-542.]

1901 Ap. 24 / Paignton / Davison—"They were of very short duration; windows were shaken, but there was no perpendicular tremor of the ground." [VIII; 799. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 541-542.]

[1901 Ap 24 /] 1901 Ap 27 / [LT], 11-e / 30-10-d / Peculiar agitation of the sea. [VIII; 804. “A Peculiar Agitation of the Sea.” London Times, April 27, 1901, p. 11 c. 5. “A Peculiar Agitation of the Sea.” London Times, April 30, 1901, p. 10 c. 4.]

1901 Ap. 25, etc. / Syd. M. Herald / Phenomenal rainfalls and floods / Victoria and Queensland. As to Comet, vol. I looked at not for May. [VIII; 800. "Heavy Rainfall in Victoria." Sydney Morning Herald, April 24, 1901. p. 7 c. 8.]

1901 Ap. 25 / Several places in N.S. Wales reported comet. Large head and large tail. / See May 8. / Eastern sky, before sunrise. / Syd M. Herald / 26th—near horizon. [VIII; 801."The Comet." Sydney Morning Herald, April 26, 1901, p. 6 c. 7. "Mr. Baracchi, the Government Astronomer...." Sydney Morning Herald, April 26, 1901, p. 10 c. 7. See: (May 8).]

1901 Ap 25-May 7 / Inconsistencies in position of a comet? / Nature 64-55. [VIII; 802. Willis, E.C. “The New Comet.” Nature, 64 (May 16, 1901): 55. “Although others besides myself have probably noticed the remarkable inconsistencies in the published reports of the new comet, it seems worth while to draw attention to them. Its reported position for April 25, May 2 and May 4 are based on telegrams from the Cape and Peru, and there seems no reason to doubt their correctness. If, however, they are accurate, the comet could not have been seen in England in the morning, as at no time did it rise till after the sun. Yet Mr. Chambers saw it at Eastbourne at 3.5 a.m. on the 2nd, and a correspondent in the Daily News says it was fifteen degrees above the southern horizon at 3.30 a.m. on the 7th.” “New Comet On View.” East Anglian Daily Times, May 4, 1901, p. 3 c. 3. “The new comet has been found by Mr. G.F. Chambers, of Eastbourne, who declares that it can be seen with naked eye almost as well as with a six-inch refractor. Moreover, he says it probably very near perihelion that is—its least distance from the sun—and therefore may become visible in the evening twilight in week or two instead three o’clock morning, the time when saw it on May 1st. At Greenwich Observatory a sharp look-out has been kept for the comet, but a Press representative was informed there on Thursday that the observers had not been so fortunate Mr. Chambers. That gentleman is, however, well known to them, and they do not doubt his report. Mr. Chambers saw the comet exactly in the east, and low down the horizon, and followed it for twenty minutes, tracing the tail through an extent of about three degrees, and noticing it to be unusually broad.” “The Comet.” London Evening Standard, May 6, 1901, p. 2 c. 6. In a letter to the editor, Chamber writes, on May 4: “I may begin by saying that the comet was also seen on Wednesday morning by my wife and by two daughters (one of whom is familiar with astronomical matters), and all recognised it as a 'beam,' to employ a word constantly used by Chinese astronomers in recording comets. I searched again on the morning of May between 2.45 a.m. and 3.15 a.m., but a damp mist effectually blotted out such an ethereal object as a comet's tail, although a few of the largest stars were visible. This morning, between 2.35 a.m. and 3.15 a.m., in very clear sky, I made a careful search all the way round the horizon from East-south-east to West-north-west, but with no result except spraining my neck.” Comet C/1901 G1.]

1901 Ap 25 / (on near sun on 24th) / Comets / [LT 25]—6-a / 26-5-f / 30-11-b / May 3-4-e / 6-10-d / 15-7-f / June-6-6-f. [VIII; 803. “A Comet.” London Times, April 25, 1901, p. 6 c. 1. “A Comet Visible in South Africa.” London Times, April 26, 1901, p. 5 c. 6. “The New Comet.” London Times, April 30, 1901, p. 11 c. 2. “The Comet.” London Times, May 3, 1901, p. 4 c. 5. “The New Comet.” London Times, May 6, 1901, p. 10 c. 4. “The Comet.” London Times, May 15, 1901, p. 7 c. 6. “The Comet.” London Times, June 6, 1901, p. 6 c. 6. Comet C/1901 G1.]

[1901 Ap 27. Wrong date. See: 1901 Ap 24, (VIII; 804).]

1901 May-June / Any comet like 1861, 1881? [VIII; 805.]

1901 May / City Alaska to be investigated / 203+ / See if got before. [C; 495. The note copies information from page 202 of New Lands. "Extraordinary Mirage." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 27 (1901): 158-159. “It is believed that the mirage is a representation of the city of Bristol , England. That it is a seaport is shown by the mast of a vessel, while a tower, an exact duplicate of that of St. Mary Redcliff, appears in the background.” (Victoria Daily Times, January 26, 1901.) See: 1897 Sept 10, (VIII; 90).]

1901 May / Looking for frgs. in N.Y., I have N.Y. Herald, May 1-19. [VIII; 806. Fort was probably searching for a newspaper account of Tingley's frog shower in the New York Herald. “Shower of Frogs and Toads in Maryland.” New York Sun, June 9, 1901, p. 1 c. 5. “Science Accepts Frog Showers.” Brooklyn Eagle, July 20, 1901, p. 3 c. 1. At Bath, New York. (“Bath Has a Frog Shower.” Bloomsberg Columbian, (Pennsylvania), July 25, 1901, p. 6 c. 4. Bath, New York.) (“A Plague of Frogs.” Gloverville Daily Leader., (New York), July 8, 1901, p. 3 c. 3. At Bronx.) (“Remarkable Shower of Frogs.” Brooklyn Eagle, July 31, 1901, p. 5 c. 6. Prince Edward Island.) See: 1901 July 20, (VIII; 855).]

1901 May / Frgs and tadpoles / Fourth Ave., N.Y. City, and Bronx / Richard Hoadley Tingley / N.Y. American, Jan 31, 1926. [VIII; 807. (New York American, January 31, 1926; microfilm.)]

1901 May 2 / Inconsistencies in reported positions of comet / Nature 64-55. [VIII; 808. Willis, E.C. “The New Comet.” Nature, 64 (May 16, 1901): 55. See: 1901 Ap 25-May 7, (VIII; 802). Comet C/1901 G1.]

1901 May 3 to 18th / Comet (?) / In the E. Mec, 74-15, H.F. Farnhill-Scott, Collector of Customs, British Central Africa, write that upon Lake Nyasa (34-12 E; 11-8 S.) he saw a brilliant comet immediately after sunset at 6:30—due west. Disap behind hills at 7 p.m.—had been 10 or 15 days above horizon. He saw it nightly till 18th. On 6th or 7th was right under Orion—visible later each evening. Also moved north. / long tail / page 38—comet at Kimberley. [VIII; 809.1, 809.2. Farnill-Scott, H.F. “Comet Seen on Lake Nyasa.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1899; August 16, 1901): 15. King, Percy J.F. “The Comet as Seen at Kimberley.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1900; August 23, 1901): 38. Comet C/1901 G1.]

1901 May 5 / Violent commotion of sea 32 miles east of Martinique / Nature 66/203. [VIII; 810. “The West Indian Volcanic Eruptions.” Nature, 66 (June 26, 1902): 203-204.]

1901 May 8 / Nova P. to 4.6 mag from 6.1 on 7th / Observatory 24/251. [VIII; 811. “Nova Persei.” Observatory, 24 (1901): 251.]

1901 May 8 / 7 p.m. / “Very fine comet; seen at Coimbators. Just above the western horizon—Madras Mail, 29th. Was in Orion, near the Belt. Reported from other places in Mail of 11th. Tail long, narrow, but clear. At Poona “a big comet”. Supposed same as the one seen, mornings, in Australia, ab 2 weeks before. (Clearly visible in Madras evening of 12th—Mail, 13th.) / See Ap. 25. [VIII; 812.1, 812.2. (Madras Mail, May 29, 1901.) (Madras Mail, May 11, 1901.) (Madras Mail, May 13, 1901.) See: (April 25).]

1901 May 9 / Panic / Wall Street / See Ap. 30. [VIII; 813. See: (April 30).]

1901 May 13 / Eagle, 2-3 / Met. [VIII; 814. “Meteor at Lima.” Brooklyn Eagle, May 13, 1901, p. 3 c. 3.]

1901 May 11 / Strong shock / Sicily / San Francisco Chronicle, 12th. [VIII; 815. “Heavy Earthquake in Island of Sicily.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 12, 1901, p. 20 c. 2.]

1901 May 13 / 8:21 a.m. / Drôme, several places in, detonation and q / Bull Soc Astro de F., June, 1901. [VIII; 816. “Tremblement de terre en France.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 291.]

1901 May 13 / Sun / See March 4, 1902, and later March. [VIII; 817. See: 1902 March 4, (VIII; 1009), and, 1902 March 14 to 18, (VIII; 1015).]

1901 May 17 / 1 a.m. / around Zanesville, Ohio / Shock as if of heavy explosion / Trib 18-6-3. [VIII; 818. "Earthquake Shock in Ohio." New York Tribune, May 18, 1901, p. 6 c. 3.]

1901 May 18 / Trib., 6-3 / q. / Ohio. [VIII; 819. "Earthquake Shock in Ohio." New York Tribune, May 18, 1901, p. 6 c. 3.]

1901 May 18 / eclipse / total in Sumatra. [VIII; 820. (Confirm.)]

1901 May 19-June 1 / Sunspot graph / Since Nov. 27, the sun had been almost clear of spots. / Observatory 24-250. [VIII; 821. “The Sun-Spot Group of May 19-June 1.” Observatory, 24 (1901): 250-251.]

1901 May 20 / N.Y. World of / Shower frogs / NY City. [VIII; 822. (New York World, May 20, 1901; not found here.)]

1901 May 20 / On eastern limb of sun, remarkable group of spots / Bull Soc Astro de F., June. [VIII; 823. “Le Réveil de l'Activité Solaire.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 327.]

1901 May 23 / Volc of Keloet, Java, in eruption / Nature 66-102. [VIII; 824. Clayton, Henry Helm. “Volcanic Eruption in Java, Brilliant Sunset Glows in 1901, and probable Glows from the Eruption in Martinique.” Nature, 66 (May 29, 1902): 101-102. The Kelut volcano.]

1901 May 28 / England / Ball lightning—window—then one at front door—then one back door. / Eng. Mechanic 74/15. * [C; 496. “Thunderbolt.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1899; August 16, 1901): 15.]

1901 June 2 / (J) / by Sig. J. Sola, at the Observatory of Barcelona / Strange marking on Jupiter—a spot—almost black, with a light garnet tinge. / Nature 64-216. [VIII; 825. “Our Astronomical Column.” Nature, 64 (June 27, 1901): 216.]

1901 June 2 / J. / Black spot on Jupiter / Observatory of Barcelona / Bull Soc Astro de F—July, 1901 / Observer, Sola, writes has never seen so dark a spot on Jupiter before. On May 31, nothing like it was seen. / (See July meteors.) [VIII; 826. Sola, J. Comas. “Tache noire sur Jupiter.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 339. See: (July meteors).]

1901 June 6 / Essex / (obj) / Observatory 24/326, copies The Standard (London). / Cor writes that bet 11:30 and 12:30 if any reader had noticed a brilliant body in the sky, moving sometimes with circular motion, rising and falling, June 6-7. / at Walthamstow, Essex. [VIII; 827.1, 827.2. Neilson, Walter J. “A Brilliant Meteor.” Observatory, 24 (1901): 326. Neilson, Walter J. “A Brilliant Meteor.” London Standard, June 8, 1901, p. 5 c. 7.]

1901 June 8 / evening / Very violent explosion in Paris, seemingly near a railroad station. Untraceable. / Le Figaro, June 9. [C; 497. (Le Figaro, June 9, 1901.)]

1901 June 8 / Explosion / Nothing in D. Messenger (Paris). [C; 498.]

1901 June 8 / Gluey substance on stones / See May 22, 1808. [VIII; 828. See: 1808 May 22, (I: 241 & 242).]

[The following three notes were folded together by Fort. VIII: 829-831.]

1901 (June 8) / Editor asks whether be any connection. Distance = 140 kilometres. Gluant to the fingers / Final A was June 5. / B / Start 1901. / Ciet et Terre 22/198. [VIII; 829. “Pluie Énigmatique.” Ciel et Terre, 22 (1901-1902): 198.]

1901 June 8 / (at Sart) / 2 p.m. / A glue-like substance that fell in flakes from sky and for several days after was found on leaves of trees. M. Michael, a meteorologist, writes that he did not see the beginning of the fall, but watched the stream in its last 5 to 7 minutes. The Editor of C. et T. finds fire at Anvers. Among other substances, great quantity of sugar burned. / (?). [VIII; 830.1, 830.2. “Pluie Énigmatique.” Ciel et Terre, 22 (1901-1902): 198.]

1901 June 8 / Antwerp / 140 kilometres / Anvers to Sart. / 80 miles / p. 198. [VIII; 831. “Pluie Énigmatique.” Ciel et Terre, 22 (1901-1902): 198.]

1901 June 8 / See May 22, 1808. [VIII; 832. See: 1808 May 22, (I: 241 & 242).]

1901 June 8 / Told in C and T, June 16th, by M. Michael, the correspondent of the Meteorological Service at Sart—It was a “floconneus” matter. It was “gluante”. / Said been a large fire in Antwerp, 140 kilometres away, on the 5th. Great quantity of sugar among other substances burned. [VIII; 833.1, 833.2. “Pluie Énigmatique.” Ciel et Terre, 22 (1901-1902): 198.]

1901 June 9 / Weekly Dispatch of / To consternation of the inhabitants, a new small volcano appeared near Gap, in the Hautes Alps. [VIII; 834. “A Volcanic Surprise.” London Weekly Dispatch, June 9, 1901, p. 15 c. 3. The Chaîne des Puys volcano consists of a number of lava domes, cinder cones, and maars; but, the last eruptions were about 4,000 years ago.]

1901 June 10 / Sindhri, Bombay, India / (F). [VIII; 835. Fletcher, 107. This is the Sindhri meteorite.]

1901 June 10 / meteor / ab 11 p.m. / Reported from Kotri and towns in the Karachi and Hyderabad Districts, India / (Madras Mail, 18th) / Large meteor casting off countless sparks. Whole sky brilliantly illuminated 90 seconds—30 seconds after this, a detonation like report of a cannon. [VIII; 836.1, 836.2. (Madras Mail, June 18, 1901.)]

[1901 June 12] / Girl's hat on fire / smoker, from a window? / Le Figaro, June 12, 1901, p 4, col. 2. [C; 499. (Le Figaro, June 12, 1901.)]

1901 June 20 / 10 a.m. / Great meteor / Sonora, Mexico / Bull Soc Astro de F, Dec., 1901. [VIII; 837. “Bolides.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 546-548, at 546.]

(1901) / June 27 / Tillers Ferry, S.C. / hundreds of little fish like those known in neighborhood / MWR 29-263. [VIII; 838. “A Rain of Small Fish.” Monthly Weather Review, 29 (no. 6; June 1901): 263. “Mr. J.W. Gardner, voluntary observer at Tillers Ferry, S.C., reports that during a heavy local rain about June 27 there fell hundreds of little fish (cat, perch, trout, etc.) that were afterwards found swimming in the pools between the cotton rows in a field belonging to Mr. Charles Raley.” “Shower of Fishes.” Union Times, (South Carolina), August 2, 1901, p. 8 c. 6. “”There is no creek or pond near the field whence they might have come.” “Ye Gods and Little Fishes.” Watchman and Southron, (Sumter, South Carolina), May 22, 1901, p. 3 c. 2.  On May 19, 1901, at Sumter, South Carolina, (about 50 kilometres south of Tiller's Ferry), a small fish “resembling a pike” fell. “I inclose for your inspection a small fish handed to me this a.m. by a young gentleman of undoubted veracity, and who avows that the fish came down during the downpour of rain yesterday p.m. and fell in the piazza right at his feet, alive.”]

1901 June 21 / Eagle, 3-6 / Meteor / Peru. [VIII; 839. “Meteor in Mexico.” Brooklyn Eagle, June 21, 1901, p. 3 c. 6. “Meteor at Lima.” Brooklyn Eagle, May 13, 1901, p. 3 c. 3.]

1901 June 23 / Disastrous floods / W. Va. [VIII; 840. (Refs.???)]

1901 June 25 / sun pillar / Portland / Symons Met 37/33. [VIII; 841. Waugh, W.R.M. “Sun Pillar.” Symons's Meteorological Magazine,  36 (July 1901): 98. "The Sun Pillar of March 6th." Symons' Meteorological Magazine, 37 (April 1902): 33-34, at 33.]

1901 June 26 / Sun pillar / London / Like comet beam? / Nature 64-232. [VIII; 842. Herschel, Alexander Stewart. “A Vertical Light-beam through the Setting Sun.” Nature, 64 (July 4, 1901): 232.]

1901 June 28 / Madras Mail of / Great flight of locusts in India, Egypt, China / See July 17. [VIII; 843. (Madras Mail, June 28, 1901.) See: 1901 July 17, (VIII; 852).]

1901 June 30 / Weekly Dispatch of—Hall Dymoch, Denbighshire, sold for £3,000, though worth £14,000. In 50 years, 4 persons been found dead in beds, with signs of strangulation. [C; 500. “A Strangling Ghost.” London Weekly Dispatch, June 30, 1901, p. 17 c. 3. "Dymoch Hall, Denbighshire...." Shields Daily News, June 28, 1901, p. 2 c. 7. "Dymoch Hall, Denbighshire, is one of the haunted homes of England. The estate and residence, worth £14,000, was sold for £3,000 a couple of months ago, and the purchaser is spending some £1,500 in bringing the place so up-to-date that the notorious Dymoch ghost will quit and the house become habitable. But the annoyance is still going on, and no servants or caretakers will stop in the place. The house has probably the worst reputation in the country, for this is the famous 'strangling' ghost that is said to choke people in their beds. Ghost or no ghost, there is no getting away from the fact that four people have been found dead their beds there, with all the signs of strangling upon them, within the last 50 years, and the last case—a governess named Miss Tatton, who died this way two years ago—was the subject of an enquiry that everyone in North Wales remembers." Apart from this newspaper account circulated in 1901, nothing has been found of a notorious strangling ghost at a "Dymoch Hall," (in Denbighshire, Wales, nor Dymock, Gloucestershire), nor the death of a governess by the name of Tatton.]

1901 July / Carlisle / q's / See Q J. Geol Soc London 58/375. [VIII; 844. Davison, Charles. “The Carlisle Earthquakes of July 9th and 11th, 1901.” Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 58 (1902): 371-376, & 397-398.]

1901 July 5 / Det met / 8:44. (sic) / Floirac (Gironde) / C.R. 133-185. [VIII; 845. Esclangon, Ernest. "Observations d'un bolide à Floirac (Gironde), le 5 juillet 1901." Comptes Rendus, 133 (1901): 185-186.]

1901 July / Note these Jupiter, Saturn meteors. [VIII; 846. (Refs.???)]

1901 July 5 / Great bolide / France / Bull S de F, Sept., 1901. [VIII; 847. “Le Bolide du 5 Juillet 1901.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 375. “Le bolide du 5 juillet.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 419.]

1901 July 6 / Trib., 2-3 / 19, 30, Aug 1 / Lightning / N.J. [C; 501. "Lightning Kills a Caddie." New York Tribune, July 6, 1901, p. 2 c. 3. (Plus???)]

1901 July 6 / L.T., 8th / Waterspout fell northwest of Shoreham, flooding Little Buckingham Farm. [VIII; 848. “A Waterspout at Shoreham.” London Times, July 8, 1901, p. 7 c. 6.]

1901 July 9 / See July 11. / 11 p.m. / by M Jules Jarlot, at Torcy-Sedan (Ardennes). A met appeared between Jupiter and Saturn, moving toward Jupiter, passing and disap in direction of Antares. / Bull Soc Astro de F., Dec., 1901. [VIII; 849. “Bolides.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 546-548, at 546. See: 1901 July 11, (VIII; 851).]

1901 July 9 / —4:23 p.m. / 4:26 / 4:45. / qs / Carlisle / July 11, ab. 11:10 p.m. / Geol. Mag. 1904-487 / Nature 66/[note cut off]. [VIII; 850. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 535. “Societies and Academies.” Nature, 66 (May 15, 1902): 70-72, at 71.]

1901 July 11 / 10:30 p.m. / same ref as July 9 / From southern horizon near Capricorn. / Red met. In 3 minutes (question mark by the Editor) it passed between Jupiter and Altair. [VIII; 851. “Bolides.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 546-548, at 546.]

1901 July 17 / Clouds of locusts / S.W. France / Bull Soc Astro de F., Sept., 1901 / See June 28. [VIII; 852. Gilles, Gaston. “Pluie de criquets.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 421. See: 1901 June 28, (VIII; 843).]

1901 July 18 / 11:15 p.m. / Cor at Finistere / Meteor along southern horizon below Saturn and Jupiter / Bul Soc Astro de F, Dec., 1901 / a red one slow. [VIII; 853. “Bolides.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 546-548, at 546-547.]

1901 July 19 / Frgs / A street in Bath, N.Y., alost covered with little frogs immediately after a heavy shower. So many in the roadway that bicyclists found riding difficult. Prof. Roberts of Cornell said that it was generally accepted by the scientific world that frog's spawn could be carried up to the clouds and there hatched, with a resulting shower of frgs. / N.Y. Trib 20-3-4. [VIII; 854.1, 854.2. "Frogs Cover Village Street." New York Tribune, July 20, 1901, p. 3 c. 4.]

1901 July 20 / (Frgs) / B. Eagle, 3-1 / Dispatch from Bath, N.Y. / “Morris street was almost covered with frogs immediately after a heavy shower. Some were scarcely half an inch long, but there were so many that bicyclists found riding difficult." [VIII; 855. “Science Accepts Frog Showers.” Brooklyn Eagle, July 20, 1901, p. 3 c. 1.]

1901 July 22 / 3-lb chunks / St Petersburg / N.Y. Tribune, July 25/9/5. [VIII; 856. "Hailstones Kill Men and Cattle." New York Tribune, July 25, 1901, p. 9 c. 5. The "district of Schlatzk, Government of Tamboff" was probably the Shatsky Uyezd, now identified as the Shatsky District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, (which is about 300 km, or 185 miles, southeast of Moscow).]

1901 July 22 / Ice / Nothing in Journal d St. Petersbourg. [VIII; 857.]

1901 July 27 / P.E. Island / After a hailstorm along a road, a great number of little frgs seen. / NY Trib 31-7-4. [VIII; 858. "A Moses at Prince Edward Island?" New York Tribune, July 31, 1901, p. 7 c. 4.]

1901 July 28 / Trib., 2-4 / Lightning in Va. [C; 502. "Lightning Pranks in Virginia." New York Tribune, July 28, 1901, p. 2 c. 4.]

1901 July 28 / 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. / Auroral bands of light seeming to converge at both horizons in New Zealand. / Trans N.Z. Inst. 1902-407. [VIII; 859. Skey, Henry. "Notes on the Aurora in the Southern Hemisphere." Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 35 (1902): 405-408, at 407.]

1901 August / (fish) / Mr. E.G.W. Palmer exhibited before the Linnean Soc of N.S. Wales a gudgeon which had fallen in rain at Warwick, Queensland. / Australian Museum Magazine, Ap. 1, 1925. [VIII; 860. McCulloch, Allan Riverstone. "Raining Fishes." Australian Museum Magazine, 2 (no. 6; April-June, 1925): 217-218, at 217.]

[1901 Aug 3 /] 1901 Aug 4 / Large dark spot on Jupiter / Nature 64-351. [VIII; 861. Denning, William Frederick. “Markings on Jupiter.” Nature, 64 (August 8, 1901): 351-352.]

1901 Aug 5 / Andover, Maine / (F). [VIII; 862. Fletcher, 107. This is the Andover meteorite.]

1901 Aug 8 / BO / 3 unusually bright meteors from directly overhead in London. / D. Mail 10-3-5. [VIII; 863. (London Daily Mail, August 10, 1901, p. 3 c. 5.)]

1901 Aug. 8 / Icicles / St Lawrence River. / island in / (D-182). ** [VIII; 864. The note copies information from page 182 of The Book of the Damned. "Hailstorm on the St. Lawrence." Monthly Weather Review, 29 (November 1901): 506-507.]

[1901 Aug 8-9. Wrong date. See: 1901 Aug 13-14, (VIII; 865).]

1901 Aug 8, etc. / Nothing of meteors in Cape Argus. [VIII; 866.]

1901 Aug 8, etc. / Nothing of meteors in Melb. Argus. [VIII; 867.]

1901 Aug 8-14 / “An extraordinary display of meteors was observed all over the midlands.” / David Packer, E Mec, 74-38 / Came shoals from Perseus and Cassiopeia. [VIII; 868. Packer, David Elijah. "The August Perseids: Brilliant Display." English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1900; August 23, 1901): 38.]

1901 Aug 8 / toward / Several curious nebulous meteors moving toward the radiant in Perseus. / E. Mec 74-63 / by David Packer / by p. 111 / G. McKenzie Knight had been assailing Mr Packer. Says, “I certainly did observe, or thought I observed some meteors making toward Perseus; but Mr. Denning assures me that I must have been mistaken x x x.” / p. 155 / takes up the scrap—see / p. 197—scrap. [VIII; 869.1, 869.2. Packer, David Elijah. "The Great Meteor Shower...." English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 63. Knight McKenzie, G. “Nebulous Meteors....” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1903; September 13, 1901): 111. Packer, David Elijah. “Nebulous Meteors.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1904; September 20, 1901): 133. Knight McKenzie, G. “Nebulous Meteors and Nebulous Minds.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1905; September 27, 1901): 155. “The New Nebulous Meteors.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1907; October 11, 1901): 196.]

1901 Aug / No Perseids or other mets mentioned in Sydney Morning Herald. [VIII; 870.]

1901 Aug 9 / 1st attempt exposition Buffalo to signal with lights to Toronto, 58 miles / La Nat 1901/2/306. [VIII; 871. Flamel. “Signaux Optiques de Buffalo à Toronto.” La Nature, 1901 pt. 2 (no. 1481; October 12): 306.]

1901 Aug. 9-11 / Perseids so abundant as to attract attention in streets of Birmingham. [VIII; 872. (Refs.???)]

[The following three notes were folded together by Fort. VIII: 873-875.]

1901 Aug 9-11 / As to mets on 19-21 August, David Packer writes that one of the radiants coincided in position with Nova Persei. E. Mec 74-63 / On p. 111, someone writes upon the inconceivability of it. Suppose a new star did belch out meteors. But light from the nearest star would occupy more than 4 years coming from it. And how these meteors arrive nights the Perseids were due. / p. 133 / Mr Packer writes that he did not suppose the mets did come from the new star. He was simply stating a fact as to the coincidence. He says that the same phe relates to Nova Aurigae, and lists three observations upon mets as if from this point, the first being the shower next after the outburst of the star (Dec 9, 1892). [VIII; 873.1 to 873.4. Packer, David Elijah. "The Great Meteor Shower...." English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 63. Knight McKenzie, G. “Nebulous Meteors....” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1903; September 13, 1901): 111. Packer, David Elijah. “New Stars and Star-Showers.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1904;  September 20, 1901): 133. Packer, David Elijah. “Nebulous Meteors.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1904; September 20, 1901): 133.]

1901 Aug 9-14 / In the Eng Mec, Aug 30, p. 63, David Packer writes that 8 meteors had been observed radiating from Nova Persei. Also he notes radiations from Nova Auriga and Nova Cygni—(1876). So W.H.S. Monck, vol 74-83, states the prob—meteors do not become visible until in this earth's atmosphere. He supposes the new star in Perseus an outburst of 50 years before. Suppose meteor from, travelled at the rate of 100 miles a second. Reach us 90,000 years later. / Or suppose (?) had been outburst in Perseus 90,000 years ago—What relation meteors from it now have with Perseus? / On p. 133—Packer says, “I have not for a moment supposed that these meteors come straight from the new stars referred to, but simply stated the fact.” [VIII; 874.1 to 874.4. Packer, David Elijah. "The Great Meteor Shower...." English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 63. Monck, William Henry Stanley. “Meteors." English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1902; September 6, 1901): 83-84. Packer, David Elijah. “New Stars and Star-Showers.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1904;  September 20, 1901): 133.]

1901 May 17 / A nebulous appearance “curious”, very faint but distinct over “portions” of Nova Cygni (1876). A meteor shower from this point, Aug 19-Sept 12, 1901, by David Packer. / E. Mec 76-36 / 74-87, Mr Packer insists, “It may now be accepted as a provisional law that all new or temporary stars represent centres of meteoric radiation.” Though other cors raise the point, I don't know when he has ever dealt with great distance and coinciding. [VIII; 875.1, 875.2, 875.3. Packer, David Elijah. "The August Perseids: Brilliant Display." English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1900; August 23, 1901): 38. Packer, David Elijah. “Relation Between New Stars and Star-Showers....” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1902; September 6, 1901): 87.]

1901 Aug 10 / Mets active / Sept. 15. [VIII; 876. (Refs.????)]

1901 Aug 10 / Nothing of meteors in Fiji Times. [VIII; 877.]

1901 Aug. / Nothing of mets in Trans N.Z. Inst 1901-2. [VIII; 878.]

1901 Aug 10 / Ice / See Aug 9, 1830. [VIII; 879. See: 1830 Aug 9, (I; 1570).]

1901 Aug 10 / Great thunderstorm and “ice fell in torrents” at Hawick—Eve, / E. Mec 74-63. [VIII; 880. Milligan, Robert. “The Great Thunderstorm at Hawick.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 63.]

1901 Aug 10 / Shower ice / met date / Aug 9, 1830. [VIII; 881. See: 1830 Aug 9, (I; 1570).]

1901 Aug 10 / Cinders that fell in center of hailstones at Hawick, Scotland. / E Mec 74-57 / On p. 63, an account of this storm at H. and photo of “heaps of ice” that had fallen. [VIII; 882. “Scientific News.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 56-57. Milligan, Robert. “The Great Thunderstorm at Hawick.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 63. “The Recent Hailstorm at Hawick.” Scotsman, August 23, 1901, p. 6 c. 6.]

1901 Aug 10 / BO / Hawick / E Mec 74-63 / 2 photos of high piles of these lumps of ice. In part of one street 13 cartloads taken away. [VIII; 883. Milligan, Robert. “The Great Thunderstorm at Hawick.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 63.]

1901 Aug 10 / BO / E. Mec 74-57 / Specimens forwarded to Prof. Geikie. Said by him be cinders, doubtless been swept up by wind from a railway or some other such source. / So he argues because ac to him, living things have sometimes so been carried. [VIII; 884. “Scientific News.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 56-57. Milligan, Robert. “The Great Thunderstorm at Hawick.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 63. “The Recent Hailstorm at Hawick.” Scotsman, August 23, 1901, p. 6 c. 6.]

1901 Aug 10 / (BO) / Hawick Express / Said nothing like it remembered—almost total darkness at 9:30 a.m. and then the fall of ice on region of about 28 square miles. This hail unprecedented and the fall of water unprecedented. Largest hail 4 or 5 inches in circumference. 4,000 panes of glass smashed. / Some soft inside and hard ice around—others all solid, cinders not mentioned. In succeeding issues, Prof. Geikie's explanations of the cinders discussed—no new data. [VIII; 885.1, 885.2. (Hawick Express, ca. August 10, 1901; not at BNA.)]

1901 Aug 11 / meteors toward a radiant / David Packer upon the Perseids notes meteors toward the radiant along paths that had been taken by meteors from it. / E Mec 74/38, 63. [VIII; 886. Packer, David Elijah. "The August Perseids: Brilliant Display." English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1900; August 23, 1901): 38. Packer, David Elijah. "The Great Meteor Shower...." English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 63.]

1901 Aug 12 / Perseids, also corruscations, flashings. / Bournbrook. / David Packer. / E Mec 74/62 / direction to Perseids / (See back.) [VIII; 887. Packer, David Elijah. "The Great Meteor Shower...." English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 63. Packer was in Bournbrook, (not Bournemouth).]

1901 Aug 13 / (+) / [LT], 2-f / Comet seen on Lake Nyasa. / See May 3. [VIII; 888. Farnill-Scott, H.F. “A Comet Seen on Lake Nyasa.” London Times, August 13, 1901, p. 2 c. 6. See: 1901 May 3 to 18th, (VIII; 809).]

1901 Aug 13 / Maximum of Perseids / later than usual / Nature 64-410. [VIII; 889. Denning, William Frederick. “The August Meteors of 1901.” Nature, 64 (August 22, 1901): 410-411.]

[1901 Aug 13-14 /] 1901 Aug 8-9 / night / Great display. G McKenzie Knight from 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. saw no less than 149 first class fireballs. [VIII; 865. Knight, G. McKenzie. “An Appreciation—Sunspots—Prophets—The Perseids.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1901; August 30, 1901): 62. Knight observed fireballs on the night of August 8-9, but the maximum with “no less than one hundred and forty-nine first-class fireballs” was on the night of August 13-14, 1901.]

1901 Aug 14 / at Szentes / Insect rain / Met-Zeit 18-426. [VIII; 890. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 412-429, at 426.]

1901 Aug 14 / Insects / At Szentes, insects fell. At St. Catherine (Oberster), Denmark, on 10th and 11th, fell insects, in part small neuropteroids, and in part winged ants. / Meteor. Zeitschrift, 18-426. / —1901? [VIII; 891.1, 891.2. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (1901): 412-429, at 426. “Die gefallenen Thiere scheinen zum Theil eine Art kleiner libellenartiger Vierflügler, zum Theil eine Art fliegender Ameisen gewesen zu sein”; (dragonflies and winged ants). Szentes, Hungary; and, Sankt Katharein an der Laming, Austria, (not St. Catherine, Denmark).]

1901 Aug 14, 15, 18, 24 / Ref / 1901 / A. [VIII; 892. Refer to: (1901 A).]

1901 Aug 16 / E Mec of, p. 13 / Unusual heat int he Arctic—ships meeting dozens of high icebergs. [VIII; 893. “Scientific News.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1899; August 16, 1901): 13.]

1901 Aug 16 / Belgium / 9:10 p.m. / Met and sound like distant thunder / Bull Soc Belge d'Astro—6-217. [VIII; 894. Claes, D. “Bolide du 16 août.” Bulletin de la Société Belge d'Astronomie, 6 (1901): 217-218.]

1901 Aug 25 / Trib, 1-5 / Dynamite fired by lightning. [C; 503. "Dynamite Fired By a Bolt." New York Tribune, August 25, 1901, p. 1 c. 5.]

1901 Aug 28 / near the Bosphorus / Ship covered with small white moths / Zoologist 4/12-9. [VIII; 895. Adams, Lionel E. “Swarms of Insects, &c., in the Crimea.” Zoologist, s. 4 v. 12 (1908): 9-12, at 9.]

1901 Aug 30 / Trib, 8-1 / Ghost / Fort Hamilton. [C; 504. "The Ghost Is Caught." New York Tribune, August 30, 1901, p. 8 c. 1-2. The white-robed figure, presumed to be a ghost in an old house, was discovered to be a woman trespasser.]

1901 Sept / (N.M.) / Augs / reported by a cor to C. Grover of the Rousdon Observatory / E Mec 100/236. [VIII; 896. Grover, C. “Meteors Near the Sun.” English Mechanic, 100 (no. 2585; October 9, 1914): 236.]

1901 Sept 3 / Trib, 3-3 / 17-7-2 / Ghost. [C; 505. "The Ghost Was No Phantom." New York Tribune, September 3, 1901, p. 3 c. 3. Rappings and footsteps, thought at fiirst to be due to a husband and father, who had died a month before, was discovered to be a prowler who had escaped out a rear door. "At the Parting of the Ways." New York Tribune, September 17, 1901, p. 7 c. 2.]

1901 Sept 6 / 3 or 4 trombes like those in “Chaos.” / An. Soc Met de France 1901-294. [VIII; 897. “Extrait de la feuille d'observations météologiques du P. Victor trappiste, au monstère d'El-Athroun (près Jaffa) pendant le mois de septembre 1901.” Annuaire de la Société Météorologique de France, 49 (November 1901): 294. Three tornadoes, (about 1.5 meters in diameter), appeared between 10 and 11:30 A.M., at the Latrun monastery, in Palestine. See: 1894 June, (VII; 1044).]

1901 Sept. 9 / 1 h / Crachier (Isere) meteor. It was seen to explode, and was heard like a rocket's sound. 2 minutes later a loud detonation. / Bull Soc Astro de F, Dec., 1901. [VIII; 898. “Bolides.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 15 (1901): 546-548.]

1901 Sept 10 / ab. 4 a.m. / Met of great brilliance / Middletown, Conn / Rept USWB N. England Sec, Sept. [VIII; 899. (Report of the U.S. Weather Bureau, New England Section, September 1901.)]

1901 Sept 13 / Trib, 1-3 / Powder explosion / N.J. [VIII; 900. "Explosion Kills Five." New York Tribune, September 13, 1901, p. 1 c. 3.]

1901 Sept. 14 / Fireball / Wales and west of England / Nature 64-532. [VIII; 901. “Fireball of September 14, 1901.” Nature, 64 (September 26, 1901): 532.]

1901 Sept / Inverness / q's / See Q.J. Geol. Soc London 58/377. [VIII; 902. Davison, Charles. “The Inverness Earthquake of September 18th, 1901, and its Accessory Shocks.” Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 58 (1902): 377-398.0

1901 Sept. 15 / Persistent display of meteors from Gamma Andromedae, by G. McK. Knight, London, E Mec 74-154. [VIII; 903. “Meteors.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1905; September 27, 1901): 154.]

1901 Sept 16 / —6:04 p.m. / 18—1:24 a.m. / ab. 1:35 a.m. / ab. 2 a.m. / 2:30 a.m. / 3 a.m. / 3:56 a.m. / 9 a.m. / Sept 23—ab. 7:30 (a.m.) / Inverness q's / Geol Mag 1904-535. [VIII; 904. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 535.]

(1901) Sept. 17 / Ribbon-like flashes of lightning, though not ordinary lightning at the time, one hour before a quake in Scotland, and peculiar spasmodic scintillating of stars—ac to D. Packer. / E Mec 74/155 / Seen at Bournemouth. [VIII; 905. Packer, David Elijah. “Earrthquakes and Meteors.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1903; September 27, 1901): 155-156. Packer was in Bournbrook, (not Bournemouth),]

1901 Sept 18 / Augs / From 2:15 to 3 p.m., by John Coles, a shower of brilliant objects (daylight). E Mec. 74/218 / Observatory 24/387. [VIII; 906. Coles, John. “Meteors.” English Mechanic, 74 (no. 1908; October 18, 1901): 218. Coles, John. “Daylight Meteors.” Observatory, 24 (1901): 387.]

1901 Sept. 18 / q / Inverness / 1:30 a.m. / Considerable damage / Nature 64-527. [VIII; 907. Davison, Charles. “The Inverness Earthquake of September 18.” Nature, 64 (September 16, 1901): 527.]

1901 Sep. 23 / Lightning stroke. No thunder. / Bradford / L.T., Sept 24. [C; 506. “Atmospheric Disturbance at Bradford.” London Times, September 24, 1901, p. 4 c. 4.]

1901 Sept. 23 / Phe at Bradford? / Symons Met Mag 36/149. [C; 507. Wilson, Albert. “Whirlwind or Thunderbolt.” Symons's Meteorological Magazine, 36 (October 1901): 149-150. “Whirlwind in Bradford.” Bradford Observer, September 24, 1901, p. 5 c. 4. “A storm a peculiar character passed over Bradford yesterday. In the afternoon the sky became heavily overcast, and about half-past three almost complete darkness prevailed for a time. Rain fell heavily, and the storm was was accompanied by extraordinary phenomena. The darkness was succedded by a brilliant light, and this was followed by something in the nature of a cyclone.” “The appearance and effects of the storm are variously described by those who were out of doors and had opportunities of observing them. There seems reason to believe that West Bowling was the centre of the original disturbance. Some of those who witnessed the phenomena in that district state that it was as if a ball of fire had descended to the earth, followed by a cloud of smoke. On reaching the earth the ball seemed to spread out in a great flame, and the atmosphere became illuminated with a great light. Then a whirlwind sprang up and caused considerable damage.”]

1901 Sept 23 / Eagle, 20-5 / 24-3-3 / Ghst. [C; 508. "Ghost at the Navy Yard Startles the Marines." Brooklyn Eagle, September 23, 1901, p. 20 c. 5. "Ghost Not Found Yet." Brooklyn Eagle, September 24, 1901, p. 3 c. 3.]

1901 Sept 26 / Inverness continued / [26]—11:40 a.m. / 27—1:47 p.m. / 28—ab 4 a.m. / 29—9:06 p.m. / 30—3:39 a.m. / Oct 1—ab 4:35 a.m. / 6—4:24 a.m. / 13—4:24 p.m. / 22—at 10:15 a.m. / Nov 15—ab. noon. / One listed Oct 14—5:15 p.m.—Strontian, Inverness-shire. [VIII; 908.1, 908.2. Davison, Charles. “The Inverness Earthquake of September 18th, 1901, and its Accessory Shocks.” Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 58 (1902): 377-398.]

1901 Sept 27 / [LT[, 3-f / Vesuvius. [VIII; 909. “Eruption of Vesuvius.” London Times, September 27, 1901, p. 3 c. 6.]

1901 / Sept 28 / 5 planets visible at once / Jour. B.A.A. 12/78. [VIII; 910. Bird, John T. "Five Planets Visible at once." Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 12 (1901-1902): 78.]

1901 Oct. 1 / [LT], 9-f / q. / Scotland. [VIII; 911. “Earthquake Shock in Scotland.” London Times, October 1, 1901, p. 9 c. 6.]

1901 Oct 4 / Bournbrook, by David Packer / Star-like stationary meteor—2 seconds—shot out a ray of light and disappeared. / E Mec 75/544. [VIII; 912. Packer, David Elijah. “Meteor Shower of July 28....” English Mechanic, 75 (no. 1950; August 8, 1902): 544.]

1901 Oct 7 / D. Mail of / Fires at Fareham, Hampshire. [C; 509. (London Daily Mail, October 7, 1901.)]

1901 Oct 7 / Nov 2, 3 / Sunsets unusually brilliant / Blue Hill, Mass. / Nature 66-101. [VIII; 913. Clayton, Henry Helm. “Volcanic Eruption in Java, Brilliant Sunset Glows in 1901, and probable Glows from the Eruption in Martinique.” Nature, 66 (May 29, 1902): 101-102.]

1901 Oct 19 and 22 / (Sound) / (+) / and q / Small shocks in district surrounding Framlingham, 14 miles n.e. of Ipswich. 7:25 p.m. and 9:15 a.m. [respectively] / Geol. Mag., 1904-540. [VIII; 914. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 539-540.]

1901 Oct 20 / Spout / Eng / LT, Oct 22-4-a. [VIII; 915. “A Waterspout.” London Times, October 22, 1901, p. 4 c. 1.]

1901 Oct 20 / In 1900 and 1901, Orionids feebles and supplanted by a more active radiant in Gemini. / Denning / Nature 64-651. [VIII; 916. Denning, William Frederick. "The October Orionids." Nature, 64 (October 31, 1901): 651-652.]

1901 Oct 21 / See Dec. 13, 1813. / See June 1, 1902. [VIII; 917. See: 1813 Dec. 13, (I; 464), and, 1902 June 1, (VIII; 1222).]

1901 Oct 21 / Hvittis, Abo, Finland / See March 12, 1899, and July 12, 1910. [VIII; 918. See: 1899 March 12, (VIII; 420), and, 1910 July 12, (IX; 1703). Fletcher, 107. This is the Hvittis meteorite.]

1901 Oct 23 / Eagle, 6-5 / Ghst. [C; 510. "Ghost in a Flathouse Rang Electric Bells." Brooklyn Eagle, October 23, 1901, p. 6 c. 5.]

1901 Oct 23 / Trib, 1-4 / q / West Indies. [VIII; 919. "Earthquakes in the West Indies." New York Tribune, October 23, 1901, p. 1 c. 4.]

1901 Oct 30 / Lake Garda / strong shock / Nature 66-378. [VIII; 920. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (August 14, 1902): 376-380, at 378.]

1901 Oct 31 / [LT], 5-f / Nov 1-4-a / 11-5-f / Dec 14-8-a / q / Italy. [VIII; 921. “Earthquakes in Italy.” London Times, October 31, 1901, p. 5 c. 6. “France.” London Times, November 1, 1901, p. 4 c. 1. “Shocks of Earthquake.” London Times, November 11, 1901, p. 5 c. 6. “Earthquake Shock.” London Times, December 14, 1901, p. 8 c. 1.]

1901 Nov. 4 / Transit Mercury. [VIII; 922. Inferior conjunction of Mercury, (but not a transit of Mercury). Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1901, 582.]

1901 Nov. 6 / [LT], 9-e / Sea Story. [C; 511. “A Story of the Sea.” London Times, November 6, 1901, p. 9 c. 5.]

1901 Nov 10 / Trib., 2-3  / Q / Italy. [VIII; 923. "Earthquake Shock in Italy." New York Tribune, November 10, 1901, p. 2 c. 3.)]

1901 Nov 11, 12 / Trib. 17-1-4 / Q / Turkey. [VIII; 924. "Earthquake in Turkey." New York Tribune, November 17, 1901, p. 1 c. 4.]

1901 Nov 12 / Eagle, 3-2 / 17-4-2 / 11 / 13-17-3 / 17-8-4 / Mets. [VIII; 925. "Meteors Are Expected But May Not Appear." Brooklyn Eagle, November 12, 1901, p. 3 c. 2. "The Meteors." Brooklyn Eagle, November 12, 1901, p. 4 c. 2-3. "Leonid Showers Seen At Post's Observatory." Brooklyn Eagle, November 15, 1901, p. 1 c. 5. "Tells How Leonids Looked." Brooklyn Eagle, November 17, 1901, s. 4 p. 8 c. 4.]

1901 Nov 12 / A few Leonids. / See Nature. [VIII; 926. Denning, William Frederick. “The Leonid Shower of 1901.” Nature, 65 (February 6, 1902): 332-333. The Leonids were observed on November 14-16, 1901, (not on November 12).]

1901 Nov 13 / Eagle, 17-3 / Astro. [VIII; 927. Campbell, Frederick. "November's Extraordinary Astronomical Phenomena." Brooklyn Eagle, November 13, 1901, p. 17 c. 3-4. ]

1901 Nov 14 / Ice / Australia / D-176. [VIII; 928. The note copies information from page 176 of The Book of the Damned. Hunt, Henry Ambrose. Results of Rainfall Observations Made in Victoria During 1840-1910. Melbourne: Meteorology of Australia, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology; 1911, xxxiv. This was Fort's reference of "Meteorology of Australia, p. 34"; and, it refers to the following Melbourne Argus article. "Yesterday's Hailstones." Melbourne Argus, November 15, 1901, p. 5 c. 4. "From Bacchus Marsh a block of ice weighing nearly a pound is reported to have been picked up on the railway station." "The Great Storm." Bacchus Marsh Express, November 28, 1901, p. 3 c. 3-5. "A correspondent at Myrniong, who was an eye witness of the storm, says it made a noise like that of an immense goods train passing over a herd of squealling pigs. He distinctly noticed in the vortex of whirlwind a luminous vertical band apparently 18 inches wide. He is inclined to regard this as electrical energy which aided the wind to splinter up all it came in contact with. He says—'The first warning that something unusual was about to happen was the falling of blocks of ice[']—not the usual large hail. Some of the residents measured various pieces, the largest being 4½ inches diameter by 2 inches thick, and many fell as large as a hen's egg. The storm came from the N.W., and took the shape of a huge whirlwind."]

1901 Nov. 14 / 11:25 / Llanishen, Wales / spear-like object with a flickering light / Cambrian Nat. Ob, 3N.S./38. [VIII; 929. “Remarkable Aurora.” Cambrian Natural Observer, n.s., 3 (no. 3; January 1901): 38-39. Two correspondents attributed these “spears” to light from steelworks projected into the sky.]

1901 Nov 14 / 3:10-3:40 a.m. / Met train, by Barnard / moved from G. Bear to Beta Cepheus / Pop Sci Mo. 79/195. [VIII; 930. Trowbridge, Charles Christopher. "The Origin of Luminous Meteor Trains." Popular Science Monthly, 79 (August 1911): 191-203, at 195 (figure 5) & 198-199.]

1901 Nov 14 / Meteoric cloud. Curiously oscillating. / Bournbrook / E. Mec, 75/544. [VIII; 931. Packer, David Elijah. “Meteor Shower of July 28....” English Mechanic, 75 (no. 1950; August 8, 1902): 544.]

1901 Nov 14 / 2:59 a.m. / Chicago / met train / 16 minutes / MWR 07-391. [VIII; 932. Trowbridge, Charles Christopher. "On Atmospheric Currents at Very Great Altitudes." Monthly Weather Review, 35 (no. 9; September 1907): 390-397, at 391.]

1901 Nov. 14 / 5:09 A.M. / Boston, Mass / met train / 15 minutes / MWR 07-391. [VIII; 933. Trowbridge, Charles Christopher. "On Atmospheric Currents at Very Great Altitudes." Monthly Weather Review, 35 (no. 9; September 1907): 390-397, at 391.]

1901 Nov 14 / neo-astro / night of 14-15 / Mt Lowe, Cal / Met train like letter F. Another like Greek letter Omega. / Pubs Astro Soc Pacific 13/215. [VIII; 934. Larkin, Edgar Lucien. “The Leonids—Grand Display of Meteors at Lowe Observatory.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 13 (no. 81; December 1901): 213-216, at 215.]

1901 Nov. 15 / 3:30 a.m. / S. California / met train / MWR 07-391. [VIII; 935. Trowbridge, Charles Christopher. "On Atmospheric Currents at Very Great Altitudes." Monthly Weather Review, 35 (no. 9; September 1907): 390-397, at 391.]

1901 Nov. / Nothing of mets in Trans N.Z. Inst 1901-2. [VIII; 936.]

1901 Nov 15 / Nothing of meteors in Fiji Times. [VIII; 937.]

1901 Nov. 15 / Nothing of meteors in Buenos Aires Standard. [VIII; 938.]

1901 Nov 15 / Nothing meteors in Cape Argus. [VIII; 939.]

1901 Nov. 15 / morning / Leonids / Nature 66-662 / Trinidad—per hour—290 / steamship, Lat 26, Long 73—420+ / Tuape, Sonora, Mexico—countless. / Tucson, Arizona—225 / Claremont, Cal.—800 / Mt. Lowe Observatory, Cal—300 / I don't know if others per hour. [VIII; 940.1, 940.2. "The Leonid Shower." Nature, 66 (October 30, 1902): 662.]

1901 Nov 15, early / Patchogue, L.I. / B. Eagle, Nov 15-1-5 / Prof. Reese, of Columbia University, saw many meteors. Some very brilliant. Some size of Mars. Over 400 counted. Some trails lasted 2 or 3 minutes. Just before dawn there were many large fireballs. [VIII; 941. "Leonid Showers Seen At Post's Observatory." Brooklyn Eagle, November 15, 1901, p. 1 c. 5.]

1901 Nov 15 / 4 a.m. / N.W. Territory, Canada / met train / MWR 07-391. [VIII; 942. Trowbridge, Charles Christopher. "On Atmospheric Currents at Very Great Altitudes." Monthly Weather Review, 35 (no. 9; September 1907): 390-397, at 391.]

1901 Nov. 16 / Stationary meteor like a large star out of focus in which a bright point was seen revolving, for about 3 seconds. by D.E. Packer, of Bournbrook. / E Mec 75-544. [VIII; 943. Packer, David Elijah. “Meteor Shower of July 28....” English Mechanic, 75 (no. 1950; August 8, 1902): 544.]

1901 Nov. 16 / early morn / B Eagle 17(II)-14-2 / Leonids brilliant at Los Angeles. Estimated 1000 seen. 100 counted between 4:04 and 4:20 a.m. [VIII; 944. "Leonids at Los Angeles." Brooklyn Eagle, November 17, 1901, s. 2 p. 14 c. 2.]

1901 Nov. 16 / q. / New Zealand / BA 1911-51. [VIII; 945. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 51.]

1901 Nov. 18 / [LT], 3-d / 20-5-b / 22-3-f / q / New Zealand. [VIII; 946. “Earthquake in New Zealand.” London Times, November 18, 1901, p. 3 c. 4. “The Earthquake in New Zealand.” London Times, November 20, 1901, p. 5 c. 2. “The Earthquake in New Zealand.” London Times, November 22, 1901, p. 3 c. 6.]

1901 Nov 19 / B. Eagle, 3-3 / Negroes of Woodcliff, N.J., say saw ghost gliding by—white object changing sizes. [C; 512. "Ghost Scares Colored People." Brooklyn Eagle, November 19, 1901, p. 3 c. 3.]

1901 Nov 28 / [LT], 10-f / Dec 4-9-f / 13-9-c / q / Erzerum / Switz—13-3-e. [VIII; 947. “The Earthquake at Erzerum.” London Times, November 28, 1901, p. 10 c. 6. “The Earthquake at Erzerum.” London Times, December 4, 1901, p. 9 c. 6. “The Earthquake at Erzerum.” London Times, December 13, 1901, p. 3 c. 5. “The Earthquake at Erzerum.” London Times, December 13, 1901, p. 9 c. 3.]

1901 Nov. 30 / (F) / near Lausenne, Switzerland / Metite / Bull Soc Astro de F, May, 1902. [VIII; 948. Fletcher, 107. “Uranolithe tombé en Suisse.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 16 (1902): 243-245. This is the Palézieux meteorite.]

1901 Nov. 30 / Palezieux, Vaud, Switzerland / (F). [VIII; 949. Fletcher, 107. This is the Palézieux meteorite.]

1901 / ab. Dec. / Time of the “Welsh Tiger”. / I have no data. [C; 513. (Refs.???)]

1901 Dec / British sloop Condor—wreck found off Long Beach, Vancouver, May 29, 1909. / D. Mail 31-5-5. [C; 514. (London Daily Mail, May 31, 1909, p. 5 c. 5.) “The Lost Sloop Condor.” Scotsman, June 5, 1909, p. 7 c. 8. The spar, found and believed to have come from the Condor, was later identified as from the wreck of the Welford Pass. (Wreckage from the Condor was later found by the trawler Blanco, off Cape Flaherty, in May 1949; (Refs.???)]

https://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/living/historyandculture/shipwrecks/condor.html

1901 Dec / Condor / “Dead Air Zone.] / [“Daily Express”], 1926, March 23. [C; 515. Newspaper clipping. (London Daily Express, March 23, 1926.)]

1901 Dec 4 / Ac to W.H.S. Monck, great meteor seen in Russia [and] England about sa[me] time. / E Mec 14/446 / J. BAAA 12/127. [VIII; 950. Monck, William Henry Stanley. “The Great Meteor of Dec. 4, 1901.” English Mechanic, 74 (1902): 446. Besley, Walter E. "The Fireball of 1901 December 4." Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 12 (1901-1903): 127-129.]

1901 Dec 4 / 6:20 p.m. / Central and Southern Eng. / Dec 10 / Dover / “Startling meteors” / Observatory 25-67. [VIII; 951. “Some Startling Meteors.” Observatory, 25 (1902): 67. The correct time was 5:40 P.M., (not 6:20 P.M.).]

1901 Dec. 7 / See K. Bug. / (Daily Mail of) / “Curious and unaccountable attacks upon pedestrians” at Kiel. Said that under cover of darkness in the streets of Kiel about 30 women had been stabbed and that then men were victims. “An extraordinary thing about the mystery is that some marvellously sharp instrument must be used, because the men do not seem to know that they are wounded until several minutes after the attack.” Ab. 80 persons so attacked. [C; 516.1, 516.2. (London Daily Mail, December 7, 1901.)]

1901 Dec. 7 / D. Mail, Nov. 27 / Said that from Nov 23rd, been 30 mysterious attacks upon women. [C; 517. (London Daily Mail, November 27, 1901???)]

1901 Dec 8 / Eagle, 8-1 (III) / Yarn of a dinosaur shot in the Everglades of Florida. / (a yarn). Look up the Siberian mammoths. Idea that had not been in a glacier thousands of years. [C; 518. "Strange Still-Hunt by Scientists Revealed by Killing of a Dinosaur." Brooklyn Eagle, December 8, 1901, s. 3 p. 8 c. 1-5.]

1901 Dec 10 / Meteors / See Dec. 4. [VIII; 952. See: (Dec. 4.).]

1901 / 10, 11, 12 Dec / Great number of Geminids. 60 or 70 an hour. At Algiers. / Bull Soc Astro de F, Feb., 1902. [VIII; 953. “Les Géminides.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 16 (1902): 100.]

1901 Dec 11 / Trib, 2-3 / Ghost / Vesey St / rappings. [C; 519. "Sleuths Look For Spooks." New York Tribune, December 11, 1901, p. 2 c. 3.]

1901 Dec 27 / Daily Mail of / At Blagdon, Durham, mysterious tappings heard in a house. Located in the kitchen. Floor torn up and rats seen underneath. [C; 520. (London Daily Mail, December 27, 1901.)]

1901 Dec 29 / Dispatch from Paris that ac to dispatch from Tangier a water spout had burst over Saffi, overwhelming the houses and drowning 200 persons. / D. Mail, Dec. 30 [VIII; 954. (London Daily Mail, December 30, 1901.)]

1901 Dec 30-31 / Cook Inlet, Alaska / BA 11/44 / volc and q and tidal wave. [VIII; 955. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 44. The Redoubt volcano.]