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1903

1903:

1903, etc. / Look for something in Seymour Street. / Cardiff? / To go with Jun 1, 1906. [C; 543. See: (Seymour Street, Cardiff???)]

1903 / Mrs John Bennett / Gloversville, N.Y. / See May 23, 1914. [C; 544. See: 1914 May 23, (D; 780).]

1903 Jan 1 / 5 volcs in Chile in eruption. / La Nat Sup, Jan. 10. [VIII; 1662. “Informations.” La Nature, 1903 pt. 1 (no. 1546; January 10): 21.]

1903 Jan 3 / 10:40 p.m. / Rapid succession of Quadrantids at Dublin. / Nature 67-298 / Also in England—p. 535. [VIII; 1663. Henry, John R. “Leonids of 1902, and Quadrantids of 1903.” Nature, 67 (January 29, 1903): 298. “The Quadrantids, 1903—A Coincidence.” Nature, 67 April 9, 1903): 535.]

1903 Jan 5 / [LT], 4-c / Volc eruptions. [VIII; 1664. “Volcanic Eruptions.” London Times, January 5, 1903, p. 4 c. 3. The Izalco, Masaya, Motocombo, and Villarrica volcanoes.]]

1903 Jan 6-7 / Intense haze / Coast of Australia between Cape Leuwin and Otway / Annuaire Soc Met de France 1905-26. [VIII; 1665. “Pluie de poussières en 1902.” Annuaire de la Société Météorologique de France, 53 (1905): 26-27.]

1903 Jan. 7 / Another violent shock at Andijan. / L.T. 10-6-a / See Dec 16. / Times of 16th / Still continuing on 11th. [VIII; 1666. “Fresh Earthquake at Andijan.” London Times, January 10, 1903, p. 6 c. 1. “The Andijan Disaster.” London Times, January 16, 1903, p. 4 c. 1.]

1903 Jan 10 / 9:33 p.m. / Brilliant meteor at Little Ilford, Essex / L.T. 13-4-c. [VIII; 1667. “A Brilliant Meteor.” London Times, January 13, 1903, p. 4 c. 3.]

1903 Jan 13 / Dispatch from San Francisco. I take from North Devon Herald. / Tidal wave and hurricane swept the Society Islands from 11th to 15th. Wall of water 40 feet high rushed over the islands. [VIII; 1668. (North Devon Herald, ca, January 13, 1903.)]

1903 Jan 13 / Most destructive cyclone and tidal wave in 25 years—Samoa and other South Sea isles. / NY Trib 9-1-4 / 1,000 lives lost. [VIII; 1669. "Tidal Wave Kills 1,000." New York Tribune, February 9, 1903, p. 1 c. 4.]

1903 Jan 13-16 / Tahiti / hurricane and great wave / Nature, 67-349 / Wall of water 40 feet high. Not said which day the wave. [VIII; 1670. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (February 12, 1903): 348-352, at 349.]

1903 Jan 15 / A comet / Nature 68-12. [VIII; 1671. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (May 7, 1903): 12-16, at 12. Comet C/1903 A1.]

1903 Jan 15 / Trib, 1-2 / Powder explosion. [VIII; 1672. "Blown to Fragments." New York Tribune, January 15, 1903, p. 1 c. 2.]

1903 Jan 17 / Projection / Mars / M. Notices 65/836. [VIII; 1673. Molesworth, Percy Braybrooke. "Observations of Mars, 1903." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 65 (June 9, 1905): 825-841, at 836.]

1903 Jan 17 / rare fishes caught near Cardiff. / Field of 17th. [VIII; 1674. Neale, J.J. "Rare Fishes at Cardiff." Field, January 17, 1903, p. 110.]

1903 Jan 22 / noon / La Soufriere, St. Vincent / eruption / Nature 67/302. [VIII; 1675. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (January 29, 1903): 302-306, at 302. The Soufriere St. Vincent volcano.]

1903 Jan 23 / S. Car and Georgia / severest shock since 1886 / Nature 67-303. [VIII; 1676. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (January 29, 1903): 302-306, at 303.]

[1903 Jan 23. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (January 29, 1903): 302-306, at 303.]

1903 Jan 23 / 8:15 p.m. / 2 shocks / Georgia and S. Car / Trib, 24. [VIII; 1677. "Earthquake in Savannah." New York Tribune, January 24, 1903, p. 4 c. 2.]

1903 Jan 25 / (Cut) / patches / Eng Mech 76/544. * [VIII; 1678. (English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1976; February 6, 1903): 544; not found.)]

1903 Jan 25 / After brief spell, Stromboli again violent. / N.Y. Trib 26-2-2. [VIII; 1679. "Stromboli Again Active." New York Tribune, January 26, 1903, p. 2 c. 2.]

1903 Jan 25 / 7:57 p.m. / Fleet, Hants / Brilliant meteor / Times 28-4-c / From near Cassiopeia to point in Cepheus. [VIII; 1680. “A Remarkable Meteor.” London Times, January 28, 1903, p. 4 c. 3.]

1903 Jan 27 / Trib, 8-4 / Volc Coincidences. [VIII; 1681. "Not more than a few hours elapsed...." New York Tribune, January 27, 1903, p. 8 c. 4.]

1903 Jan 30 / Reported in San Fran by officers of a steamship—the volcano Isatco, in Salvador, increased in activity after several months of smoking. / N.Y. Trib. 31-7-2. [VIII; 1682. "Salvadorean Volcano Active." New York Tribune, January 31, 1903, p. 7 c. 2. The Izalco volcano.]

1903 Feb / See Times Index. / Myst explosion / Margate. [C; 545. (London Times Index.)]

1903 Feb / Maiming again at Grimsby ab Ap. 20, 1910. [C; 546. See: 1910 Ap 17, (D; 360).]

[The following eight notes were clipped together by Fort. C: 547-564.]

1903 Feb / Edalji / See U.S. case, Nov 30, 1892. [C; 547. See: 1892 Nov 30, (C; 79).]

1903 Feb / Edalji / See Aug 2, 1913. [C; 548. See: (1913 Aug 2).]

1903 Feb / Edalji / A young man described as a “boy” in London Daily Mail, Dec 4, 1901, caught in April, 1901, in Yorkshire, ripping horses with a knife, sentenced to a short term. Name C.H. Meggitt. 3 weeks after release, he went to a field at East Cowick and ripped a horse, for which sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. [C; 549.1, 549.2. (London Daily Mail, December 4, 1901.)]

1903 / Edalji / See May 28, 1892. [C; 550. See: 1892 May 28, (C; 8).]

1903 Feb / Edalji / See Ap. 17, '90. [C; 551. See: (No note for this date).

1903 Feb / Edalji / See Aug 29, 1912. [C; 552. See: (1912 Aug 29).]

1903 Feb / Cattle maiming at Grimsby / D. News, 1908, Aug 10-6-5 / in Hants / 22-7-5 / 28-7-2 / (Grimsby again). [C; 553. “Grimsby Cattle-Maiming.” London Daily News, August 10, 1908, p. 6 c. 5. “Cattle-Maiming in Hants.” London Daily News, August 22, 1908, p. 7 c. 5. “Sheep Maiming.” London Daily News, August 28, 1908, p. 7 c. 2.]

1903 Feb / Edalji / Rabbit killing / Aug 12, 1919. [C; 554. See: (1919 Aug 12).]

1903 Feb. 2 / Doyle's series of articles in the Daily Telegraph, Jan. 12, 1907. [C; 555. (London Daily Telegraph, January 12, 1907.)]

[The following nine notes were clipped together with the previous clip by Fort. C: 556-564.]

1903 Feb / Edalji / See Oct, 1862. [C; 556. See: 1862 Oct, (A; 425).]

1903 Feb 3 / Edalji / See May, 1833 (+). [C; 557. See: 1833 May, (A; 98); 1833 May 2, (A; 100); and, 1833 May 3, (A; 101).]

1903 Feb / Edalji / See—U.S.—May 10, 1888. [C; 558. See: (No note for this date).]

1903 Feb / Edalji / In city of Columbus, Ohio / Nov. 30, 1892. [C; 559. See: 1892 Nov 30, (C; 79).]

1903 (Feb 2) / Edalji / See Aug 22, 1907. [C; 560. See: (1907 Aug 22).]

1903 Feb / Edalji / Sheep / May 18, 1895. [C; 561. See: 1895 May 18, (C; 265).]

1903 Feb / Edalji / Sheep in U.S. attrib to a panther / March 30, 1895. [C; 562. See: 1895 March 30, (C; 256).]

1903 Feb / Edalji / See Oct., 1862. / June 13, 1867. [C; 563. See: 1862 Oct, (A; 425), and, 1867 June 13, (A; 506).]

1903 Feb / Edalji / See Nov. 30, 1892. [C; 564. See: 1892 Nov 30, (C; 79).]

1903 Feb. 2 / Edalji / I get from Great Stories of Real Life, Part I, “The Strange Case of George Edalji,” by Arthur Conan Doyle. / Village of Wyrley, in Staffordshire. First serious outrage, night of Feb. 2, 1903. On that morning a valuable horse, belonging to Mr. Joseph Holmes, was found, having been ripped up during the night. Ap. 2—horse belonging to someone else. Ab May 1, a cow. Ab May 15, a horse and some sheep. / June 6, 2 cows. Ab. 27th, 2 horses. / Aug. 27, the special case for which Edalji was prosecuted. Edalji was the son of a Hindoo, who was the Vicar of the parish: 27 years old; practicing lawyer in Birmingham; “so blind that he was unable to recognize anyone at the distance of six yards. Suspicion was directed to him, because of anonymous letters accusing him. He had been upon a walk that night. Police investigated, and took away an old coat of his upon which were found bloodstains. In presence of Edalji's family, the police inspector declared there were horse hairs upont he coat. According to Mrs E and Miss E, they looked and denied that there were horse hairs. The Vicar is quoted: “You can take the coat. I am satisfied that there is no horse hair upon it.” The coat was taken to the police station, and there Dr. Butler, the police surgeon, found twenty-nine horse hairs upon it. It was said by the police that tracks to the field fitted shoes worn by E. Ac to Doyle, the outrage had occurred just outside a large colliery and hundreds of excited miners had swarmed over the place, and to pick out any especial track would have been impossible. Edalji was tried, convicted, and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. He had been in prison 3 years when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took up his case. Edalji was released, ac to the findings of a committee appointed by the Government. Ac to this committee, Edalji had been wrongly convicted, but had himself written the anonymous letters accusing himself in the first place, and was therefore contributory to the miscarriage of justice. It is not clear why he should have done this, but, with this charge against him, he got no redress for the three years of false imprisonment. Why, unless upon matters of expense, he did not take action himself to bring about a decision upon this charge, not clear. However, even though so charged, the Law Society at once re-admitted Edalji to the Roll of Solicitors. Upon Sept. 21st, between Edalji's commital and trial, while he was in Staffordshire Jail, a horse belonging to Harry Green, aged 19, of Wyrley, was so injured that it died. Then Green signed a confession, stating that he had killed his own horse. Green bought a ticket for South Africa and declared that the police had bullied him into signing the confession. With this exception, no other mutilation after Aug 27th, mentioned. [C; 565.1 to 565.14. (Great Stories of Real Life, Part I, “The Strange Case of George Edalji,” by Arthur Conan Doyle.)]

1903 Feb. 7 / (Trib), 8-3 / Astro mysteries. [VIII; 1683. "Astronomical Mysteries." New York Tribune, February 7, 1903, p. 8 c. 3-4.]

1903 Feb 8 / See Dec. 3. / Trib 9-1-2 / 2 shocks / St Louis / 6:20 and 6:25 p.m. / Kentucky, 6:45 / Cairo, etc. [VIII; 1684. "Earthquake in the West." New York Tribune, February 9, 1903, p. 1 c. 2.]

1903 Feb 8 / between 6:20 and 6:25 p.m. / 2 distinct shocks St Louis / ab same time shocks in Ky and Ill. / N.Y. Trib 9-1-2. [VIII; 1685. "Earthquake in the West." New York Tribune, February 9, 1903, p. 1 c. 2.]

1903 Feb. 5 / q. / Jamaica. [VIII; 1686. (Ref.???)]

1903 Feb 8-9 / midnight, about. / Slight shocks / France / N.Y. Trib 9-1-2. [VIII; 1687. "Earthquake in France." New York Tribune, February 9, 1903, p. 1 c. 2.]

1903 Feb. 10 / morning / Violent shock in Sicily / D. Messenger (Paris) 11-1-4. [VIII; 1688. (Daily Messenger, Paris, February 11, 1903, p. 1 c. 4.)]

1903 Feb. 10 / Destructive q. / Guam / BA 1911-63. [VIII; 1689. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 63.]

1903 Feb. 12-14 / BO / 4 N, 25.5 W / to 12 N, 23 W / Sand haze / S.S. Matatua / Jour Roy. 30-87. [VIII; 1690. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 87.]

1903 Feb. 12 / terrific hurricane / Samoa / D. News 26-7-4 / (N.M.) [VIII; 1691. “Great Hurricane in Samoa.” London Daily News, February 26, 1903, p. 7 c. 4.]

1903 Feb 14 / Daily Messenger (Paris) of / Unprecedented cold in India. [VIII; 1692. (Daily Messenger, Paris, February 14, 1903.)]

1903 Feb 14 / Slight shocks and rumblings in a valley near Naples / Daily Messenger (Paris) 15-1-6. [VIII; 1693. (Daily Messenger, February 15, 1903, p. 1 c. 6.)]

1903 Feb. 14 / (A1) / Storm of dust swept down with sudden[nes]s “for which 'startling' is too weak a word. / The Age (Melbourne, Feb. 16) / “Rain that was but little better than mud.” Then follow 3 columns of reports from about 40 towns in Victoria and several in N.S. Wales. At Boort—dust heaped against fences three feet high. Other towns—“worst dust storm ever known here”. “Clouds of red dust which had the appearance of blasts from a furnace.” “Darkness followed by a peculiar glare.” “For 20 minutes the town was blotted from sight.” Several fires of unknown origin broke out during this dust storm. / Age—17-6-3 / 16-6-1 / Also there were bush fires at the time. [VIII: 1694.1 to 1694.4. (The Age, Melbourne, February 16, 1903, p. 6 c. 1.) (The Age, Melbourne, February 17, 1903, p. 6 c. 3.)(Review these articles, not matching Fort’s quotes and references.)]

1903 Feb. 14 / Melb Leader, 21st / Dust and darkness at Ballarat at 2:30 p.m. At 3 p.m. at Bendigo, “Clouds of red dust, which had the appearance of a blast from a furnace.” ab. 4 p.m. at Werribee—town in darkness and a fire of unknown origin broke out in a large haystack. / 4:20 p.m., at Deniliquin—lurid clouds of dust and intense darkness in which a woman fell and broke her arm. [VIII: 1695.1, 1695.2. “Fire, Storm and Rain.” Melbourne Leader, February 21, 1903, p. 23 c. 2-4.]

1903 Feb 14 / Victoria and neighboring states / reddish brown rain / Victorian Naturalist 20/22 / 5 p.m. [VIII; 1696. Chapman, Frederick, and, Grayson, Henry J. “On 'Red Rain,' with Special Reference to Its Occurrence in Victoria. With a Note on Melbourne Dust.” Victorian Naturalist, 20 (June 4, 1903): 20-32, at 22.]

1903 Feb 17 / Sharp shocks / Messina / La Nat Sup, Feb. 28. [VIII; 1697. “Tremblement de terre en Italie.” La Nature, 1903 pt. 1 (no. 1553; February 28): 52.]

[The following five notes were clipped together by Fort. VIII: 1698 to 1702.]

1903 Feb 17-18-19 / Af. newspapers / A “strong easterly wind at Tangier. / Al-Moghreb, 21st / Issue of March 7th, told of vessel near Teneriffe in a sand storm, but no news of dust or sand in Africa. [VIII; 1698. (Al-Moghreb al-Aksa, Tangier, Morroco, March 7, 1903; at Newsbank World Newspaper Archive.)]

1903 Feb 8 to 28th / in Al-Moghreb, weather reports mention gales Feb 9th, 10th, 11th, 19th—Only gales of 17th-19th mentioned in the news columns. [VIII; 1699.  (Al-Moghreb al-Aksa, Tangier, Morroco, February 8 to 28, 1903; at Newsbank World Newspaper Archive.)]

1903 Feb. 22 / I began Sierra Leone Weekly News with Feb. 7. / Nothing. [VIII; 1700.]

1903 Feb 12 / No whirl and no dust mentioned in Egyptian Gazette of Alexandria from Feb 10th. / In 25th, said: “The weather here at present is splendid.” This is in correspondence from Suakin dated Feb 12th. [VIII; 1701. (Egyptian Gazette, February 25, 1903.)]

1903 Feb. 28 / Sierra Leone News of, reports arrival on 24th of a steamer that at sea had been covered with a yellowish dust—no mention of dust or whirl on land. / Looked up to April 11. [VIII; 1702. (Sierra Leone News, February 28, 1903; British Library microfilm.)]

1903 Feb. 18-26 / 36 N, 13 W / to 3 N, 14 W / Continual sand storms. / S.S. Pembroke Castle. / Jour Roy 30/87. [VIII; 1703. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 87.]

1903 Feb 18 / Cyclone / Coast of Spain / Daily Messenger (Paris) 19-1-2. [VIII; 1704. (Daily Messenger, Paris, February 19, 1902, p. 1 c. 2.)]

1903 Feb 19 / Red dust / Canary Islands / Standard, March 3-3-6. [VIII; 1705. (London Evening Standard, March 3, 1903, p. 3 c. 6.)]

1903 Feb 19 / Canaries / Red / D-35. [VIII; 1706. The note copies information from page 35 of The Book of the Damned. (Refs???)]

1903 Feb 19 / Heavy sand storm / S.S. Bornü / Nature 67/420. [VIII; 1707. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 5, 1903): 420-424, at 420. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 87.]

1903 Feb. 20 / “Peculiar-colored thick mist” and dust morning of 20th/ / Jour Roy Met Soc, 30/81 / Bitterne, Hampshire. [VIII; 1708. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 81.]

1903 Feb. 20 / Heavy fall dust, dark gray (2 p.m.), 200 miles west of Madeira. / Jour Roy Met Soc 30/65. [VIII; 1709.  Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 65.]

1903 Feb. 20-23 / Dust—more data by U.S. Hydrographic Office. [VIII; 1710. (Ref.???)]

1903 Feb. 20 / On a mountain in Azores, fall of yellow dust. / La Nature 60-271 / Proved to be from African desert. [VIII; 1711. De Villedeuil, Ch. “Académie des Sciences.” La Nature, 1903 pt. 1 (no. 1557; March 28): 271. Chauveau, Amyr Benjamin. “Sur les poussières éoliennes du 22 février.” Comptes Rendus, 136 (1903): 776-778.]

1903 Feb 21 / Nov. Gem. / See March 6. [VIII; 1712. See: (March 6).]

1903 Feb. 21 / D. Mail of / Ext. mild weather in Europe. A living butterfly sent to Mail from Brighton. / Mail, 23rd / Ripe strawberries in a garden near Cromer. [VIII; 1713. (London Daily Mail, February 21, 1903.) (London Daily Mail, February 23, 1903.)]

1903 Feb 21-2[2] / night / and Feb. 22 / Dust in Switzerland / Cosmos, N.S., 48/378. [VIII; 1714. “Les poussières éoliennes du 22 février 1903.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.), 48 (March 21, 1903): 378.]

1903 Feb 21, 22, 23 / Sand / Eng. / D-35. [VIII; 1715. The note copies information from page 35 of The Book of the Damned. (Refs.???)]

1903 Feb. 21-23 / Repeats / See March, 1901. / See Met. Zeit, vol 20, index Staub. [VIII; 1716. (Meteorologische Zeitschrift, v. 20.) See: (March 1901).]

1903 Feb 21 / Dust at Cardiff. Analysis of it at Cardiff College “led to the belief that it was probably volcanic”. / Nature, 75/589. [VIII; 1717. “Notes.” Nature, 75 (April 18, 1907): 588-592, at 589.]

1903 Feb. 21 / Lewes, a heavy fog. / On 22nd, fall of ocre-like powder. / Times 27-2-f. [VIII; 1718. “The Weather.” London Times, February 24, 1903, p. 9 c. 3. “Curious Fall of Dust.” London Times, February 27, 1903, p. 2 c. 6.]

1903 Feb. 22 / bet 11 and 12 a.m. / Dust at Petersfield in a high wind that was almost a gale from the Southwest. / Standard 24-8-7. [VIII; 1719. (London Evening Standard, February 24, 1903, p. 8 c. 7.)]

1903 Feb. 22, etc. / Also in Belgium, Holland, Germany. / LT, March 16th-4-a. [VIII; 1720. “The Recent Dustfall.” London Times, March 16, 1903, p. 4 c. 1. (Symon's Meteorological Magazine, ca. March 1903.)]]

1903 Feb. 22 / Considerable in “Ciel et Terre”. [VIII; 1721. “Pluie de Boue.” Ciel et Terre, 24 (1903-1904): 20.]

1903 Feb 22 / Dust and mud / great part of Belgium / Ciel et Terre 24/20. [VIII; 1722. “Pluie de Boue.” Ciel et Terre, 24 (1903-1904): 20.]

1903 Feb 22, etc. / Not come from Africa. Falling near Madeira the same time. [VIII; 1723. (Ref.???)]

1903 Feb 22 / Some solar effects. Evergreens powdered with a chocolate dust—a dense yellow haze droping salmon-colored dust. / Something else red in gray. [VIII; 1724. (Ref.???)]

1903 Feb. 22 / Dust / Austria / Met. Zeit 1903-83. [VIII; 1725. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 20 (1903): 67-92, at 83-84.]

1903 Feb. 22 / Gale began then. / D. News, Feb 24. [VIII; 1726. “In the Track of the Gale.” London Daily News, February 24, 1903, p. 3 c. 5.]

1903 Feb / BO / Guernsey Star, March 7, reports that for some days past had been falls of fine dust and cinders in Switzerland. [VIII; 1727. (Guernsey Star, March 7, 1903; not @ BNA.)]

1903 Feb. 22 / morning / Discolored rain fell in island of Guernsey. / Guernsey Star, March 3. [VIII; 1728. (Guernsey Star, March 3, 1903; not @ BNA.)]

1903 Feb. 22 / Pollen / In Western Morning News (Plymouth), Feb. 25, a cor writes that at Plympton there was a “pollen like deposit” from the rain. [VIII; 1729. “Coloured Rain in the West.” Western Morning News, (Plymouth), February 25, 1903, p. 6 c. 9. “Notes in the West.” Western Morning News, (Plymouth), February 25, 1903, p. 4 c. 9. Numerous locations reported the “coloured rain” and attributed it either to sand from the Sahara or to volcanic dust from the West Indies.]

1903 Feb. 22 / “Pollen” / Standard, Feb 27 / Rev. W.O. Wait writes from Durchworth, Berkshire, that he suspected that the yellow dust was pollen. “To make sure, I collected the powder adhering to the glass (of a roof) and submitted it to the microscope, when the pollen grains were most clearly discernible as the true cause.” [VIII: 1730.1, 1730.2. (London Evening Standard, February 27, 1903.)]

[The following fourteen notes were clipped together by Fort. VIII: 1731-1744.]

1903 Feb. / Aust and Europe / Dust / Dec. 5, 1883. [VIII; 1731. See: (1883 Dec 5).]

1903 Feb. / Aust and England / Ap. 24, 1884. [VIII; 1732. See: (1884 Ap. 24).]

1903 Feb. / Aust and Europe / Oct, 1876. [VIII; 1733. See: (1876 Oct).]

1903 Feb / Dust, Europe / met, Australia / Ap. 25, 1880. [VIII; 1734. See: (1880 Ap. 25).]

1903 Feb. 22 / Dust and meteor, Australia / Jan 4, 7, 1902 / Dust, Europe / 14th, etc. / also on 22nd. [VIII; 1735. See: (1902: Jan 4, 7, 14, etc.,  & 22).]

1903 Feb / Dust / Aust to Europe / March 4, 1869, to Ap. 15 / See Jan 22, 1902. / Dec, 1883. [VIII; 1736. See: (1869 March 4 to Ap. 15), (1883 Dec.), and, (1902 Jan 22).]

1903 Feb 22 / Dust / Aust and Europe / March 9, 1872 / 1877. [VIII; 1737. See: (1872 March 9), and, (1877).]

1903 Feb 22 / Dust / Aust and Eng. / Dec 12, 1883. [VIII; 1738. See: (1883 Dec 12).]

1903 Feb / Dust / Chicago—Hungary / Feb 18, 1896. [VIII; 1739. See: (1896 Feb 18).]

1903 Feb / Aust. / Switzerland / Dec 5, 12, 1883. [VIII; 1740. See: (1883 Dec 5, 12).]

1903 Feb 22 / Dust / Aust and Italy / March 9, 1872. [VIII; 1741. See: (1872 March 9).]

1903 Feb 22 / Aust / Europe / Oct 12, 1876. [VIII; 1742. See: (1876 Oct 12).]

1903 Feb. 25 / B. rain and wrms / May 2, 1913. [VIII; 1743. See: (1913 May 2).]

1903 Feb. 25 / BO / Wrms reported in Roy Met Soc Jour, by W.I. Fox, F.R. Met, Soc. [VIII; 1744. (Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, ca. 1903.)]

1903 Feb 22 / Nothing (either dust or whirl) mentioned in Lagos (West Africa) Weekly Record, Feb 16 to March 29. [VIII; 1745.]

1903 Feb 22 / Blizzard in Newfoundland / D. Mail 23-5-4. [VIII; 1746. (London Daily Mail, February 23, 1903, p. 5 c. 4.)]

1903 Feb. 22 / Tunbridge Wells / Sand. Sample sent to the Geological Museum, London. Ac to Dr Flett—from the dunes of Normandy or the English coast—does not at all resemble a true desert sand. [VIII; 1747. (Ref.???)]

1903 Feb. 22 / In morning, a yellow haze. / During night, a fine, salmon-colored dust. / Times 25-10-b / At Swanage. [VIII; 1748. “Curious Fall of Dust.” London Times, February 25, 1903, p. 10 c. 2.]

1903 Feb 22-25 / Severe shocks at Andijan. / See Dec 16, 1902. / Standard 26-5-7. [VIII; 1749. (London Evening Standard, February 26, 1903, p. 5 c. 7.) See: (1902 Dec 16).]

1903 Feb. 22 / Arg. that the sand was from African desert. / Nature 68-65 / Another arg. [VIII; 1750. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (May 21, 1903): 64-68, at 65.]

1903 Feb. 21 / Colima in Mexico began and incessant till 24th, when most violent in years occurred. / Nature, March 5, p. 421. [VIII; 1751. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 5, 1903): 420-424, at 421. The Colima volcano.]

1903 Feb. 22 / Buckfastleigh / Remarkable percentage of organic matter, 36.4%, in the dust / Nature 67-415. [VIII; 1752. Earp, Rowland A. “Analysis of the Red Rain of February 12.” Nature, 67 (March 5, 1903): 414-415.]

1903 Feb. 22 / (%) / volc / In Western Morning News (Plymouth), Feb. 27, a chemist writes that it loss by ignition of an oily matter was 36% and the rest seemed “probably volcanic”. [VIII; 1753. Hamlyn, James. “The Fall of Coloured Rain.” Western Morning News, (Plymouth), February 27, 1903, p. 5 c. 9.]

1903 Feb / (no more) / Switzerland / rain of Caterpil[lars] in Canton de Vaud / Ciel et Terre 25-24 / Cosmos, N.S., 50/353. [VIII; 1754. "Les Pluies de Chenilles." Ciel et Terre, 25 (1904-1905): 23-24. “Les pluies de chenilles.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 50 (March 19, 1904): 353.]

1903 Feb. 22 / (volc) / Dust in Wales / Ac to cor to Daily Mail, Feb 24-3-3, identical with some volc dust from the eruption of Pelee, May, 1902. [VIII; 1755. (London Daily Mail, February 24, 1903, p. 3 c. 3.)]

1903 Feb 22 / Cor to Standard, Feb 26, compared some with samples of volc dust and found both very much alike but would not commit himself to an opinion. [VIII; 1756. (London Evening Standard, February 26, 1903.)]

1903 Feb. 22 / Standard of 26th / T.G. Bonney could find no chips of volc glass or scoria, so thought not volc. / W.J. Atkinson, F.G.S., found it all of particles glassy in appearance. [VIII; 1757. (London Evening Standard, February 26, 1903.)]

1903 Feb 22, 23 / S.S. Ville de San Nicolas / 11 N, 27 W. / to 12 N, 26 W. / Dustfall / Jour Roy 30-87. [VIII; 1758. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 87. Chauveau, Amyr Benjamin. “Sur les poussières éoliennes du 22 février.” Comptes Rendus, 136 (1903): 776-778.]

1902 Feb 23 / Dr. H.R. Mill was Editor of Symons Met. Mag. In Times, March 2, he asks for data, saying that the fall of 1902 came from the Sahara. [VIII; 1759. Hugh Robert Mill. Mill, Hugh Robert. “The Recent Fall of Muddy Rain.” London Times, March 2, 1903, p. 7 c. 2. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 90-91. “Dr. H. R. Mill agreed with Mr. Brodie that it would be very satisfactory to discover the causes of these phenomena, and thought that the only way to do so was by obtaining successive approximations, by making the most of all the evidence that could be brought forward from time to time, and this was what was being done. It was, however, difficult to obtain information on the subject, as at present no recognised methods for dealing with such falls existed. Three successive Springs had brought dust-falls with them to Europe, and it might be that the phenomenon was a very common one, perhaps even of annual occurrence. The occurrence of wind-borne dust off the Sahara coast was so common that the name of 'Sea of Darkness' had been given to that part of the ocean from the frequent dust-fogs. The whole subject had been handled comprehensively by Ehrenberg in his Passatstaub und Blutregen ('Trade-wind Dust and Blood-rain') as long ago as 1847. Last year Capt. Hepworth had published a warning to mariners against these dust-storms. The storms carried from the Sahara at least as far as Tenerife were only normal, but were abnormal when carried as far as in the case now under discussion. The wider extension was probably due to unusual barometric movements.”]

1903 Feb 22 / Mars / Molesworth—strong suspicions [of] a very small projection”. / Mem. BAA 16/59. [VIII; 1760. “Section for the Observation of the Mars. Part I: Prolegomena.” Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association, 16 (1910): 55-89, at 59.]

1903 Feb 22 / Cut / Projection / Mars / M. Notices 65/836. [VIII; 1761. Molesworth, Percy Braybrooke. "Observations of Mars, 1903." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 65 (June 9, 1905): 825-841, at 836.]

[1903 Feb. 23] / B / NY Trib / Kansas / mets / time dust / 1903 / Feb 23-3-1. [VIII; 1762. "Meteoric Prize for Kansas." New York Tribune, February 23, 1903, p. 3 c. 1-2.]

1903 Feb 23 / Trib, 3-1 / Kansas / mets. [VIII; 1763. "Meteoric Prize for Kansas." New York Tribune, February 23, 1903, p. 3 c. 1-2.]

1903 Feb 23-26 / SS. Wittekind / 4 N, 27 W / to 15 N, 21 W. / Jour Roy 30-88. [VIII; 1764. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 88.]

1903 Feb 23 / dispatch from Honolulu / Mr. Schroeder, Governor of Guam, arrived there. Reported severe long series of q's which had raised the island 6 inches. / D. Mail 24-5-4. [VIII; 1765. (London Daily Mail, February 24, 1903, p. 5 c. 4.)]

1903 Feb 23-25 / S.S. Erlangen / 7 N, 28 W. / to 15 N, 25 W. / Jour Roy 30-88. [VIII; 1766. Hugh Robert Mill. Mill, Hugh Robert. “The Recent Fall of Muddy Rain.” London Times, March 2, 1903, p. 7 c. 2. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 88.]

1903 Feb. 24 / One of the severest storms over all Great Britain and Ireland. [VIII; 1767. (Ref.???)]

1903 Feb. 25 / (BO) / wrms / night / Cornish Echo of 27th—in terrific th. storm—following morning streets of Falmouth found strewn with unknown worms. Had not come up from ground: were lying on pavements—many dead, but some alive. Largest were 2 inches long, with white rings around them; extremities large—“not tapering off as in ordinary earthworms”. [VIII: 1768.1, 1768.2. (Cornish Echo, February 27, 1903; not at BNA.)]

1903 Feb. 25 / (wrms) / At Falmouth, Cornwall, 3 days after fall of dust, fell worms. / Jour Roy Met Soc., 30-84, quoting N. Devon Herald. [VIII; 1769. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 84. The North Devon Herald was cited for another report of the dust-fall, (not the fall of worms). “A Shower of Worms in Cornwall.” Northern Daily Telegraph, (Blackburn), February 27, 1903, p. 4 c. 4. “There was a violent thunderstorm in Cornwall on Wednesday night, and yesterday morning large quantities of small worms were found scattered all over the ground at Falmouth. That they were not washed up from the earth was evident, since in some of the public thoroughfares there was thick coating of the worms on the asphalt pavements. Some of them were alive, but the majority dead. The largest were about two inches long, with ribbed skin and thick blunt extremities. unlike the ordinary garden worm. This and the 'yellow rain' earlier in the week have caused no little trepidation among the superstitious Cornish folk.”]

1903 Feb 25 / At Caillac, near Aurillac / northwest / a luminous column / 7:40 p.m. / Bull Soc Astro de F., Oct, 1903. [VIII; 1770. Marty, Pierre. “Phénomène lumineux.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 17 (1903.): 460. The luminous column was visible for an hour and gradually disappeared.]

1903 Feb. 26 / N.Y. Trib 27-6-6 / Colima, Mexico, more violent. [VIII; 1771. “Scared by Mount Colima.” New York Tribune, February 27, 1903, p. 6 c. 6. The Colima volcano.]

1903 Feb 25 / [LT], 10-b / 27-2-f / March 4-11-e / 16-4-a. [VIII; 1772. “Curious Fall of Dust.” London Times, February 25, 1903, p. 10 c. 2. “Curious Fall of Dust.” London Times, February 27, 1903, p. 2 c. 6. “The Curious Fall of Dust.” London Times, March 4, 1903, p. 11 c. 5. “The Recent Dustfall.” London Times, March 16, 1903, p. 4 c. 1.]

1903 Feb. 26 / morning and afternoon / Shocks / Dominica / W. Indies / L.T. 28-7-e. [VIII; 1773. “Earthquake Shocks.” London Times, February 28, 1903, p. 7 c. 5.]

1903 Feb. / At [La] Sagne, Vaud, Switzerland / N.M. / larvae / Cosmos, N.S., 50-353. [VIII; 1774. VIII; 1754. “Séance du 18 Mars 1903.” Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 39 (1903): xxx-xxxiii, at xxxiii. “Une correspondance de la Sagne (Neuchâtel) relatant une pluie de chenilles qui aurait eu lieu le 2 mars dans cette localité, M. le Dr Henri Faes a fait venir quelques-uns de ces petits animaux. Il s'agit non pas de 'chenilles' proprement dites, mais de larves de Téléphores (Coléoptères malacodermes), chassées de leurs retraites par de trop grandes pluies ou une chaleur prématurée. Il n'est pourtant pas impossible qu'un vent violent transporte parfois ces bestioles à quelque distance.” “M. Faes rapporte à cette occasion que ces mêmes larves sont déjà apparues maintes fois en nombre sur la neige, d'où leur nom de 'vers de neige'.”]

1903 Feb. 27 / “Dirty rain” fell at Doddleston Rectory, Cheshire. / Jour Roy Met Soc., 30-85. [VIII; 1775. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 85. Dodleston Rectory, (not Doddleston).]

1903 Feb 27 to March 1 / S.S. “Kinfauns Castle” / from 6° N, 14 W / to 18 N, 18 W. / Falls of fine, red sand / Jour Roy Met Soc 30-87. [VIII; 1776. Mill, Hugh Robert, and, Lempfert, R.G.K. “The Great Dust-Fall of February 1903, and Its Origins.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (January 1904): 57-91, at 87.]

1903 Feb. 28 / 9:36 p.m. / From 137° +20° / to 195 +38 / a brilliant detonating meteor / Pubs-Pacific 16-27. [VIII; 1777. Köhl, Thorvald. “Astronomical Observations in 1903.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 16 (no. 94; February 1904): 25-27, at 27. The detonating meteor was observed at Odder, Denmark, and at Malmo, Sweden, (and as far away as 300 kms.).]

1903 Feb. 28 / D. News of, 5-7 / Man in Worsley, near Manchester, thrashed for playing ghost. [C; 566. “Thrashing a Ghost.” London Daily News, February 28, 1903, p. 5 c. 7.]

1903 March / Worms / Mr. W.L. Fox / Wilson L. Fox alive in 1921. / of Falmouth. [VIII; 1778. See: 1903 Feb 25, (VIII; 1769).]

1903 March 1 / —mag 12 / 6th—mag 5 / 16th—mag 7 / Nova Geminorum / discovered by Turner on 16th, examining plates of the 16th / Observatory 26-188 / No. 2 / See March 13, 1912. [VIII; 1779. “A New Star in Gemini.” Observatory, 26 (1903): 188. See: (1912 March 13).]

1903 March 1 / moon / by M. [Rey], of Marseilles / a distinct point of light northwest of Grimaldi / Bull Soc de As 17/315 / Rey / Observatory of Marseilles. [VIII; 1780. “Lune.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 17 (1903): 315.]

1903 March 2 / volc / Dispatch to Daily Messenger (Paris). / Colima, in Mexico, still very active. / See back. [VIII; 1781. (Daily Messenger, Paris, March 2, 1903.) See: 1903 Feb. 21, (VIII; 1751), and, 1903 Feb. 26, (VIII; 1771). The Colima volcano.]

1903 March 2 / 3:15 a.m. / 3 distinct hard shocks felt in a house in Oxford Street. It was near an underground station. / D. News 3-3-4. [VIII; 1782. “Was It an Earthquake?” London Daily News, March 3, 1903, p. 3 c. 4.]

1903 March 2 / Violent tempest / southern France / C.R. 138-529. [VIII; 1783. (Comptes Rendus, 138-529.; ref. too early.)]

1903 March 3 / moon / by Maurice Gheury, London—looking at point of moon near Sharp and Grimaldi—saw light like a little star—then seemed intermittent. / Bull Soc Astro de F 17/205 / N.E. quad. / p. 477—said been in Aristarchus. [VIII; 1784. “Lune.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 17 (1903): 205-206. “Lune.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 17 (1903): 315. “Lune; Eclipses de Lune.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 17 (1903): 477.]

1903 March 3 / at London / Afterglow for an hour and gorgeous sunset / M. Post 4-5-5. [VIII; 1785. “The Recent Storm.” London Morning Post, March 4, 1903, p. 5 c. 5.]

[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. C: 567-568.]

1903 March 5 / Polt—print / (Invalid) / D. Mail, 3-3 / Island of Guernsey / Disturbances in a house—several members of family taken ill. Objects thrown about. Mark like that of a claw found on a dusty coat. Dwellers driven to live somewhere else. [C; 567.1, 567.2. (London Daily Mail, March 5, 1903, p. 3 c. 3.)]

1903 March 1 / Guernsey Star of Feb 28 reports the phe in the home and photographic studio of Mr. B. Collenette in Union street. [C; 568. (Guernsey Star, February 28, 1903???)]

1903 March 5, 6 / Strong shocks / Saxony / Nature 67-443. [VIII; 1786. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 12, 1903): 442-447, at 443.]

1903 March 6 / Nov. Gem. fast photographed. Mags deduced back to 1st. [VIII; 1787. (Refs.???)]

1903 March 6 / Again Colima. Most violent ever recorded. / Nature 67-443. [VIII; 1788. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 12, 1903): 442-447, at 443. The Colima volcano.]

1903 March 6 / For several days in succession, sounds like thunder and shocks in and around Plauen, Saxony. / D. Mail 7-5-2. [VIII; 1789. (London Daily Mail, March 7, 1903, p. 5 c. 2.)]

1903 March 6 / March 7, a dispatch from N.Y. / Volc Colima, Mexico, in most violent eruption yet recorded. / Guernsey Star, March 10. [VIII; 1790. (Guernsey Star, March 10, 1903.)]

1903 March / Nov. Gem. See March, 1912. [VIII; 1791. See: (1912 March).]

1903 March 6 / New star on photo plate / See March 16. [VIII; 1792. See: 1903 March, (VIII; 1806).]

1903 March 6 / BO / Ac to observations at Yerkes Observatory there was a small light at or within 3” of its position upon Feb. 21. / Observatory, May, 1903. [VIII; 1793. “From an Oxford Note-Book.” Observatory, 26 (1903): 225-228, at 225-226.]

1903 March 7 / Dispatch to Daily Messenger (Paris), March 8 / Colima again active. [VIII; 1794. (Daily Messenger, Paris, March 8, 1903.) The Colima volcano.]

1903 March 7 / Stones falling? / Stones falling on the roof of a house in Melbourne? Or someone throwing  them. All I get in newspaper (Argus, March 26) is that a row and somebody arrested for bad language to someone else. No one in particular accused of throwing the stones. [C; 569. (Melbourne Argus, March 26, 1903.)]

1903 March 11 / Vesuvius increased violence. / Nature, 19th, p. 468. [VIII; 1795. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 19, 1903): 468-472, at 468. The Vesuvius volcano.]

1903 March 12 / Vesuvius active. / D. Mail, 14th. [VIII; 1796. (London Daily Mail, March 14, 1903.)]

1903 March 10 / Trib, 3-2 / Vesuvius. [VIII; 1797. "Vesuvius Active Again." New York Tribune, March 10, 1903, p. 3 c. 2.]

1903 March 13 / 2 severe shocks / Seattle / 6:25 p.m. [VIII; 1798. (Ref.???)]

1903 March 13 / “moon / Luis G. Léon, City of Mexico, saw 2 craters rimmed and centered with brilliant white—near the terminator. / Pop Astro 11-277. [VIII; 1799. Léon, Luis G. “Beholding the Moon.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 5; May 1903): 276-277.]

1903 March 15 / morning / Dalton, Ga. / south of Dalton / 5 shocks accomp. by a dull roar / NY Trib 17-1-6. [VIII; 1800. "Earthquake Shocks in Georgia." New York Tribune, March 17, 1903, p. 1 c. 6.]

1903 March 14 / Falmouth Packet of—Vesuvius in eruption. [VIII; 1801. (Falmouth Packet, March 14, 1903.)]

1903 March / not so great—Trib / 15-3-3 / 23-3-5 / 24-2-4 / St Vincent / Souffriere. [VIII; 1802. "La Souffriere Active." New York Tribune, March 15, 1903, p. 3 c. 3. "La Souffriere A Spectacle." New York Tribune, March 23, 1903, p. 3 c. 5. "Islands Darkened." New York Tribune, March 24, 1903, p. 2 c. 4. The Soufriere volcano.]

1903 March 15 / 7:22 p.m. / Basingstoke, Hants / remarkable meteor / Nature 67-464. [VIII; 1803. Liddle, J.E.C. “A Remarkable Meteor.” Nature, 67 (March 19, 1903): 464.]

1903 March 16 / Nova Geminorum found on photographic plate by Prof. Turner, of Oxford. Plates looked back reveal it on 16th—14 hours. / Pop Astro, 11-258. [VIII; 1804. Wilson, Herbert Couper. “The New Star in Gemini 12.1903.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 5; May 1903): 258-261.]

1903 March 16 / [LT], 6-a ; 4-c / 24-3-a / 25-5-c / 26-3-c / 23-5-f / Volcs / W. Indies. [VIII; 1805. “The Volcanic Eruptions in the West Indies.” London Times, March 16, 1903, p. 4 c. 3. “The St. Vincent Soufrière.” London Times, March 16, 1903, p. 6 c. 1. “The Volcanoes in the West Indies.” London Times, March 23, 1903, p. 5 c. 6. “The St. Vincent Soufrière.” London Times, March 24, 1903, p. 3 c. 1-2. “The St. Vincent Soufrière.” London Times, March 25, 1903, p. 5 c. 3. “The St. Vincent Soufrière.” London Times, March 25, 1903, p. 5 c. 4. The Pelée and Soufrière St. Vincent volcanoes.]

1903 March 16 / See 6th. / Nov. Genimorum / Sc Am 88/302. [VIII; 1806. "Nova Geminorum Before Its Discovery." Scientific American, n.s., 88 (April 18, 1903): 302. See: 1903 March 6, (VIII; 1792).]

1903 March 17 / evening / Athens, Ga., and that section of state. Sulphurous matter—supposed been from a volcanic eruption in [end of sentence]. / Sci Am, Ap 4 / Issue of Ap. 25—letter from cor that had fallen at Biloxi, Miss, and was pollen. / (See June, '02.) [VIII: 1807.1, 1807.2. "Volcanic Dust Falls in Georgia." Scientific American, n.s., 88 (April 4, 1903): 243. "All practically agreed that the dust was probably from some volcanic eruption in Central America and had been wafted to this section on some breeze from that direction." Brodie, James. "Clouds of Pollen Dust in the South." Scientific American, n.s., 88 (April 25, 1903): 315. See: 1902 June 1, (VIII; 1225); 1902 June 1 and 2, (VIII; 1226); 1902 June 2, (VIII; 1227); and, 1902 June 3, (VIII; 1228).]

1903 March 18 / [LT], 5-f / 13-5-f / Vesuvius. [VIIIl 1808. (London Times, March 18, 1903, p. 5 c. 6; not found here; listed here in Palmer's Index.) (London Times, March 13, 1903, p. 5 c. 6; not found here; listed here in Palmer's Index.)

1903 March 19 and 20 / Violent shocks / Mürz Valley, Styria / Nature 67-491. [VIII; 1809. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 26, 1903): 491-496, at 491.]

1903 March 20, before / Steamship Sokoto arrived at Plymouth on 20th. Reported having been enveloped in a sand storm for eight days off the African coast. Ship was in darkness; was navigated by dead reckoning—worst in 25 years. / Nature 67-491. [VIII; 1810. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 26, 1903): 491-496, at 491-492.]

1903 March 21 / 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. / q. shocks in the Bavarian Palatinate. / Nature 67/491. [VIII; 1811. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 26, 1903): 491-496. at 491. (The date of the earthquake is not specified in this article.)]

1903 March 21 / —Pelee / 22—La Soufriere / Nature 67-491. [VIII; 1812. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 26, 1903): 491-496. at 491. The Pelee and Soufrière St. Vincent volcanoes.]

1903 March 21 / Pelée emitting dense clouds. / March 22 / Violent eruption of La Soufriere, St Vincent. Darkness and fall of dust there and Barbados. Loud detonations. / Nature 67-491. [VIII; 1813. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (March 26, 1903): 491-496. at 491. The Pelee and Soufrière St. Vincent volcanoes.]

1903 March 22 and 23 / shocks / N Italy / NY Trib 24-2-4. [VIII; 1814. "Earth Shocks in Europe." New York Tribune, March 24, 1903, p. 2 c. 4.]

1903 March 22 / southern part of Bavaria / Violent shocks in morning and again in afternoon / L.T. 24-3-f. [VIII; 1815. “Reported Earthquakes in Bavaria.” London Times, March 24, 1903, p. 3 c. 5.]

1903 March 22, at least to 24 / Eruption volcano Del Tierra Firme (U.S. Columbia) / Nature 67-563. [VIII; 1816. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (April 16, 1903): 563-567, at 563. The only active volcano in this region of Colombia is the mud volcano El Totumo, and no volcanic eruptions were recorded in Colombia, in 1903.]

1903 March 22 / morning / Violent eruption of La Soufrière / L.T. 23-5-f. [VIII; 1817. “The Volcanoes in the West Indies.” London Times, March 23, 1903, p. 5 c. 6. The Soufrière St. Vincent volcano.]

1903 March 22 / La Sourfiere violent. Complete darkness in Barbados. / L.T. 24-3-a. [VIII; 1818. “The St. Vincent Soufrière.” London Times, March 24, 1903, p. 3 c. 1-2. The Soufrière St. Vincent volcano.]

1903 March 22 / Dust in Barbados—black—from St Vincent. On view in S. Kensington Museum, Nov., 1924. [VIII; 1819. (Ref.???)]

1903 March 23 / 1:45 p.m. / 24—5 a.m. / 10:55 a.m. / 1:45 p.m. / 1:50 p.m. / 5 p.m. / 25—0:30 a.m. / 6 a.m. / Ap. 2—2:30 a.m. / Ap. 3—1:17 a.m. / May 3—9:22 p.m. / The Derbys qs / near Rochester / Duffield / Draycott / Q J. Geol Soc L. 60-216. [VIII; 1820. Davison, Charles. “The Derby Earthquakes of March 24th and May 3rd, 1903.” Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 60 (1904): 215-232, at 216.]

1903 March 24 / 1:30 p.m. / The shock was severe at Hanley. / Falmouth Packet, March 28. [VIII; 1821. (Falmouth Packet, March 28, 1903; not at BNA.) (At 1:40 P.M., a “black aurora” was reported in the western part of the sky, at Frome, Somerset, (about 200 km. South of Hanley. “A Black Aurora.” English Mechanic, 77 (1903): 168.)]

1903 March 24 / B / Guernsey Star of / That a terrific cyclone reported from Tunis. [VIII; 1822. (Guernsey Star, March 24, 1903; not at BNA.)]

1903 March 24 / 1:30 p.m. / Derbyshire / terrifying rumbling sound and slight shock / Echo 24-3-4. [VIII; 1823. (Not Liverpool Echo; Echo, March 24, 1903, p. 3 c. 4.)]

1903 March 24 / Don't want this. / Tremendous explosive sound supposed to be thunder in a rainstorm at Boggabri, N.S. Wales, and a “sulphurous flame” struck the ground. / Syd Morn Herald, 26th. [VIII; 1824.1. "The Weather." Sydney Morning Herald, March 26, 1903, 8 c, 2-3. ""After about an inch of rain had fallen today [Tuesday] up to 6 p.m., I was walking with a friend to the post and telegraph office, and when within four or five yards of the office a heavy clap of thunder directly overhead seemed to almost split the heavens asunder, and directly in front of us a sulphurous flame struck the ground within three feet and burst into innumerable sparks. The report sent us dizzy for a few moments. The smell of sulphur was most pronounced, and the officials in the post and telegraph office were quite bewildered for a second or two."]

1903 March 24 / —1:30 p.m. / ab 1:45 p.m. / ab 5 p.m. / May 3 / 9:22 p.m. / Derby qs / Geol. Mag 1904-536. [VIII; 1824.2. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 536.]

1903 March 25 / [LT], 11-c / q. / Midland. [VIII; 1825. “Earthquake Shocks in the Midlands.” London Times, March 25, 1903, p. 11 c. 3.]

1903 March 25 / q / Symons 38-87. [VIII; 1826. “Meteorological News and Notes.” Symons's Meteorological Magazine, 38 (June 1903): 87.]

1903 March 25 / qs / England / Germany / Italy / volc / St Vincent. [VIII; 1827. (Refs.???)]

1903 March 26 / Sound / 5 p.m. / at Bingara / Sound like thunder and earth-tremors / Sydney Morning Post 27-4-6. [VIII; 1828. (Sydney Morning Post, March 27, 1903, p. 4 c. 6.)]

1903 March 27 / Vesuvius again increasing. / Nature, Ap. 2, p. 519. [VIII; 1829. “Notes.” Nature, 67 ( April 2, 1903): 517-521, at 519. The Vesuvius volcano.]

1903 March 27 / Ac to a Melbourne police constable, a shock at 10:12 p.m. “A loud report, affecting the atmosphere as if an explosion had taken place in the near vicinity. / (Melb. Argus) / A police sergeant's idea was that guns were firing in the bay. [VIII; 1830. (Melbourne Argus, ca. March 27, 1903; not found.)]

1903 March 27 / Detonations / See March 28. / Melbourne / The Age—29-11-1 / That night of the 27th (10:30 ) p.m. a “mysterious dull explosion” had been heard in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and had set the houses trembling. The sound seemed to be everywhere. The general impression was that it was subterranean. But Age, March 30-6-1—the Government Astronomer is quoted—“Judging from the reports received, the disturbance seems to have been conveyed through the air rather than through the ground. It can hardly, therefore, be called a seismic disturbance.” Said that the seismographs at the Observatory made no record of it. Also flashes were seen in the sky at the time—“lightning” in the language of the writer in the Age. It is said that the sound might have been caused by the fall of an aerolite into the sea. / Elsewhere us this issue of the Age, that upon the 29th at 3:30 p.m. again was heard “the mysterious explosion, a heavy, dull report, followed by rumbling sounds”. “The official on duty at the Observatory described the noise as an overhead explosion.” Said that the appearance of the sky at the time disposed of any suggestion that the sound could have been thunder. [VIII: 1831.1 to 1831.7. “A Supposed Earthquake.” The Age, (Melbourne), March 28, 1903, p. 11 c. 7. “The Suppositius Earthquake.” The Age, (Melbourne), March 30, 1903, p. 6 c. 1.]

1903 March 27 / In Age, Ap. 13-6-7, said that in a paddock near Numurkah an aerolite had been found. Thought been lying there many years, because the surface worn by rain. / Of course, might been worn by friction. [VIII; 1832. “An Aerolite Found.” The Age, (Melbourne), April 13, 1903, p. 6 c. 7.]

1903 March 28 / Australia phe / See July 14. [VIII; 1833. See: (July 14).]

1903 March 28 / Op. Mars / (Al). [VIII; 1834. Opposition of Mars. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1903, 575.]

1903 March 28 (?) / (Mars—Op.) / [source unidentified], 12-f] / Comet. [VIII; 1835. (Unidentified source, 12-f.)]

1903 March 28 / Dust / At Hopetoun, Victoria, a severe dust storm. / Darkness at Boort. / See March 27. / At night at Hobson's Bay full of mud—all sails of ships found next morning chocolate covered. / The Age 30-5-8. [VIII; 1836. “A Great Storm.” The Age, (Melbourne), March 30, 1903, p. 5 c. 8.]

1903 March 28 / Victoria / Red Rain / Victorian Naturalist 20/22 / Dust and col. rains back to West Indian eruptions of 1902, and falls of dust, Jan., 1902. [VIII; 1837. Chapman, Frederick, and, Grayson, Henry J. “On 'Red Rain,' with Special Reference to Its Occurrence in Victoria. With a Note on Melbourne Dust.” Victorian Naturalist, 20 (June 4, 1903): 20-32, at 22.]

1903 March 28 / Red rain at St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, remarkable for the number of diatoms found in it—about 25 species observed—Nature 68-374. [VIII; 1838. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (August 20, 1903): 372-376, at 374.]

1903 March 28 / Tremendous th storm in afternoon around Melbourne. At Brighton a child swept away into a drain. Argus—29th. [VIII; 1839. (Melbourne Argus, March 29, 1903.) “A Great Storm.” The Age, (Melbourne), March 30, 1903, p. 5 c. 8.]

1903 March 29 / second explosion in (27th). [VIII; 1840. See: 1903 March 27, (VIII: 1831).]

1903 March 30 / shock and rumbling sounds in afternoon at Port Darwin, / Age—Ap 2-6-5 / Same relation as Jan 22, 1902, and Nov. 13th, 1903. Port Darwin and dust in the south. [VIII; 1841. “Earthquake at Port Darwin.” The Age, (Melbourne), April 2, 1903, p. 6 c. 5. See: ( Jan 22, 1902, and Nov. 13th, 1903).]

1903 March 31 / 12:45 a.m. / q. / Jerusalem / BA 1911-52. [VIII; 1842. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 52.]

1903 March 31 / Trance / N.Y. Tribune, 4-3 / Salt Lake City / Bessie Knecht, aged 22, had been asleep 28 days. [C; 570. "Has Slept Twenty-Eight Days." New York Tribune, March 31, 1903, p. 4 c. 3. "Sleeping Girl Better." Salt Lake Herald, May 26, 1903, p. 5 c. 3. "Bessie Knecht Dead." Deseret Evening News, (Salt Lake City), November 9, 1903, p. 5 c. 3. Knecht began to improve, (only "partially conscious"), after 84 days of slumber, (when she could not be roused awake); but, she died in November, never fully recovering from a degenerative state, (blamed upon scarlet fever).]

1903 Ap. / 9:52 a.m. / At Warrnambool, Victoria, strong shock—tombstones in the cemetery thrown down. / Age 8-5-1 / Plaster shaken from walls—tank on top of a hotel broken and a flood. / On 8th a rumbling sound and q. [VIII; 1843. “An Alarming Earthquake.” The Age, (Melbourne), April 8, 1903, p. 6 c. 1-2.]

1903 Ap 2 / Edalji / See Feb. 2. [C; 572. See: 1903 Feb. 2, (C; 565).]

1903 Ap. 6 / 11:52 p.m.—Warrnambool, Victoria / Severe shock “accompanied by almost deafening noise resembling the discharge of heavy cannon. Chimneys fell. Cottages partly wrecked. Tombstones in a cemetery thrown down. Rept Australasian Assoc Ad Sci 10/ appendix / See July 14. [VIII: 1844.1, 1844.2. “Report of the Seismological Committee.” Report of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 10 (1904): Appendix, i-xvi, at v.]

1903 April 7 / Australia / 10:30 a.m. / Gladstone and Georgetown, South Australia/ A loud report and sharp vibrations. / Age 8-5-2. [VIII; 1845. “An Alarming Earthquake.” The Age, (Melbourne), April 8, 1903, p. 6 c. 1-2.]

1903 Ap. 6 / Sep 7, '71. [VIII; 1846. See: 1871 Sept 7, (IV; 511). Buss, Albert Alfred. "List of 25 exceptional Eruptive Prominences." Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 18 (1907-1908): 326.]

1903 Ap 9 / Destructive tornadoes / Arkansas and Alabama / N.Y. Trib, June 17-1-3. [VIII; 1847. "Great Losses of Life and Property This Year." New York Tribune, June 17, 1903, p. 1 c. 3-4.]

1903 Ap. 4 / ab. 2:30 a.m. / Church Stretton / Rumbling sound preceding shock / Geol Mag 1904-541. [VIII; 1848. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 541.]

1903 Ap 10 / Hypnotic Trance / N.Y. Trib, 6-3 / Dr. Lillinksjold, of Butte, Montana, sentenced to jail for 20 days for some small offense, hypnotized himself, saying that he would awaken at the end of the 20 days. So far efforts to awaken him had been unsuccessful. [C; 573. "The Talk of the Day." New York Tribune, April 10, 1903, p. 6 c. 4. A probable newspaper yarn.]

1903 (Ap 11) / Eclipse. / Eclipse / Moon of April 11, 1903, so black no details could be seen. [VIII; 1849. (Ref.???)]

1903 Ap. 13 / ab 11:50 a.m. / Hessle, near Hull / Yorkshire q / Geol Mag 1904-536. [VIII; 1850. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 536-537.]

1903 Ap 16 / Projection on Mars / M. Notices 65/836. [VIII; 1851. Molesworth, Percy Braybrooke. "Observations of Mars, 1903." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 65 (June 9, 1905): 825-841, at 836.]

1903 Ap 17-24 / in the week of / Moodus sounds / Trib 29-11-1. [VIII; 1852. "Moodus and Its Noises." New York Tribune, April 29, 1903, p. 11 c. 1.]

1903 April 19 / Dust in Böhmen und Nordmähren / Met Zeit 1903-328. [VIII; 1853. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 20 (1903): 268-285, at 272-273. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 20 (1903): 315-333, at 328. The latter article cited by Fort concerns the falls of dust and sand on February 22, 1903, (not April 19).]

1903 Ap. 19 / Sand / Germany / Met Zeit 20/272. [VIII; 1854. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 20 (1903): 268-285, at 272-273.]

[1903 Ap. 19 /] 1903 Ap. 20 / Another shock / S. Australia / Age 21-6-5. [VIII; 1855. “Shock in South Australia.” The Age, (Melbourne), April 21, 1903, p. 6 c. 5.]

1903 Ap. 21 and 22 / Maximum Lyrids moderate / Nature 68-270. [VIII; 1856. King, Alphonso. “The Lyrids, 1903.” Nature, 68 (July 23, 1903): 270.]

1903 Ap. 22 / Light of Nova Geminorum increasing. / Nature 68-16. [VIII; 1857. “Our Astronomical Column.” Nature, 68 (May 7, 1903): 16-17, at 16.]

1903 Ap. 22 / La Soufrière / Nature 68-66. [VIII; 1858. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (May 21, 1903): 64-68, at 66. The Soufrière St. Vincent volcano.]

1903 Ap. 25 / Trib, 3-5 / Mass. / q. / See Moodus preceding—Ap. 19. [VIII; 1859. "Earthquake in Massachusetts." New York Tribune, April 25, 1903, p. 3 c. 5. See: 1903 Ap 17-24, (VIII; 1852).]

1903 April [28] / Dr Henry Cate, prominent physician of Lakewood, N.J., disappeared while visiting in New York, and was found 4 months later in the Morgan House, Poughkeepsie, his mind almost a blank—disappeared again in N.Y., Dec 4, 1905—N.Y. Herald 9-3-3. [C; 571.1, 571.2. (New York Herald, April 9, 1903, p. 3 c. 3.) (New York Herald, December 27, 1905.) See: 1905 Dec. 4, (C: 1073 to 1076).]

1903 Ap. 29 / A side of a mt. slid down at Frank, Alberta, Canada. 56 lives. / NY Trib, June 17-1-3. [VIII; 1860. "Great Losses of Life and Property This Year." New York Tribune, June 17, 1903, p. 1 c. 3-4. Benko, Boris, and, Stead, Doug. “The Frank Slide: A Reexamination of the Failure Mechanism.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 35 (no. 2; 1998): 299–311. The rock slide at Turtle Mountain was probably due to its geology and the weather, with the mining of coal at its base being a possible trigger to the disaster.]

1903 Ap. 29 / Landslide in Rocky Mts in Alberta, near town of Frank. / A volcano reported—but was misunderstanding of the clouds of dust. / Nature 68-13. [VIII; 1863. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (May 7, 1903): 12-16, at 13. See: 1903 Ap. 29, (VIII; 1860).]

1903 Ap. 29 / (Cut) / (pebbles) / Eng. Mec 77/280. * [VIII; 1861. Godden, William. “Shower of Stones and of Rain.” English Mechanic, 77 (no. 1989; May 8, 1903): 280.]

1903 Ap. 29 / St. Clears / stones / Nothing in Carmarthen Journal. [VIII; 1862. “Storm of Stones.” Bournemouth Daily Echo, May 2, 1903, p. 3 c. 3. “Showers of strange stones have spread extraordinary consternation among the people of St. Clears, in Carmarthenshire. According to the statement of Mr. William Thomas, of Clarebrook, St. Clears, a respectable small farmer, his son was returning home with another lad little before eight on Wednesday evening when they were nearly frightened out of their wits by a shower of stones. Their story was not believed, and search party sent out.” “When he heard what they had to say Mr. Thomas started out to investigate for himself, and encountered precisely the same experiences—the weird 'snapping' of stones on the hard earth was all around him. Small stones fell sharply as he walked, and later on came areolites of much larger size. One stone crashed into a hedge, and he managed to secure it, and subsequently sent it to the geological department of Cardiff College. The stones are of a nature unknown in the district, says Mr. Thomas. 'They look as if they had been calcined, and they fell over an area of roughly about 400 square yards extent.'”

1903 Ap. 29 / severe shocks / Turkish Armenia / Nature 68-85, 108 / Town of Melazgerd destroyed—other places damaged. [VIII; 1864. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (May 28, 1903): 84-89, at 85. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (June 4, 1903): 106-111, at 108.]

1903 May 1 / [source unidentified], 4-4 / Penn / Powder explosion. [VIII; 1865. (Unidentified source, May 1, 1903, p. 4 c. 4.)]

1903 May 1 (ab) / May 15 (ab) / Edalji / See Feb. 2. [C; 574. See: 1903 Feb. 2, (C; 565).]

1903 May 3 / 9:20 p.m. / Shock near Derby / N.M. / Echo 5-3-3. [VIII; 1866. (Echo, 5-3-3.) “Earthquake in Derbyshire.” Yorkshire Evening Post, May 5, 1903, p. 4 c. 1.]

1903 May 3 / 9:30 p.m. / q. / Derbyshire / (N.M.) / Times, May 6. [VIII; 1867. “Earthquake Shock in Derbyshire.” London Times, May 6, 1903, p. 11 c. 6.]

1903 May 4 / (projection) / M Notices 65/836 / Cut. [VIII; 1868. Molesworth, Percy Braybrooke. "Observations of Mars, 1903." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 65 (June 9, 1905): 825-841, at 836.]

1903 May 4 / Cut / spot and stream of light on Mars / M. Notices 63/501. [VIII; 1869. Denning, William Frederick, "Recent Observations of Mars and Jupiter." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 63 (June 12, 1903): 499-503, at 501.]

1903 May 4 / A projection seen on terminator of Mars by Molesworth. “The phe[nomenon] was certainly real and not merely optical, as the seeing was very sharp.” / Mem. B.A.A. 16/59. [VIII; 1870. “Section for the Observation of the Mars. Part I: Prolegomena.” Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association, 16 (1910): 55-89, at 59.]

1903 May 5 / (Cut) / Pencoed (Glamorganshire) / intense darkness / Camb. Nat Ob. 1903/17 / Cambrian Natural Observer / Jour of the Astro Soc. of Wales.[VIII; 1871. (Cambrian Natural Observer, 1903-17.)]

[1903 May 7. Wrong date. See: 1903 May 17, (VIII; 1872).]

1903 May 7 / 2:38 p.m. / Shock in various parts of South Australia / The Age (Melbourne) 8-5-6. [VIII; 1873. (The Age, (Melbourne), May 8, 1903, p. 5 c. 6; not found here.)]

1903 May 8 / near Shrewsbury / 10:20 p.m. / slight q. / Geol M. 1904-541. [VIII; 1874. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 541.]

[1903 May 17 /] 1903 May 7 / Ilkley / 2 reports like distant explosions / Geol M. 1904-541. [VIII; 1872. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 541.]

1903 May 18 / 9:30 p.m. / Met over North Sea. Train visible 25 minutes. / Pubs Astro Soc Pacific 16-27 / See (May 18, 1903.) / Reported from Denmark and Norway. [VIII; 1875. Köhl, Thorvald. “Astronomical Observations in 1903.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 16 (no. 94; February 1904): 25-27, at 27. “This meteor passed over the North Sea, and left behind a curious turning and winding train, which remained visible for twenty-five minutes.” See: 1904 May 18, (VIII; 2113).]

[1903 May 25-27 /] 1903 May 20-7 / (L) / Spot / Mars / (104) / D-187 / Nature, etc. [VIII; 1876. The note copies information from page 187 of The Book of the Damned. Lowell, Percival. "Projection on Mars." Lowell Observatory, Bulletin, no.1 (1903): 1-4. The projection was first noticed by Slipher on May 25, (not May 20).]

1903 May 25 / See back 95? / Luminous obj or cloud that seen by Lowell and Slipher to move 7 degrees in lat and 8 in long. / Lowell Observatory Bull., no. 1. [VIII; 1877. Lowell, Percival. "Projection on Mars." Lowell Observatory, Bulletin, no.1 (1903): 1-4. See: (1895???).]

1903 May 27 / Cosmos, NS, 48/803 / Dust on large part of Iceland, Came from a reddish cloud that came from the south-west—that is the region of Hecla—turned the snow on the mountains reddish—composed of vitreous particles. / C.R. 136-1714. [VIII; 1878. Meunier, Stanislas. "Pluie de poussière récemment observée en Islande." Comptes Rendus, 136 (1903): 1713-1714.]

1903 May 27 / Volc eruption in Iceland / N.Y. Trib, June 2-2-5. [VIII; 1879.1. "Iceland Volcano Active." New York Tribune, June 2, 1903, p. 2 c. 5. The Bárðarbunga was in eruption from December, 1902, to June, 1903.]

1903 May 27 / Fall of dust and next cinders / Cosmos, N.S., 48/803 / 49/ 31 / said rains in Iceland. [VIII; 1879.2. Hamon, Y. “Pluie de poussières.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.), 48 (June 27, 1903): 803. “Éruptions volcaniques en Islande.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.), 49 (July 11, 1903): 31.]

1903 May 27 / Bet 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.—from a reddish cloud, coming from south, or direction of Hecla, a gray powder fell upon a large part of Iceland. / C.R. 136-1714. [VIII; 1880. Meunier, Stanislas. "Pluie de poussière récemment observée en Islande." Comptes Rendus, 136 (1903): 1713-1714.]

1903 May 27, period / Hecla—and dust fell on a ship 30 miles from Iceland. / Nature 68-108. [VIII; 1881. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (June 4, 1903): 106-111, at 108.]

1903 May 29 / [LT], 3-e / Projections / Mars. [VIII; 1882. “Astronomical Discovery.” London Times, May 29, 1903, p. 3 c. 5.]

1903 May 30 / Floods / Kansas, Missouri, Des Moines rivers / N.Y. Trib, June 17-1-3. [VIII; 1883. "Great Losses of Life and Property This Year." New York Tribune, June 17, 1903, p. 1 c. 3-4.]

1903 May 30 / Ext rains / Kansas, Mo., Neb. / Nature 68-108. [VIII; 1884. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (June 4, 1903): 106-111, at 108.]

1903 June / For drought, see M.W.R. [VIII; 1885. “The Droughts of 1901-3.” Monthly Weather Review, 31 (no. 7; July 1903): 336-338.]

1903 June 1 / Destructive Tornado. / Georgia / Nature 68-108. [VIII; 1886. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (June 4, 1903): 106-111, at 108.]

1903 June 1 / Tornado / Gainesville, Ga. / 100 lives / ½ million dollars / NY Trib 7-1-3. [VIII; 1887. "Great Losses of Life and Property This Year." New York Tribune, June 17, 1903, p. 1 c. 3-4.]

1903 June 1 / 8:35 p.m. / Dazzling meteor / W to E over Catskill, N.Y. / “The body of the meteor appeared to be 100 feet in diameter." / NY Trib, June 2-3-1. [VIII; 1888. "Meteor Flashes Over Catskill." New York Tribune, June 2, 1903, p. 3 c. 1.]

1903 June 5 / Saratoga / Dark Day / Sc Am 112-229. [VIII; 1889. Talman, Charles Fitzhugh. "Dark Days and Forest Fires." Scientific American, n.s., 112 (March 6, 1915): 229.]

1903 June 6 / 3s / 8:10 / North Wales / also Skerries, in Co. Dublin / 3 distinct shocks / traced to artillery practice in Liverpool a distance of 128 miles / Geol Mag., 1904-542. [VIII; 1890. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 542.]

1903 June 6 / Great storm / Ohio Valley / broke drought / worked northeast / Trib 8-6-2. [VIII; 1891. "Welcome Rain." New York Tribune, June 8, 1903, p. 6 c. 2.]

1903 June 6, 7 / Rain fell practically all over N.Y. and N.J. States, ending a drought of 52 days. / N.Y. Trib 8-1-3 / No rain in Maine, Little hope for crops. [VIII; 1892. "Ends Fifty-Two Days' Drouth." New York Tribune, June 8, 1903, p. 1 c. 3-4 & p. 2 c. 3.]

1903 June 6 / Cloudburst / Clifton, S.C. / 58 lives lost / NY Trib 17-1-3. [VIII; 1893. "Great Losses of Life and Property This Year." New York Tribune, June 17, 1903, p. 1 c. 3-4.]

1903 June 6 / June, ab 27 / Edalji / See Feb. 2. [C; 575. See: 1903 Feb. 2, (C; 565).]

1903 June 7 / Rhode Island / Long drought broken / 1st rain in ab 6 weeks at Boston / Trib 8-2-2, 3. [VIII; 1894. "Pastor Grateful For Rain." New York Tribune, June 8, 1903, p. 2 c. 2. "Rains at Last in Boston." New York Tribune, June 8, 1903, p. 3 c. 3.]

1903 June 7 / Floods / St Louis / highest water mark since May 19, 1858 / NY Trib, June 8, 1903. [VIII; 1895. "Highest Since 1858." New York Tribune, June 8, 1903, p. 1 c. 5.]

1903 June 13 / Off Asbury Park, N.J., a waterspout / N.Y. Trib 15-1-5. [VIII; 1896. "Waterspout Off Jersey." New York Tribune, June 15, 1903, p. 1 c. 5.]

1903 June 14 / Heppner, Oregon / Cloudburst—no less than 500 lives lost / N.Y. Trib 17-1-3. [VIII; 1897. "Great Losses of Life and Property This Year." New York Tribune, June 17, 1903, p. 1 c. 3-4. Modern figures note a death toll of 247 persons due to the flash flood at Heppner.]

1903 June 14 / Heppner, Oregon / Trib, 17-1-3 / Coffins rushed from Portland and Spokane. 150 bodies buried by 16th—Flood so sudden, no one could save anything. ¾ of the town destoryed. / June 16 / Floods along Rio Grande in Texas / Trib 17-2-6. [VIII: 1898.1, 1898.2. "Great Losses of Life and Property This Year." New York Tribune, June 17, 1903, p. 1 c. 3-4. "Death List Growing." New York Tribune, June 17, 1903, p. 1 c. 4 & p. 2 c. 5. "El Paso Safe From Rio Grande." New York Tribune, June 17, 1903, p. 2 c. 6.]

1903 June 14 / Heppner, Oregon / Clbrst / The town was in a gulch. A heavy th. storm, and a downpour turned the little stream in gulch to a torrent 400 feet wide. 300 persons drowned. / Nature 68-159. [VIII; 1899. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (June 18, 1903): 158-163, at 159.]

1903 June 14 / 3 quick explosions / S. Africa / (See q's.) / Jour. Roy Met 30/56 / No met seen. Sound as if of particles falling—like hail-like sounds in q's”. / C[note cut off]. [VIII: 1900.1, 1900.2. (Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30-56.)]

1903 June 15 / Montana / dispatch dated 15th / 2 cloudbursts in Montana / N.Y. Trib 16-1-5. [VIII; 1901. "Five Hundred Drowned." New York Tribune, June 16, 1903, p. 1 c. 5-6.]

1903 June 16—etc. / 3 a.m. / Barnard at Yerkes—decidedly bright spot on Saturn. / Pop Astro 11-389. [VIII; 1902. Wilson, Herbert Couper. “Planet Notes for September and October.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 7; August-September 1903): 387-389, at 389, (illustration).]

1903 June 19 / At Bethesda, North Wales, 10:08 am, rumbling sounds and concussion. Slighter tremors—10:12; 10:16; 10:19 10:27; 11:11. These shocks felt in Carnarvon and Anglesey and far as Isle of Man. / Nature 68-180. [VIII; 1903. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (June 25, 1903): 179-183, at 180.]

1903 June 19 / ab 4:25 a.m. / Derby q's / 10:04 / 10:09 / 10:12 / 10:16 / 11:08 / 21—8:06 a.m. / Geol Mag 1904-536. [VIII; 1904. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 536. This was the date, with the times, of the Carnarvon quakes, (not the Derby quakes).]

1903 June 20 / Rich Mt. / Nor Car / See 1829. / 5th [meteorite] to fall / May 14, 1874 / May 24, 1892 / July 18, 1889 / Oct 31, 1849. [VIII; 1905. See: 1829 May 8, (I: 1464, 1465, & 1469); 1849 Oct 31, (II: 1329 & 1330); 1849 Nov 1, (II; 1331); 1874 May 14, (IV; 1435 & 1437); 1889 July 18, (VI; 1849); and, May 24, 1892, (VII; 500.) / July 18, 1889 [1889 July 18 / Ferguson, Nor. Car., (VI; 1849). Farrington, Oliver Cummings. "Catalogue of the Meteorites of North America, to January 1, 1909. Memoirs of the National Academy of Science, 13 (1915): 1-513, at 378-380. These are the Forsyth (1829), Monroe (1849), (Castalia (1874), Cross Roads (1892), and Rich Mountain (1903) meteorites.]

1903 June 20 / [LT]. 14-e / q. / N. Wales. [VIII; 1906. “Earthquake Shocks in North Wales.” London Times, June 20, 1903, p. 14 c. 5.]

1903 June 21 / Trib, 1-4 / Dynamite in Ohio exploded by lightning. [VIII; 1907. "Six Killed, Score Hurt." New York Tribune, June 21, 1904, p. 1 c. 4.]

1903 June 23 / Conspicuous white spot on Saturn, by Barnard / Observatory 26/303 / on ball / Nature 68/ July 1. [VIII; 1908. “A Telegram received through the Kiel Agency....” Observatory, 26 (1903): 303. “Our Astronomical Column.” Nature, 68 (July 2, 1903): 207-208. See: 1903 July 1, (VIII; 1925).]

1903 June 26 / morning / Violent shock / Erlau, Hungary / Nature 68-205. [VIII; 1909. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (July 2, 1903): 205-207, at 205.]

1903 June 26 / Iowa / objects or spouts / M. W Rev 1903/282. [VIII; 1910. “An Incipient Tornado in Iowa.” Monthly Weather Review, 31 (no. 6; June 1903): 282-283.]

1903 June 28 / (Trib), 9-4 / Peculiar snow storms. [VIII; 1911. De Voe, A.J. "Curious Weather Phenomenon." New York Tribune, June 28, 1903, p. 9 c. 4. "Fifteen years ago he had charge of a
cattle ranch out in Montana; and, knowing that I was interested in the weather, he told me what
he had seen. He spoke as follows: 'The most singular snowstorm which I ever saw occurred in
February, 1889. When we got up in the morning, it was snowing hard. Our house and barn stood
in the valley, and about 10 o'clock I told the men that I would take a walk and see if any of the cattle had strayed off. As I walked up the hill the storm lightened, and when I reached an elevation of about twenty feet I found the sky clear, and the sun was shining brightly, yet that snowstorm continued in the valley all day. Can you explain that?'"]

1903 June 28 / Remarkable meteor / Astronomische Nat 2904 (Gotz) 1905. [VIII; 1912. (Astronomische Nachrichten, 1905 (2904).)]

1903 June 29 / Colima, Mexico, still in eruption. / NY Trib 30-6-6. [VIII; 1913. "Mount Colima Still in Eruption." New York Tribune, June 30, 1903, p. 6 c. 6. The Colima volcano.]

1903 June 29 / Uberaba, Brazil / (F). [VIII; 1914. Fletcher, 107. This is the Uberaba meteorite.]

1903 June 30 / Kermichel, Morbihan, France. / (F). [VIII; 1915. Fletcher, 107. This is the date when the phenomena of the Kermichel meteorite was observed, but the meteorite was not found until 1911. See: 1911 Ap. 10, (IX; 1942).]

1903 June 30 / Metite said fallen in France. Not found till Ap 10, 1911. / See. [VIII; 1916. See: 1911 Ap. 10, (IX; 1942). This is the Kermichel meteorite.]

1903 June 30 / 8:52 p.m. / Bridport / twilight meteor / Observatory 26-330. [VIII; 1917. Johnson, S.J. “Twilight Fireball.” Observatory, 26 (1903): 330-331.]

1903 June 30 / Trib, 1-4 / Cloudburst / N.Y. City. [VIII; 1918. "Almost a Cloudburst." New York Tribune, June 30, 1903, p. 1 c. 4.]

1903 / summer / Scarcity frogs, toads, birds / England / See Field Index. [VIII; 1919. (Field Index, 1919; not at BNA.)]

1903 July 1 / 1:16 a.m. / Bala (Eng) / q / Scot. Mag 1904-536 / Wales. [VIII; 1924. (Scot. Magazine, 1904-536.)]

1903 July 1 / See July 9. / See June 23. / Spot on Saturn rings / Nature, 68-229. [VIII; 1925. Denning, William Frederick. “White Spot on Saturn.” Nature, 68 (July 9, 1903): 229.  Denning, William Frederick. “The Markings and Rotation Period of Saturn.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 1; January 1904): 40-45, at 43. “On July 1st the writer, at Bristol (unaware of previous observations), noticed a bright spot on Saturn which must have been central at about 14h 1m, though it had passed to some distance west of the central meridian when first seen. This object was subsequently assumed to be identical with Barnard's spot of June 23rd, for eighteen rotations of 10h 14½m would accord well with the interval elapsed between the pair of transits, but further observations disclosed the surprising fact that the new markings were moving far too slowly to be consistent with the usually accepted rate of Saturn's rotation.” Saturn's observed rotation rate remains a puzzle, today, with system I (in the equatorial and polar regions) being 10h 14m and system II (for other regions) being 10h 38m 25.4s. See: 1903 June 23, (VIII; 1908), and, 1903 July 9, (VIII; 1929).]

1903 July 4 / Trib, 16-2 / Cyclone / Chester, Pa. [VIII; 1926. "Cyclone Strikes Chester, Penn." New York Tribune, July 4, 1903, p. 16 c. 2.]

1903 July 4 / Clburst at Serre, near Briancon / Daily Messenger (Paris), 6th. [VIII; 1927. (Daily Messenger, (Paris), July 6, 1903.)]

1903 July 6 / Trib., 1-6 / Cloudburst / Penn. [VIII; 1928. "Caught in a Valley." New York Tribune, July 6, 1903, p. 1 c. 6. & p. 2 c. 1.]

1903 July 9 / See June 23. / White spot on Saturn / Nature 68/247 / See July 12. [VIII; 1929. Denning, William Frederick. “Another White Spot on Saturn.” Nature, 68 (July 16, 1903): 247. See: 1903 June 23, (VIII; 1908), and, 1903 July 12, (VIII; 1931).]

1903 July 9 / 11:37 a.m. / Slight shock / Cape Town / 12:06 p.m. / heaviest shock in 20 years / L.T. 10-3-c. [VIII; 1930. “Earthquake at the Cape.” London Times, July 10, 1903, p. 3 c. 5.]

1903 July 12 / (Trib), (S)-9-3 / Saturn white spot / See July 9. [VIII; 1931. "White Spot on Saturn." New York Tribune, July 12, 1903, supplement, p. 9 c. 3-4. See: 1903 July 9, (VIII; 1929).]

1903 July 12 / San Albano, Pavia, Italy / (F). [VIII; 1932. Fletcher, 107. This is the Valdinizza meteorite.]

1903 July 14 / See Ap. 6. / 10:27½ a.m. / Warrnambool, Victoria / Most severe shock. Widespread damage to proerty. N.E. and S.W. Accompanied by terrifying sounds resembling rolling thunder. / Rept. Australasian Assoc Ad. og Sci 10/ appendix. [VIII: 1933.1, 1933.2. (“Report of the Seismological Committee.” Report of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 10 (1904): Appendix, i-xvi.)]

1903 July 17 / Streaton and Mendotte, Ill. / Destructive tornado / NY Sun 18-1-5. [VIII; 1934. “Nine Killed by Tornado.” New York Sun, July 18, 1903, p. 1 c. 5.]

1903 July 19 / See Aug 9 and July 26. / (Venus) / Sept. [VIII; 1935. See: (July 26), (Aug 9), and (Sept.)]

1903 July 19 / Bohemia / hailstones, some ½ pound / enormous damage / D. Messenger of 23rd (Paris). [VIII; 1936. (Daily Messenger, (Paris), July 23, 1903.)]

1903 July 21 / 1:40 a.m. / Severe shock / St. Vincent / D. Messenger (Paris), 23rd / Nature 68-277. [VIII; 1937. (Daily Messenger, (Paris), July 23, 1903.) “Notes.” Nature, 68 (July 23, 1903): 277-278, at 277.]

1903 July 21 / NY Trib 23-2-1 / Greenwich, Conn. / George E. Minor, N.Y. lawyer, offices at 115 Broadway. Pushing his bicycle along a road—“a strange form” tried to pull bicycle from him—face strikingly resembled a friend of his who had died. [C; 576. "His Experience With a Ghost." New York Tribune, July 23, 1903, p. 2 c. 1.]

1903 July 22 / (and August (?)) / Ascending rocket lightning / India / Nature 68/599 / 69/30, 375, 224. / E 20. [VIII; 1938. “Rocket Lightning.” Nature, 68 (October 22, 1903): 599. Everett, Joseph David. “Rocket Lightning.” Nature, 69 (November 12, 1903): 30. “Rocket Lightning.” Nature, 69 (January 7, 1904): 224. “Notes.” Nature, 69 (February 18, 1904): 374-377, at 375.]

1903 July 22 / After several days activity, Vesuvius violent. / D. Messenger, Paris, 23rd. [VIII; 1939. (Daily Messenger, (Paris), July 23, 1903.)]

1903 July 23 / Cyclone / Paterson, N.J. [VIII; 1940. (Ref.???)]

1903 July 24 / Lowell, Mass / great explosion / Amer. Cartridge Co. Magazine. [VIII; 1941. (Ref.???)]

1903 July 24 / q in California / violent in Glenn Co. / N.Y. Sun 25-1-4. [VIII; 1942. “Sharp Shock in California.” New York Sun, July 25, 1903, p. 1 c. 4.]

1903 July 26 / See Aug 9 and July 26. [VIII; 1943. See: (July 26), and (Aug 9).]

1903 July 26, 27, 28 / Severe shocks and rumblings / Granada, Spain / L.T., Aug 3-4-b. [VIII; 1944. “Earthquakes on the Continent.” London Times, August 3, 1903, p. 4 c. 2.]

1903 July 28 / Myst disease—Cambridge. [C; 577. (Refs.???)]

1903 July 28 / Trib, 4-5 / Killed by lightning from clear sky. [C; 578. "Fatal Bolt From Clear Sky." New York Tribune, July 28, 1903, p. 4 c. 5.]

1903 July 29 / Vesuvius / activity increasing / N.Y. Sun 30-1-6. [VIII; 1945. “Vesuvius More Active.” New York Sun, July 30, 1903, p. 1 c. 6. The Vesuvius volcano.]

1903 July 31 / 8:43 p.m. / (G.M.T.) / small shock and loud rumbling sound / Nature 68-389 / Kimberley, S. Af. [VIII; 1946. Sutton, John R. “An Earthquake Shock at Kimberley.” Nature, 68 (August 27, 1903): 389.]

1903 July 31 / at Filattiera and Mulazzo, Italy / Severe shocks / L.T. Aug 3-4-b. [VIII; 1947. “Earthquakes on the Continent.” London Times, August 3, 1903, p. 4 c. 2.]

1903 Aug / bread-eating ghost / Jour. Soc. 11/171. [C; 579. “The Wasting Loaves at Raikes Farm, Beverley.” Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 11 (January 1904): 171-176, (only page 171 available online). (London Daily Express, August 24, 1903.) (London Daily Express, August 31, October 13, October 15, 1903.) (Miller, September 7, 1903.)]

1903 Aug 2 / Colima, Mexico, in eruption. / N.Y. Trib 3-2-4. [VIII; 1948. "Colima in Eruption." New York Tribune, August 3, 1903, p. 2 c. 4. The Colima volcano.]

1903 Aug 2 / 10:50 p.m. / Severest shock in years, in Central California / N.Y. Sun 4-1-6. [VIII; 1949. “Heavy Earthquake Shock.” New York Sun, August 4, 1903, p. 1 c. 6.]

1903 Aug 7 / N.Y. Sun, 1-2 / Wrecking of an unknown ship, cut in two, off east end of L. Island. [VIII; 1950. “Vessel Cut in Two.” New York Sun, August 7, 1903, p. 1 c. 2.]

1903 Aug 8 / Destructive hurricane / Martinique / Nature 68-350 / night, 10-11—Jamaica, p. 372. [VIII; 1951. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (August 13, 1903): 349-353, at 350. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (August 20, 1903): 372-376, at 372.]

1903 Aug 9 / (obj) / Cosmos, N.S., 49/259 / M. Desmoulins writes from Argenteuil that upon (dimanche) at 11 p.m. he had seen in the sky, going from north to south, a luminous object, in slow uniform motion. He had watched it vingtain [20] minutes with naked eye. The thing looked like a light suspended from a balloon, but through glasses nothing of a balloon could be seen. It was a red light, with greatest intensity in its nucleus. Seemed travel 5 or 6 kilometres in vin[g]t-minutes. With him were four other persons who watched the object, one of them having glasses. / Editor adds a note—that other correspondents had seen this object—and if not something carried in a balloon, it was inexplicable. [VIII: 1952.1 to 1952.4. Desmoulins. “Un phénomène à expliquer.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.), 49 (August 29, 1903): 259. The editor also noted that this object had been observed on two previous Sundays, (July 19 and 26, 1903).]

1903 Aug 9 / 10:08 p.m. / Violent shock. / panic / Lisbon / L.T. 10-4-b. [VIII; 1953. “Earthquake in Portugal.” London Times, August 10, 1903, p. 4 c. 2.]

1903 Aug 9 / evening / shocks / Lisbon / preceded by hot wind / L.T. 11-3-f. [VIII; 1954. “The Earthquake in Portugal.” London Times, August 11, 1903, p. 3 c. 6.]

1903 Aug 10 / Hurricane / Jamaica / L.T. 11-3-c. [VIII; 1955. “Hurricane in Jamaica.” London Times, August 11, 1903, p. 3 c. 3.]

1903 Aug 11 / Destruction of Georgetown, on Grand Cayman Island, B.W.I., by cyclone, / L.T. 31-3-b. [VIII; 1956. “The Hurricane in the West Indies.” London Times, August 31, 1903, p. 3 c. 1-2.]

1903 Aug 12 / Severe shocks / Mendoza, Argentina / L.T. 14-3-f. [VIII; 1957. “The Earthquakes in Argentina.” London Times, August 14, 1903, p. 3 c. 6.]

1903 Aug 10-11 / night / Hurricane wiped out towns. / Jamaica / N.Y. Sun 13-1-4 / 263, 205/ 331 / 402 / 401 / 403 / 538 / 3. [VIII; 1958. “Jamaican Towns Wiped Out.” New York Sun, August 13, 1903, p. 1 c. 4.]

1903 Aug 11 / ab. 5:30 a.m. / Shocks, Italy and Sicily / 5:33 a.m. / shock, Malta / L.T. 12-3-f. [VIII; 1959. “Earthquakes on the Continent.” London Times, August 12, 1903, p. 3 c. 6.]

1903 Aug 9 / Lisbon / Aug 11—Malta and Sicily / q's / Nature 68-350. [VIII; 1960. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (August 13, 1903): 349-353, at 350.]

1903 Aug 11 / Destructive q. / Greece / D. Messenger (Paris), Aug. 19 / Morning / L.T. 12-3-f. [VIII; 1961. (Daily Messenger, (Paris), August 19, 1903.) “Earthquakes on the Continent.” London Times, August 12, 1903, p. 3 c. 6.]

1903 Aug 11 / Destructive q. / Greece / BA 1911-49. [VIII; 1962. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 49.]

1903 Aug 14 / Trib, 2-3 / 15-1-4 / 17-3-1 / 24-2-1 / 25-2-5 / 27-2-3 / 28-3-2 / 29-2-6 / Vesuvius. [VIII; 1963. "Vesuvius More Active." New York Tribune, August 14, 1903, p. 2 c. 3. "Terror Near Vesuvius." New York Tribune, August 15, 1903, p. 1 c. 4. "More Vesuvian Lava." New York Tribune, August 17, 1903, p. 3 c. 1. "Vesuvius Again Active." New York Tribune, August 24, 1903, p. 2 c. 1. "New Fissures in Vesuvius." New York Tribune, August 25, 1903, p. 2 c. 5. "Vesuvius Spouts Fire." New York Tribune, August 27, 1903, p. 2 c. 3. "Vesuvius Quieting Down." New York Tribune, August 28, 1903, p. 3 c. 2. "Another Vesuvian Outburst." New York Tribune, August 29, 1903, p. 2 c. 6.]

1903 Aug 19 / Bethel, Ohio, the 3rd black rain in the year / fell also at Laurel, Clermont Co. / M.W.R. 31-536. [VIII; 1964. “Black Rain in Clermont County, Ohio, August 19, 1903.” Monthly Weather Review, 31 (no. 11; November 1903): 536.]

1903 Aug 20 / 10 h., 34 m / On Jupiter a white spot of extraordinary splendor. / Bull Soc Astro de F, Oct, 1903. / By Brenner. [VIII: 1965.1, 1965.2. “Tache blanche sur Jupiter.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 17 (1903.): 456.]

1903 Aug 21 / Aurora / Pop Astro / 534, 578 / vol 11. [VIII; 1966. Coit, Judson Boardman. “The Aurora of August 21, 1903.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 10; December 1903): 534-536. Williamsen, Andrew Woods. “An Auroral Arch.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 10; December 1903): 578.]

1903 (Aug 21) / Auroral Arch / See Pop. Astro, vol. 12. [VIII; 1967. “Auroral Band.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 1; January 1904): 65. Allen, O.A. “Auroral Band, Lincoln, Ill.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 1; January 1904): 65. “Auroral Arch, Aug. 21, 1903.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 3; March 1904): 218.]

1903 Aug 22 / Aurora and sun. / Cape Breton / 12:45 a.m. / At a point opposite the sun a free space, roughly circular in outline. Toward this space the streams of auroral light converged “at a point which I should think would be opposite the sun. / Dr. Alexander Graham Bell / Pop Sci Mo. 64/87. [VIII: 1968.1, 1968.2. Bell, Alexander Graham. “The Aurora Borealis of August 21.” Popular Science Monthly, 64 (November 1903): 87-88.]

1903 Aug 22 / Vesuvius increasing, / Nature 68-395. [VIII; 1969. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (August 27, 1903): 394-397, at 395.]

1903 Aug 26 / Sudden eruption of Vesuvius. / NY Trib 27-2-3. [VIII; 1970. "Vesuvius Spouts Fire." New York Tribune, August 27, 1903, p. 2 c. 3.]

1903 Aug 27 / eruption of Vesuvius slowly increasing. / N.Y. Trib 28-3-2. [VIII; 1971. "Vesuvius Quieting Down." New York Tribune, August 28, 1903, p. 3 c. 2. "Slowly decreasing," (not increasing).]

1903 Aug 27 / Vesuvius still active. / N.Y. Sun 28-1-2. / 460. [VIII; 1972. “Vesuvius Still Active.” New York Sun, August 28, 1903, p. 1 c. 2. The Vesuvius volcano.]

1903 Aug 27 / Trib, 5-2 / Powder explosion. [VIII; 1973. "Exploded Twice in a Month." New York Tribune, August 27, 1903, p. 5 c. 2.]

1903 Aug 29 / Eruption of the Waimangu geyser—4 lives lost. / N. Zealand / Nature 68-420. [VIII; 1974. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (September 3, 1903): 420-424, at 420.]

1903 Sept / (?) Sumatra / the psycho—stones. [C; 580. (Refs.???)]

1903 Sept 5 / at De Rochefort / 10 a.m. / Sound like cannon fire and slight q—Bull Astro de F., Oct, 1903. [VIII; 1975. “Tremblements de terre en France.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, October, 1903.): 461.]

1903 Sept 13 / (Shock) / D. Messenger (Paris) of / Robert Bell and two of his cousins walking in a coal mine near Coatbridge, Scotland. They received a shock, powerful. Seemed electric. Two of them died. Other parts of the mine, lighted by electricity, but not a wire in this part. [C; 581.1, 581.2. (Daily Messenger (Paris), September 13, 1903.)]

1903 Sept 14 / [LT], 5-c / Sunspot. [VIII; 1976. “Sun Spot.” London Times, September 14, 1903, p. 5 c. 3.]

1903 Sept. 17 / Inf. conjunction Venus. [VIII; 1977. Inferior conjunction of Venus. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1903, 576.]

1903 Sept. 21 / The Scott eclipse / Antarctic / (D-219). [VIII; 1978. The note copies information from pages 219 and 220 of The Book of the Damned. Scott, Robert Falcon. Voyage of the Discovery. London: Macmillan, 1905, v. 2, 214-215.]

1903 Sept 20-21 / P. Ladies / England / See Col, July 1. [VIII; 1979. See: (July 1); 1903 Sept, (VIII; 1921); 1903 Sept 20 and 21, (VIII; 1922); and, 1903 Nov. 4, (VIII; 1923).]

1903 Sept 22 / 2 shocks / Canaries / Nature 68-529. [VIII; 1980. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (October 1, 1903): 528-531, at 529.]

1903 Sept 22 / night / 2 violent shocks / Blidah / Nature 68-529. [VIII; 1981. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (October 1, 1903): 528-531, at 529.]

1903 Sept 23, etc. / at Harrow, Weald / Another case of abundance of both Plusia G. and V. Cardui, and writer wonders if another migration like 1879. / Entomologist 36-316 / Both seen in Norfolk on 17th, etc. / p. 293. [VIII: 1920.1, 1920.2. Webster, H.G. "Pyrameis Cardui at Electric Light." Entomologist, 36 (November 1903): 293. Clarke, Herbert H. "Pyrameis Cardui, &c., in Kent." Entomologist, 36 (November 1903): 293. Barker, H.W. "Pyrameis Cardui and Plusia Gamma." Entomologist, 36 (November 1903): 293-294. Rowland-Brown, H. "Coincidence of Pyrameis Carrdui and Plusia Gamma." Entomologist, 36 (December 1903): 316.]

1903 Sept / England / Scarcity of Colias Edusa (Clouded Yellow Butterfly) noted. / Reverse of swarms from other world? / Ent Mo Mag 2/14/25/4 / p. 289. / W.E. Clark writes of, at Kentish Knock Lightship, North Sea, 21 miles NE mouth of Thames, many insects, especially mentions Vanessa, Plusia Gamma and swarms of Vanessa Cardui in and around London, p. 282. / See Field, etc., for scarcity of Edusa in 1879. [VIII: 1921.1 to 1921.4. (Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, 2/14/25/4 p. 289, & p. 282.) (Field, etc., re: 1879 "Cardui year" in 1879 no trace of butterflies, ac to Frohhawk article.)]

1903 Sept. 20 and 21 / In Yorkshire, swarms of P. Ladies coincided with annual arrival of redstarts, wheatears, and other small birds. On 28th and 29th, many P. L's and P. Gamma moths. / A great invasion reached coast of England from Durham to Kent. / Field, Oct. 10 / Between Sept 20 and Oct 10, large numbers appeared in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. / Field, Oct. 17 / For an article, see p. 843. / Great flight of them at Nice, Nov 4. [VIII: 1922.1, 1922.2, 1922.3. "Abundance of the Painted Lady Butterfly." Field, October 10, 1903, p. 635. "At Redcar many butterflies were seen, and some captured, together with the silver Y moth (Plusia gamma), between the 2lst and 28th of the month." "Painted Lady Butterflies in Scotland." Field, October 17, 1903, p. 676. Frohawk, F.W. "Migration of Painted Lady Butterflies." Field, November 14, 1903, p. 843. St. Quintin, W.H. "Migration of Butterflies." Field, November 21, 1903, p. 884.]

1903 Sept 27 / West Chester, Pa. / fall of lumps of ice size of hens' eggs / N.Y. Trib, Oct 4-12-2. [VIII; 1982. "Huge Hailstones in Pennsylvania." New York Tribune, October 4, 1903, s. 2 p. 12 c. 2.]

1903 Oct-Dec / Sun great activity / Pop Astro 12-66. [VIII; 1983. Léon, Luis G. “The Solar Activity.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 1; January 1904): 66-67.]

1903 Oct 1 / Like a rocket but in a storm and descending / Annuaire Soc Met. 52/270. / C 96. [VIII; 1984. Préaubert, Ernest. “Note sur un éclair à propagation lente.” Annuaire de la Société Météorologique de France, 52 (1904): 270. The meteor traversed an arc of about 45 degrees in about 3/10 of a second, and was attributed to ball lightning, with no final explosion.]

1903 Oct 4-16 / Remarkable group of sun spots appeared. For sketches, up to 16th, see Bull Soc Belge D'Astro 9/1. [VIII; 1985. Mascari, Antonio. "Groupe Remarquable de Taches Solaires d'Octobre 1903." Bulletin de la Société Belge d'Astronomie, 9 (1904): 1-3.]

1903 Oct 4-17 / details of the sunspots / Pop Astro 11-561. [VIII; 1986. Hadden, David E. “The Recent Large Sun-Spots.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 10; December 1903): 560-563.]

1903 Oct. 5 / This enormous sunspot was succeeded by fifteen months of considerable activity, though only ab 7% of the spots equalled medium dimensions. / Pop Astro 14-369. [VIII; 1987. O'Halloran, Rose. “The Sun-Spot Maximum of 1905.” Popular Astronomy, 14 (no. 6; June-July 1906): 368-371.]

1903 Oct 5 / Large group of sunspots appeared upon s.e. limb and developed into the most extensive area of activity seen since Sept., 1898. / Pop Astro 11-579, 561. [VIII; 1988. Hadden, David E. “The Recent Large Sun-Spots.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 10;  December 1903): 560-563. O'Halloran, Rose. “The Great Sunspot.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 10; December 1903): 579-580.]

1903 Oct 6, etc. / Mauna Loa / See June, 32. [VIII; 1989. See: 1832 June 20, (I; 1700). (Confirm.)]

1903? / Oct 6 / night? / near Manchester / Albert Alfred Bus[note cut off] has a stone said fallen from sky. / E Mec. 78/228. [VIII; 1990. Buss, Albert Alfred. “The Wonders of Radium....” English Mechanic, 78 (no. 2012; October 16, 1903): 228.]

1903 Oct 9-10 / The sunspots on 10th—that remarkable changes had occurred since the 9th. Reported from Alta, Iowa. / Pop Astro 11-561 / Transit made in 13½ days. [VIII; 1991. (Popular Astronomy, 11-561.)]

1903 Oct. 12 / Wallingford, Eng / “Aurora” like spokes of a majestic wheel. / Jour BAA 14/28. [VIII; 1992. Astbury, T.H. "The Aurora of 1903, October 12th." Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 14 (1903-1904): 28.]

1903 Oct. 12-13 / (Cut) / Short sharp mag disturbance / Greenwich / Observatory 26/467. [VIII; 1993. “A Magnetic Storm.” Observatory, 26 (1903): 467.]

1903 Oct. 13 / Trib, 6-4 / 14-4-3 / 18 (II)-2-2 / 28-1-2 / Sunspots. [VIII; 1994. "The coincidence in point of time...." New York Tribune, October 13, 1903, p. 6 c. 4. "Remarkable Spots on the Sun." New York Tribune, October 14, 1903, p. 4 c. 3. "Spots on the Sun." New York Tribune, October 18, 1903, s. 2 p. 2 c. 2. "Boy Discovers Sun Spots." New York Tribune, October 28, 1903, p. 1 c. 2.]

1903 Oct 16 / (Cut) / between 2-3 a.m. / London / clear sky / S.E. horizon, a “wriggling stream” of bluish white light shot up vertically—no known thunderstorm to which to attribute it. / Nature 68/627. [VIII; 1995. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (October 29, 1903): 626-630, at 627.]

1903 Oct 16-17 / night / Met train / [illustration] / (cut) / France / Bull Soc Astro de France. 18/137. [VIII; 1996. Pérez del Pulgar, José Agustín. “Bolide Extraordinaire.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 18 (1904): 136-139.]

1903 Oct. 16 / Madrid / from 10 to 12 p.m. / Met. trail in Perseus / Nature 70/205. [VIII; 1997. “Interesting Meteor Trail.” Nature, 70 (June 30, 1904): 205.]

1903 Oct. 20 / Bristol / Geminids more active than Orionids. / Nature 98-176 / See Oct 20, 1903. / Oct 20, 1916. [VIII; 1998. “The Orionid Shower of 1916.” Nature, 98 (November 2, 1916): 177. See: 1916 Oct. 20, (X; 622).]

1903 Oct 20 / Vesuvius again active. / Nature 68-603. [VIII; 1999. “Notes.” Nature, 68 (October 22, 1903): 603-606, at 603.]

1903 Oct. 22 / Dokachi, Dacca, Bengal, India / (F). [VIII; 2000. Fletcher, 107. This is the Dokáchi meteorite.]

1903 Oct 24 / The sunspots / Bull Soc Belge d'Astro 9/357. [VIII; 2003. Spée, E. "Groupe remarquable de taches solaires d'octobre 1904." Bulletin de la Société Belge d'Astronomie, 9 (1904): 357-360.]

1903 Oct 26 / (+) / Melton Mowbray phe / Davison gives up. / Geol Mag 1904-542. [VIII; 2001. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 542.]

1903 Oct 31 / Great magnetic storm / E. Mec 111/224 / Nature 69 (9). [VIII; 2002. Cotterell, Arthur E. “Magnetic Storms and Sunspots.” English Mechanic, 111 (no. 2880; June 4, 1920): 224. Lockyer, William James Stewart. “Magnetic Storms, Auroræ and Solar Phenomena.” Nature, 69 (November 5, 1903): 9-10. Arcimis, Augusto. “Telegraphic Disturbances in Spain on October 31.” Nature, 69 (November 12, 1903): 29. “Notes.” Nature, 69 (December 17, 1903): 156-159, at 158.]

1903 Oct 31 / Greenwich / Most violent mag disturbance in 20 years / Observatory 26/467. [VIII; 2004. “A Magnetic Storm.” Observatory, 26 (1903): 467.]

1903 Oct. 31 / Most violent magnetic disturbance in 20 years / Observatory 26-467. [VIII; 2005. “A Magnetic Storm.” Observatory, 26 (1903): 467.]

1903 Oct. 31 / Electrical disturbance, causing great telegraphic delay in England and Ireland. / Daily News—Nov. 2-4-4 / 3-16-2 / All over Europe and N.A.—London—from sunrise to sunset. [VIII; 2006. “An Electrical Disturbance.” London Daily News, November 2, 1903, p. 4 c. 4. “The Magnetic Storm.” London Daily News, November 3, 1903, p. 18 c. 2.]

1903 Oct 31 / 2 pages / Nature, 69-9 / to sun, mag, and aurora / In Spain—p. 29. [VIII; 2007. Lockyer, William James Stewart. “Magnetic Storms, Auroræ and Solar Phenomena.” Nature, 69 (November 5, 1903): 9-10. Arcimis, Augusto. “Telegraphic Disturbances in Spain on October 31.” Nature, 69 (November 12, 1903): 29.]

1903 Oct. 31 / Calgary, Canada / Cor send[s] extract from a letter, of vertical shafts of light in sky—lowered to the ground, moved around as if chasing after the writer. / Nature 69/158. [VIII; 2008. “Notes.” Nature, 69 (December 17, 1903): 156-159, at 158.]

1903 Nov, early / Cattle-Maiming Mysty / Edalji case / Daily News, etc. [C; 582. “Panic at Great Wyrley.” London Daily News, November 4, 1903, p. 11 c. 6. “The Cattle Maiming.” London Daily News, November 5, 1903, p. 8 c. 4. “The Panic at Wyrley.” London Daily News, November 5, 1903, p. 9 c. 6 & p. 10 c. 1. “Great Wyrley Panic.” London Daily News, November 6, 1903, p. 9 c. 5. “Great Wyrley Mystery.” London Daily News, November 7, 1903, p. 10 c. 3. (Sic: Wyrley.) “Table Talk.” London Daily News, November 11, 1903, p. 8 c. 5-6. “Wyrley Outrages.” London Daily News, November 14, 1903, p. 11 c. 5. “The Wyrley Outrages.” London Daily News, November 21, 1903, p. 16 c. 2. “Great Wyrley Outrages.” London Daily News, November 27, 1903, p. 10 c. 2. (Pemberton. Max, ed. Famous Crimes, Mysteries & Romances: The Great Stories of Real Life. London: Newnes, 1924, 30-40. "The strange case of George Edalji." Great Stories from Real Life. 30-40.)]

1903 Nov. 1 / Trib, 8-2 / Aurora. [VIII; 2009. "Brilliant Display at Duluth." New York Tribune, November 1, 1903, p. 8 c. 2. "An Electrical Storm." New York Tribune, November 1, 1903, p. 8 c. 2. "'These electrical disturbances are rare,' said Mr.Barker [Assistant General Manager of Western Union], 'the last one which I remember being in 1888. The disturbance is only intermittent, however, and is not sufficient to interrupt our service. They are very common in Newfoundland and in the North, and generally accompany a display of the aurora borealis. They last sometimes for two or three days, and then disappear as mysteriously as they came.'"]

1903 Nov 1 / N.Y.T., 1-1 / Aurora. [VIII; 2010. “Northern Lights Display.” New York Times, November 1, 1903, p. 1 c. 1.]

1903 Nov 1 / (+) / Loud reports heard at Saffron Walden / (Essex/ 43 miles N.E. of London) / 12:20 a.m. / 1:40 p.m. / 9:30 p.m. / Said caused by fieworks that had been exploded—and yet as if connected with them or the fireworks story wrong—or an “answer—qs at Saf. W. / 3 distinct series of vibrations / Nov 1, at 7:10 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. / and, on Nov 6, 12:10 a.m. / Geol. Mag 1904-541. [VIII: 2011.1, 2011.2, 2011.3. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542. at 541-542.]

1903 Nov. 4 / P. Ladies / Nice / See July. [VIII; 2012. See: (July).]

1903 Nov. 4 / Alarm at Portsmouth and Gosport—supposed qs—submarine explosions at Stokes Bay—naval experiments in harbor defenses. / Daily News 5-11-6. [VIII; 2013. “From the Provinces.” London Daily News, November 5, 1903, p. 11 c. 6.]

1903 Nov. 4 / —Great flight of Painted Ladies at Nice / Field, Nov. 21, 1903 / See Sept 20. [VIII; 1923. St. Quintin, W.H. "Migration of Butterflies." Field, November 21, 1903, p. 884. See: 1903 Sept 20-21, (VIII; 1979), and, 1903 Sept. 20 and 21, (VIII: 1922).]

1903 Nov. 5 / N.Y.T., 9-5 / q. / St. Louis. [VIII; 2014. “Earthquake at St. Louis.” New York Times, November 5, 1903, p. 9 c. 5-6.]

1903 Nov 5 / Trib, 6-2 / St Louis / q / See Feb. 9. [VIII; 2015. "St. Louis Has an Earthquake." New York Tribune, November 5, 1903, p. 6 c. 2.]

1903 Nov. 6 / 5:20 a.m. / Marion, Ind. / great det met / M.W.R. '04-24. [VIII; 2016. “Meteor at Marion, Ind.” Monthly Weather Review, 32 (no. 1; January 1904): 24-25.]

1903 Nov 6-18 / White spot on Saturn's rings / Nature 70-475. [VIII; 2017. Denning, William Frederick. “Rotation of Saturn's Rings.” Nature, 70 (March 17, 1904): 475.]

1903 Nov. 6 / [LT], 5-6 / Sunspots. [VIII; 2018. (London Times, November 6, 1903, p. 5 c. 6; not found here.)]

1903 Nov 6 / See Nov. 1. [VIII; 2019. See: (Nov. 1).]

1903 Nov 9 / 7:25 p.m. / Traer, Iowa / Meteor from a little south of Vega / Pop Astro 11-574. [VIII; 2020. Thomas, Curtis H. “Bright Meteor.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 10; December 1903): 574.]

1903 Nov. 9 / Explosion / powder mill / N. Faversham / Daily News 11-3-6. [VIII; 2021. “Faversham Explosion.” London Daily News, November 11, 1903, p. 3 c. 6.]

1903 Nov. 9 / (Disap) / Charles P. Brewin disappeared from his home in Burlington, N.J., June 24 or 25. A merchant tailor. Someone recognized him in Plainfield, N.J., where living and working as a tailor, as Frank G. Johnson. / Jour Soc Psychic Research, 16-87. / Appeared in Plainfield, April, '05. [C; 583.1, 583.2. Verrall, Helen de Gaudrion. “The Case of Charles P. Brewin.” Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 16 (June 1913): 87-96. Brewin was recognized by and spoken to by a resident of Burlington, in Plainfield, on June 24 or 25, 1907; Brewin's son and brother came to see him, a day or two later, but were not recognized by Brewin, (who had disappeared on November 9, 1903); and, on June 30, 1907, Brewin awoke to his former memories, with no knowledge of his identity as Johnson, which he had lived with for a few years. “I am told by those intimately associated with him, that from the time his brother and son first saw him there began to show evidence of a mental struggle going on as to whether his identity was what he claimed it to be. He would ask his employer if he wasn't Johnson, etc., and would brood and stew over it till his head ached. To such a pitch did this worry extend, that, on the Saturday evening previous to his awakening, his head ached so and was so congested, that he was compelled to stay in the store long after closing and keep quiet. In other words, physical causes were awakening to clear up the fog of four years, and the old areas of mental processes were again grasping after old and familiar facts, under the stimulus of old ideas and faces, brought to a brain acting under increased blood pressure and excitement. So much for Frank G. Johnson. Sunday evening, June 30, 1907, I was summoned by Brewin's landlady, Mrs. Dunn, to come at once, as Mr. Johnson had suddenly waked up and become Brewin. I went at once, taking my father, who had known Brewin years before and very intimately. Arriving at the house, I told my father to wait in the hall, while I went in the kitchen, where I found him eating a bit of bread and butter, with a cup of tea. I found him white and somewhat weak, but perfectly clear mentally. My first remark, 'Well, Mr. Brewin, I see you have come to yourself at last,' elicited the reply, 'Who are you?' To my reply I added that I had a gentleman with me whom he probably knew. Calling my father in, Brewin gave him one look, jumped to his feet saying, 'Mr. Buchanan, how are you?' and greeted him cordially. We then went into the parlour, and all sat down, where we tried to get him acquainted with facts as they existed. But it was a hard job. Had it not been for my father, who was the only one he knew as Brewin, and in whom he had implicit confidence, I think nothing we said would have been believed. He told us of his awakening as if by a pistol shot, finding himself in a strange place, his fear of being thought a burglar, etc....” “Denies his Identity to his own Family.” New York Times, June 27, 1907, p. 7 c. 5. “Would Hypnotize Brewin.” New York Times, July 4, 1907, p. 1 c. 1.]

1903 Nov. 15 / 6:45 / near Salt Lick, Ky / Metite / Seen in Ohio, Ky, Tenn, La, Miss., Ala and Ga. / Science, N.S., 17-114. [VIII; 2022. Miller, Arthur M. "A Brilliant Meteor." Science, n.s., 17 (January 16, 1903): 114-115. This is the Bath Furnace meteorite.]

1903 Nov / Leonids not equalled till a shower of June 28, 1916, in the opinion of Mr. Denning. / Nature 97-428. [VIII; 2023. “The Extraordinary Meteoric Shower of June 28.” Nature, 97 (July 20, 1916): 428.]

1903 Nov 13-14-15 / Few meteors / Providence, R.I. / Pop Astro 12-67. [VIII; 2024. Upton, Winslow. “Leonids at Providence, R.I.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 1; January 1904): 67.]

1903 Nov 15 / 165 Leonids counted at Royal Observatory at Lisbon / Nature 69-521 / Considered abundant by Denning. [VIII; 2025. Denning, William Frederick. “The Leonid Shower of 1903.” Nature, 69 (November 19, 1903): 57. “The Leonid Shower of 1903.” Nature, 69 (March 31, 1904): 521.]

1903 Nov 16 / morning / At Bristol—“quite an abundant and attractive display of Leonids” / Nature 69-57. [VIII; 2026. Denning, William Frederick. “The Leonid Shower of 1903.” Nature, 69 (November 19, 1903): 57.]

1903 Nov. 16 / morn / Co. Down, Ireland / display much above the average / Nature 69-127. [VIII; 2027. Milligan, William Henry. “The Late Leonid Meteor Shower.” Nature, 69 (December 10, 1903): 127.]

1903 Nov 16 / NY Trib, 8-3 / House owned by Maurice Lavine—tenant William Benson, 21 Cedar St, Paterson, N.J. Family moved in, in April, '03. Several months passed before any phe. One night one of the young sons said saw a white robed figure. After that, one night, Benson saw an unoccupied chair rocking. Another night this chair over-turned with a crash. Several days later a table moved across a room. House near a cemetery. [C; 584.1, 584.2. "Think House Haunted." New York Tribune, November 16, 1903, p. 2 c. 5.]

1903 Nov. 19 / 6:45 p.m. / 7:55 p.m. / 8:45 p.m. / Great mets in Denmark. The third detonating. / Pubs Astro Soc Pacific, 16-27. [VIII; 2028. Köhl, Thorvald. “Astronomical Observations in 1903.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 16 (no. 94; February 1904): 25-27, at 27. The first fireball was observed, but the next two fireballs consisted of flashes from behind the clouds, (with  a loud thunder heard 60 seconds after the second, (not the third), fireball.]

1903 Nov 19 / 3 Loc. Mets / Denmark / See Aug 19, 1909. [VIII; 2029. See: 1909 Aug 19, (IX: 1399 & 1400).]

1903 Dec 1, etc. / New sunspot on eastern limb / 2nd—2 more there / 3rd—conspicuous group of 15 spots / 6th and 7th, new ones on N.E. limb / See Dec 20. [VIII; 2030. See: (Dec 20).]

1903 Dec 3 / N.Y. Trib 4-1-4 / village of Campagna, near Salerno / Heavy fog and fall of ashes. Thought was carried by wind from Vesuvius. [VIII; 2031. "A Fog of Ashes." New York Tribune, December 4, 1903, p. 1 c. 4. "Rain of Blood Seen Near Salerno, Italy." Washington Times, December 3, 1903, p. 10 c. 3. "The phenomenon known as the 'Rain of Blood' was no noticed near Salerno during the frightful weather of the past few days, the raindrops being so red as to leave a stain. It is said that after a severe sand sandstorm in Sahara the sand of the desert is carried by the wind across the sea and mixes with the rain as it falls." The rain of blood preceded the fog of ashes.]

1903 Dec 3 / Trib, 4-1 / Illinois / q / See Feb 9. [VIII; 2032. "Earth Shock in Illinois." New York Tribune, December 3, 1903, p. 4 c. 2. See: (Feb 9).]

1903 Dec 13 / Shepparton, Victoria / “rocket” meteor / Eng Mec 78/551. [VIII; 2033. Johnson, P.H,  “Meteors.” English Mechanic, 78 (no. 2027; January 28, 1904): 551.]

1903 Dec 13 / Trib, (II) 14-4 / 20 (II) 2-2 / Sunspots. [VIII; 2034. "Recent Sunspots." New York Tribune, December 13, 1903, s. 2 p. 14 c. 4. "Clouds on the Sun." New York Tribune, December 20, 1903, s. 2 p. 2 c. 2-3.]

1903 Dec 14 / ab 6:45 a.m. / Lynn, etc., Mass / brill. met / USWB Rept, N Eng. Sec., Dec. [VIII; 2035. (U.S. Weather Bureau Report, New England Section, December 1903.)]

1903 Dec 17 / See Feb 27, 1904. [VIII; 2036. See: (1904 Feb 27).]

1903 Dec 19[-20]a / Lavender colored / France. / D-40. [VIII; 2037. The note copies information from page 40 of The Book of the Damned. "Sur une 'pluie de sang' tombée à Oudon, près Ancenis (Loire-Inférierure)." Annuaire de la Société Météorologique de France, 52 (May 1904): 124-125.]

1903 Dec 20 / Sudden eruption of sunspots—time of great activity / Pop Astro 12-218. [VIII; 2038. Léon, Luis G. “Sunspots in December, 1903.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 3; March 1904): 216-218.]

1903 Dec. 20 / sunspot not eastern / “Something very curious happened on the sun on the 20th. A group appeared, but not on the eastern edge as usual; but near the western edge. It was a sudden eruption x x / Prof L.G. Leon, Observatory, Mexico City / Pop Astro 12-218. [VIII: 2039.1, 2039.2. Léon, Luis G. “Sunspots in December, 1903.” Popular Astronomy, 12 (no. 3; March 1904): 216-218.]

1903 Dec 25 / morning / Los Angeles / Severe shock but no damage / NY Trib 26-1-6. [VIII; 2040. "Earth Shock in Los Angeles." New York Tribune, December 26, 1903, p. 1 c. 6.]

1903 Dec 26 / Trib, 1-6 / St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. / q. [VIII; 2041. "Felt an Earthquake." New York Tribune, December 26, 1903, p. 1 c. 6.]

1903 Dec 29 / 5:30 to 6 p.m. / Kingston, R.I. / vivid lightning [note cut off] heavy thunder in [a] snowstorm / USWB Rept. N. Eng, Dec. [VIII; 2042. (U.S. Weather Bureau Report, New England Section, December 1903.)]