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1908
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1908 / Have Ev. News to ab Jan. 20. / Mail played out. [D; 198.]
1908 / Lloyds Weekly News / Have to June 7. [D; 199.]
1908 / Have The People to Aug. / n.g. [D; 200.]
1908 / Sheep mut near Peterborough / See Ap. 17, 1910. [D; 201. See: (1910 Ap. 17).]
1908 / Sheep-maiming / Peterborough / See April 17, 1910. [D; 202. See: (1910 April 17).]
1908 / Mrs. John Bennett Gloversville, N.Y. / See May 23, 1914. [D; 203. See: (1914 May 23).]
1908 / part of year / Polt explosions / house in Tackley, Oxen / See Ap. 24, 1905. [D; 204. See: (1905 Ap. 24).]
1908 / Some time this year? Leadgate, Durham / white ants / See Dec 30, 1908. [D; 205. See: (1908 Dec. 30).]
1908 Jan. / (3) / Unknown body, mistaken for Encke's Comet. / Nature 100/332. [IX; 923. (Nature, 100-332.)]
1908 Jan / A wood pigeon plague in England. Campaign against them organized. / D. News 16-9-5—mysterious disease among wood pigeons in Bucks—ab 2500 dead on one estate. [D; 206. (London Daily News, January 16, 1908, p. 9 c. 5.)]
1908 Jan. / Polt / Chicago / 6 months / See July 31. [D; 207. See: (1908 July 31).]
1908 Jan 1-2 / night / Madagascar / ¬ hour at intervals / sound like artillery / either aerial or earthquake / Cosmos 58/589. [IX; 924. (Cosmos, n.s., 58-589.)]
1907 Jan 2 / morning / Shocks / Jamaica / D. Mirror 3-3-3. [IX; 925. (London Daily Mirror, January 3, 1908, p. 3 c. 3.)]
1908 Jan 2 / In North Jutland, meteors from between Cygnus and Pegasus, bet. 8:10 and 8:20 p.m. During the last 5 minutes more than 30 seen. / Nature 77-353. [IX; 926. "Meteors Observed on January 2." Nature, 77 (February 13, 1908): 353. Köhl, Torvald. “Sternschnuppenregen am 2, Januar 1908.” Astronomische Nachrichten, 177 (1908): 95-96.]
1908 Jan 3 / Eclipse details / Nature 77-274. [IX; 927. Lockyer, William James Stewart. "The Total Solar Eclipse of January 3, 1908." Nature, 77 (January 23, 1908): 274.]
1908 Jan 3 / 8:05 a.m. / Severe shock / Jamaica / Nature 77-230. [IX; 928. "Notes." Nature, 77 (January 9, 1908): 230-234, at 230.]
1908 Jan 3 (?) / Date of the Jamaica q = Jan. 2 in Nature 77-542. [IX; 929. "Notes." Nature, 77 (April 9, 1908): 540-544, at 542.]
1908 Jan. 3 / Activity in Vesuvius after month or more quiet./ NY Times 4-1-4. [IX; 930. (New York Times, January 4, 1908, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1908 Jan 3 / Eclipse of sun total, at sunset, over strip of land in Mexico, and Flint and Hull Islands in Pacific. [IX; 931. (Confirm.)]
1908 Jan. 3 / Same local time as at Jamaica, q registered at Isle of Wight, at 3 a.m. / D. Mail, 4th. [IX; 932. (London Daily Mail, January 4, 1908.)]
1908 Jan. 3 / 8:05 a.m. / Heavy shock at Jamaica / NY Times 4-1-4 / See Jan., '07. [IX; 933. “Earthquake in Jamaica.” New York Times, January 4, 1908, p. 1 c. 4. See: 1907 Jan. 14, (IX; 608).]
1908 Jan 3 / See Jan 13, 1907. / Heavy shock at Jamaica. / Again during eclipse of sun. / D. Mail, 4th ./ Not during eclipse—This was at 3:05 a.m. [IX; 934. (London Daily Mail, January 4, 1908.)]
1908 Jan 3 / 5-year-old daughter of William Wells, of Foxley. Her mother left them to go to work—2 others, one 9 and one 3. Ten minutes later the mother learned that the child had been fatally burned. How, not one of them could tell. / Eastern Evening News, 9th. [D; 208. “Fire Death at Foxley.” Eastern Evening News, (Norwich), January 9, 1908, p. 4 c. 8.]
1908 Jan. 4 / 7:45 p.m. / Crookston, Minn / Terrific explosion over—no stones known to have fallen / Pop Astro 16/197. [IX; 935. “The Crookston Meteorite.” Popular Astronomy, 16 (no. 3; March 1908): 197. “Though searched for, no fragments have yet been found.”]
1908 Jan 4 / Vesuvius again active. / Nature 77-230. [IX; 936. "Notes." Nature, 77 (January 9, 1908): 230-234, at 230.]
1908 Jan 5 / The People, 1-1 / Disastorous floods in Portugal from 4 months almost uninterrupted rain. [IX; 937. "Floods in Portugal." People, January 5, 1908, p. 1 c. 1.]
1908 Jan 5 / 6:45 a.m. / That papers of 6th announced that L'Avant-veille great bolide been seen and pieces of fused metal fell near de Ménevillers (Oise). / Bull Soc Astro de F, 1908-121. [IX; 938. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1908-121.)]
1908 Jan 6 / [LT], 4-a / 9-3-d / 10-7-c / Veuvius. [IX; 939. (London Times, January 6, 1908, p. 4 c. 1.) (London Times, January 9, 1908, p. 3 c. 4.) (London Times, January 10, 1908, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1908 Jan 6 / Dust—Germany / In a village near Berlin, village on Pomerania, and in a third village in East Prussia, “Volcanic ashes” fell in a storm—attrib to volcanoes in Central America. / Standard 22-7-2. [IX; 940. (London Evening Standard, January 22, 1908, p. 7 c. 2.)]
1908 Jan. 7 / [LT], 8-d / 8-8-f / 9-8-d / Vessel / the Mount Royal. [D; 209. (London Times: January 7, 1908, p. 8 c. 4; January 8, 1908, p. 8 c. 6; January 9, 1908, p. 8 c. 4.)]
1908 Jan 10 / Rumblings / Jamaica / See June 3, 1914. [IX; 941. See: (1914 June 3).]
1908 Jan 11 / 12:50 a.m. / Brilliant meteor / NY City / N.Y. Times 11-1-6. [IX; 942. “Brilliant Meteor Falls.” New York Times, January 11, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.]
[1908 Jan 11]/ Myst fires / 6 in 24 hours / NY Times, Jan 11, 1908 / 1-5 / Brooklyn / Try Trib. [D; 210. “Had Six Fires in 24 Hours.” New York Times, January 11, 1908, p. 1 c. 5.]
1908 Jan 12 / W. Dispatch of, 1-3 / At Hanley, in supposed unoccupied house, 11 Broom-street, found partly clothed body of unknown woman. Emaciated—may been a tramp. Kind of clothes not told. [D; 211. (London Weekly Dispatch, January 12, 1908, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1908 Jan 13 / after “blow” of Jan 12 / Fine gray or white dust / Gulf of Mexico / MWR '07-583. [IX; 943. “Atmospheric Dust in the Gulf of Mexico.” Monthly Weather Review, 35 (no. 12; December 1907): 583.]
1908 Jan 14 / See April, 1907. / Seems much in L.T. and little in Kingston paper. [IX; 944. (More about Jamaica quakes, in London Times, than in Jamaica newspapers.)]
1908 Jan. 15 / 10 p.m. / Sounds like beating of enormous waves on a shore. / Jamaica / See June 3, 1914. [IX; 945. See: (1914 June 3).]
1908 Jan 17 / [LT], 7-f / Sheep mutilated in Essex. [D; 212. (London Times, January 17, 1908, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1908 Jan 19 / May 1 / 2 / 10 / Nov 6 / June 21 / July 17 / Sept 2 / (Oct 16 / 19 / 20) / Nov 6 / Ochil / q's / like explosion / Geol Mag. 1910-318 / See Ap 23 , '05. [IX; 946. Davison, Charles. “The British Earthquakes of the Years 1908 and 1909.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 7 (1910): 315-320. See: (1905 Ap 23).]
1908 Jan 21 / Sounds / Sub. / (+) / Dispatch from Morristown, N.J. / N.Y. Times, Jan 22 / For 20 years, sounds and shocks like dull muffled explosions had been heard in the mines owned by the Wharton Steel Co., at Hibernia. / Had at last caused such clamor the mines had been closed. [IX: 947.1, 947.2. “Mine Closed by Shocks.” New York Times, January 22, 1908, p. 1 c. 5.]
1908 Jan 22 / Hot wind / N. Zealand / at Timaru / At 6 a.m. = 45 degrees. Rose to 70. At 2:30, sprang to 104, highest ever recorded there. / Symons Met 43-89. [IX; 948. (Meteorological Magazine, 43-89.)]
1908 Jan 24 / Standard of, 5-4 / Farm near Christchurch, Hampshire (night 22-23)—in morning, outside a sheep pen, 40 carcasses found in a pile. [D; 213. (London Standard, January 24, 1908, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1908 Jan 27, 28 / No spots on sun. / Pop Astro 17-127. [IX; 949. Young, Anne Sewell. “Resume of Sun-Spot Observations.” Popular Astronomy, 17 (no. 2; February 1909): 127.]
1908 Jan 27 / Madagascar / Cor heard sounds as if of distant artillery—dozen times in a quarter of an hour. / Cosmos 58/588. [IX; 950. (Cosmos, n.s., 58-588.)]
1908 Jan 28 / Cut / 12 p.m. / Great stationary meteor / (no more) / E Mec 90/187. [IX; 951. (English mechanic, 90-187.)]
1908 Jan 28 / The Norwich obj in sky / See Lo and Objs Sky. [D; 214. See: (Lo), and, (Objs Sky).]
1908 / last of Jan / Vapor and sounds like distant thunder from the “burning cliffs of Lyme Regis. / Standard, Jan 27-7-5. [IX; 952. (London Evening Standard, January 27, 1908, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1908 Feb 5 / 3:20, 5:05 a.m. / q's / Danbury, Conn. / and large cracks in earth / NY Times 6-1-2. [IX; 953. “Quakes in Connecticut.” New York Times, February 6, 1908, p. 1 c. 2. “Haverstraw Again in Peril.” New York Times, February 6, 1908, p. 1 c. 4. A large crack several blocks in length also appeared during the same night in Haverstraw.]
1908 Feb 14 / q. / Prince William sound, Alaska / BA 1911-45. [IX; 954. (BA 1911-45.)]
1908 Feb 6-15 / Cut / All planets visible naked eye. / Bull Soc Astro. [IX; 955. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, ca. Feb,, 1908.)]
1908 Feb 12 / Dispatch / Eureka Springs, Arkansas—said the quake reported explained when a farmer told of fall of meteor 5 feet in diameter. / NY Times 13-1-4. [IX; 956. “Took Meteor As Earthquake.” New York Times, February 13, 1908, p. 1 c. 4.]
1908 Feb. 14 / Tornado / Miss and Texas / NY Times, 15th. [IX; 957. “Storms Kill Many, Sweeping 2 States.” New York Times, February 15, 1908, p. 1 c. 5.]
1908 Feb 18 / Large sun prominence / Nature 78-377. [IX; 958. "A Large Prominence." Nature, 78 (August 20, 1908): 377.]
1908 Feb. 20 / Remarkable met / Riegler, Astro. Nach., ab Nov., 1911 / nos 4282, 4287. [IX; 959. Riegler, Gideon. “Bahnbestimmung des grossen Meteors vom 20. Februar 1908.” Astronomische Nachrichten, 179 (1908): 149-154. (Astronomische Nachrichten, no. 4287; not found here.)]
1908 Feb. 21 / night / Thomas Wiltshire, Chatgrove-road, Wiltshire, died. / Lloyd's Weekly News, March 1-7-3. / At the inquest, his son said he had been killed by blue flames from telephone wires, which had been seen in the house before. Not clear about it, and the coroner not take him seriously. Medical evidence was that died of syncope from senile decay. No marks on the body. [D; 215.1, 215.2. (Lloyd's Weekly News, March 1, 1908, p. 7 c. 3.) "Blue Flames." Sheffield Evening Telegraph, February 27, 1908, p. 3 c. 5.]
1908 March 2 / Young woman at Acle went out for a walk—missing. / Eastern Evening News (Norwich) 5-2-5. [D; 216. (Eastern Evening News, Norwich, March 5, 1908, p. 2 c. 5.)]
1908 March 3 / afternoon / Andover, Hants / shocks—darkness / fall of snow / D. Mail, 5th. [IX; 960. (London Daily Mail, March 5, 1908.)]
1908 March 4 / met and ashes / 3 a.m. / 39-59 N / 71-27 W / ac to the log of the “Ocean”, a Dutch steamship / Eastern Evening News (Norwich, Eng), March 27 / A great meteor fell near the ship—decks covered with a brownish powder. Then for several minutes shower of smaller meteors. Many of the crew became ill from the effects of a gas. [IX: 961.1, 961.2. (Eastern Evening News, March 27, 1908.)]
1908 March 4 / q. / 2 a.m. / Swindon / Severe snowstorm, Rumbling sounds like thunder and q. / Eastern Evening News (Norwich) 5-2-7. [IX; 962. (Eastern Evening News, Norwich, March 5, 1908, p. 2 c. 7.)]
1908 March 4 / [LT], 12-e / q / Andover / Hants? [IX; 963. (London Times, March 4, 1908, p. 12 c. 5.) Andover, Hampshire, (Hants.).]
1908 Mar. 12 / black / Ireland (11) and in Wales 1908? / Feb 25, 1909. [IX; 964. See: (1909 Feb 25).]
1908 March 14 / night / A hundred wild swans swept over Niagara Falls. / 18th—flocks at Lake Cayuga. / See March 24, 1928. [IX; 965. See: (1928 March 24).]
[The following two notes were clipped together by Fort. D: 217-218.]
1908 March 22 / BO / Spon / Lloyd's Weekly News 29-9-2 / “Strange tragedy—woman's charred body found on unscorched bed.” “What the Coroner for South Northumberland described as the most extraordinary case had had ever investigated came before a jury, at Whitley Bay, near Blyth, on Tuesday.” Margaret and Wilhelmina Dewar, retired teachers, lived together. Ab nine o'clock, night of the 22nd, Margaret alarmed her neighbors, telling of her sister's strange death. She had discovered her sister's body as described and declared to the Coroner that she could tell no more. “Dr. Campbell stated that at ten o'clock, on Sunday night, he found the woman dead, burned from head to foot, the clothes burned off the body. On the bedclothes and on the bed, where the body lay, there was no sign of burning. There was some evidence that burned clothing had been found in other parts of the house. The Coroner said that is was clear that Miss Dewar was not telling the truth. Inquest adjourned till April 1st. [D: 217.1 to 217.5. (Lloyd's Weekly News, March 29, 1908, p. 9 c. 2.)]
1908 March 27 / Blyth News, of / Wilhelmina aged 48. At inquest, Margaret said that she was “absolutely ignorant of the cause of her sister's death”. Said that she must have been carried into the room; burned so, obviously some othe rpart of the house. She could never have gotten there alone. So Margaret's story was not believed. A policeman testified that Margaret was intoxicated. Inquest adjourned to April 1st. / Blyth News, Ap. 3—Dr Campbell testified that stomach and brain of victim were in such a condition as would be caused by chronic alcoholism. Death was due to shock after extensive burns. This time Margaret testified that she had found her sister burned, in another part of the house, early in the morning (6 a.m.), telling nobody until hours later; and had assisted her up the stairs to her bed. Nothing said as to how the fire. “The Coroner said that they were in the same position as at the opening of the inquest. They could not tell how the accident happened.” / This issue, another occurrence, upon March 31st, told of—a sailor, named Charles Scholl, not appearing morning of 31st, his landlady opened the door and found him burned to death, and his bed in flames. It was thought that he had been smoking in bed, but his pipe was found in another room in the house. The origin of the fire remained unknown. It was thought that a burning candle might have ignited the bedclothes. [D: 218.1 to 218.7. (Blyth News, March 27, 1908.) (Blyth News, April 3, 1908.)]
1908 March 24 / just before midnight / Heavy explosion that shook the ground for miles around South Amboy, N.J., not yet traced. / NY Times 25-1-4 / Bridge blown up at Raritan. / 26-4-4. [IX; 966. “Big Explosion in Jersey.” New York Times, March 25, 1908, p. 1 c. 4. “Dynamiters Wreck New Railway Bridge.” New York Times, March 26, 1908, p. 4 c. 4-5.]
1908 March 25 / (+) / See 24. / afternoon / Hampton Shoddy Mills, 2 miles from Hampton, N.J., blown up, said by a bomb. / NY Times 26-1-3. [IX; 967. “Mill Blown Up By Bomb.” New York Times, March 26, 1908, p. 1 c. 3. See: 1908 March 24, (IX; 966).]
1908 March 26 / q. / Mexico / 9:12 p.m. / 27th also / BA '11/51. [IX; 968. (BA 1911-51.)]
1908 March 26 / Destructive q / southern Mexico / BA 1911-51. [IX; 969. (BA 1911-51.)]
1908 March 26 / Town of Chilapa, Mexico, destroyed by a q. / Lloyds Weekly News of 29th. [IX; 970. (Lloyds Weekly News, March 29, 1908.)]
1908 March 26 / white powder / like ashes / 7 p.m. / Annonay, France / Bull Soc Astro de France 22/244 / (D-71). [IX; 971. The note copies information from page 71 of The Book of the Damned. "Pluie de cendres." Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 22 (1908): 244-245.]
1908 March 26 / 8 p.m. / Aurora / Donville (Manche) / Also in Holland. / La Nature, Ap. 25, 1908 / Vertical columns of light. [IX; 972. (La Nature, Aril 25, 1908.)]
1908 March 26 / 4 a.m. and before / Dynamite explosions / Indianapolis / NY Times 27-1-6 / In Arkansas, a bank robber blown up by his own dynamite. / 27-1-6 / 28th—Socialist's bomb. [IX; 973. “Robber's Head Blown Off,” and, “Bombs Used in Indiana.” New York Times, March 28, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.]
1908 March 27 / between 8 and 9 p.m. / N.Y. Sun 29-7-3 / At New York—lights in sky—not “northern lights”. Were in the west and little south of west—at midnight, a beam. At Hartford, Conn., a beam thought be a comet's tail. News in San Fran on 30th. [IX: 974.1, 974.2. (New York Sun, March 29, 1908, p. 7 c. 3.) (“News in San Fran on 30th.”)]
1908 March 27 / aurora / 7:45-8:30 / N.J. and Conn / great illumination of the sky / Science, N.S., 28-56, 728. [IX; 975. Ellis, Wilmot E. "A Study of the Remarkable Illumination of the Sky on March 27, 1908." Science, n.s., 28 (July 10, 1908): 51-53. "Auroral Displays." Science, n.s., 28 (November 20, 1908): 727-729.]
1908 March 29 / N.Y. Sun, 8-4, quoting the Rhodesia Herald—in the Krugersdorp district had appeared millions of caterpillars, soon after a severe hailstorm. [IX; 976. "Hailstorms and Caterpillars." New York Sun, March 29, 1908, p. 8 c. 4. (Rhodesia Herald, ca. 1907-1908.)]
[1908 March 29. See: 1885 Feb, (B; 643).]
1908 March 30 / New star? / Observatory 31/215 / F. W Longbottom writes that photo developed from plate taken this night showed a marking of something unknown. Cloudy weather for a week. Then not find obj. [IX; 977. (Observatory, 31-215.)]
1908 March 30 / News by steamer to San Francisco, of a volcano, in Guatemala in eruption / N.Y. Sun 31-1-2. [IX; 978. (New York Sun, March 31, 1908, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1908 March 31 / Traffic on Suez Canal stopped by a sandstorm / Daily Mirror, Ap (2)-13-3. [IX; 979. (London Daily Mirror, April 2, 1908, p. 13 c. 3.)]
1908 March, last week, and April, 1 st week / College boy troubles / NY Times, Ap 9-1-5, etc. [IX; 980. “306 Students Expelled.” New York Times, April 9, 1908, p. 1 c. 5. “Hazers Punished; College War Ends.” New York Times, April 9, 1908, p. 2 c. 2-3.]
1908 April / Naval disasters / Eng and Japan. [D; 219. (Refs.???) See: 1912 July 17, (D; 563).]
1908 Ap. 3 / shower of mud / at Murray, Shoshone Co., Idaho / (also other places) / U.S. W.B. Monthly Rev., Idaho Section, April. [IX; 981. (U.S. Weather Bureau Monthly Review, Idaho Section, April 1908.)]
1908 Ap 6 / 3's / 9 p.m. / 11 p.m. / 3 a.m. / Douglas, Arizona / NY Times 8-1-6. [IX; 982. “Earthquakes in Arizona.” New York Times, April 8, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.]
1908 Ap. 9, 10, 11 / Another series of shocks but these local to Mier, Mexico, in State of Tamaulipas, 20 miles from Texas border. / N.Y. Sun 12-1-2. [IX; 983. (New York Sun, April 12, 1908, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1908 Ap. 12 / Rain in lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas first time inmore than a year. / N.Y. Sun 13-1-4. [IX; 984. (New York Sun, April 13, 1908, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1908 Ap 12 / Shocks in States of Tamaulipas and Jalisco, Mexico. / N.Y. Sun 13-4-4. [IX; 985. (New York Sun, April 13, 1908, p. 4 c. 4.)]
1908 Ap 18 / (Stat) / (repeats) / (dust) / (Stat) / date of letter / Mr. F Roch, special observer at Wallace, Idaho, writes in MWR 36-103 that “twice within the past ten days we have had rainfalls so heavily charged with dust—the dust in dry form falling in flakes the size of a pinhead—that they might be called dustfalls instead of rain. These specks of dust came down as straight as it would be possible for a gentle rain to fall, and the fall continued for several hours intermittently." [IX: 986.1, 986.2. "Dustfall in Idaho." Monthly Weather Review, 36 (no. 4; April 1908): 103.]
1908 Ap. 10 / (Cut) (See 1907.) / Black rain at Clynderwen, Wales / Cambrian Nat. Observer 10/2/54 / Nature 75/589 = 1907. / 128. [IX; 987. (Cambrian Natural Observer, 10-2-54.) “Notes.” Nature, 75 (April 18, 1907): 588-592, at 589. See: 1907 Ap. 10, (IX; 690).]
1908 Ap. 10 / 2 a.m. / q / many places S. Australia / Adelaide Register, 11th. [IX; 988. (Adelaide Register, April 11, 1908.)]
1908 Ap. 19 / Sep. 7, '71. * [IX; 989. See: (1871 Sep. 7). (Solar prominences???)]
1908 Ap. 23 / Tornadoes / Southern States, U.S. / From Dakota to Gulf of Mexico / 300 killed in state of Miss. [IX; 990. (Ref.???)]
1908 Ap. 24 / Tornado / Tenn, La., Texas, Miss, Ala. / NY Times, 25th. [IX; 991. “100 Dead, 200 Hurt. in Tornado's Path.” New York Times, April 25, 1908, p. 1 c. 5.]
1908 Ap. 29 / (April volc) / Etna violent / Nature 78-435. [IX; 992. "Notes." Nature, 78 (September 3, 1908): 431-435, at 435.]
1908 / early in May / 2 men missing in Reading. / Lloyd's W. News 17-2-2. [D; 220. (Lloyd's Weekly News, May 17, 1908, p. 2 c. 2.)]
1908 May 1 / bet 8 and 9 p.m. / Vittel, France / WSW sky / Obj with nebulosity around, at least equal to diameter of the moon. / Cor to Cosmos, N.S., 58/535 / At nine o'clock a black band appeared upon it and moved obliquely across it, disappearing. / Editor thinks was Venus and meteorologic conditions. / July, '84 or '85 or etc. [IX: 993.1, 993.2. (Cosmos, n.s., 58-535.) See: (1884 or 1885, July).]
1908 May 10 / Violent eruption of Savaii, Samoa / Nature 78-155. [IX; 994. "Notes." Nature, 78 (June 18, 1908): 154-158, at 155. The Savai'i volcano.]
1908 May 11 / Red streak in sky—small object seen in Sept, 1906—Abergavenny / Eng Mec 86/372. [IX; 995. (English Mechanic, 86-372.)]
1908 May 13 / “Cedric” i[note cut off] zone of great electric display and little rain / for 2 hours / thunder deafening / NY Times—17-1-2. [IX; 996. “Heavenly Fireworks at Sea.” New York Times, May 17, 1908, p. 1 c. 2. The White Star liner Cedric “entered the zone of an electrical disturbance on Wednesday night after hours of plowing through a quiet sea and oppressive weather. The lightning display was magnificent. The flashes were vivid and followed each other in such quick succession that for a time it played all over the ship, clothing her in fire. Great balls of fire appeared to chase each other down the steel masts.” ]
1908 May 14 / q near Yakataga, Alaska / BA 1911-45. [IX; 997. (BA 1911-45.)]
1908 May 15 / q recorded in Manchester. / NY Times 16-1-5. [IX; 998. (New York Times, May 16, 1908, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1908 May 17 / May 27 / Fireballs / Antwerp / 2 on 27th / Nature 78-330. [IX; 999. "Bolides Observed During May." Nature, 78 (August 6, 1908): 330.]
1908 May 19 / 10:20 p.m. / May 22 / 8:50 p.m. / Fireballs from Scorpio / Observatory 31-287. [IX; 1000. (Observatory, 31-287.)]
1908 May 23 / 2 little boys disap near Gloucester. [D; 221. (Ref.???)]
1908 May 25 / Mirages of land in the sky at Llanelly / Cam Nat Obs 1908-55. [IX; 1001. )Cambrian Natural Observer, 1908-55.)]
1908 May 26 / “Fearful dust storm at Mulla, near Nahakki, India. / D News 28-7-6. [IX; 1002. (London Daily News, May 28. 1908, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1908 May 31 / 12:42 p.m. / Allentown, Pa, excited—shock. Rumors of explosions. None traced, so supposed a q. / NY Times June 1-1-4. [IX; 1003. (New York Times, June 1, 1908, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1908 May 31 / disap? / at Ipswich / Policeman saw a man cross a bridge. Lost sight of him. Heard a splash—surface of water of river disturbed. / Other policemen—footprints of the man in the mud—searched—drags were used—no trace of him. / Eastern Evening News (Norwich), June 1-2-7. [D: 222.1, 222.2. (Eastern Evening News, June 1, 1908, p. 2 c. 7.)]
1908 June 12 / Sounds / Noirmoutier (Vendée) / between 9 and 10 a.m. / Heavy detonations heard—so strong as to make windows rattle—suposed by some persons to be earthquake shocks and by others to be thunder from a distant storm. / Bull Soc Astro de F., July, '08. [IX: 1004.1, 1004.2. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, July, 1908.)]
1908 June 14 / W. Dispatch, 5-5 / Ghost in a disused fort at Southwick. [D; 223. (London Weekly Dispatch, June 14, 1908, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1908 June 19 / (One) / Balloon passing over Brattleboro, Vt., struck by 2 bullets. / NY Times 20-1-2 / 2 men arrested. / June 26-1-3. [IX; 1005. (New York Times, June 20, 1908, p. 1 c. 2.) (New York Times, June 26, 1908, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1908 June 21 / Night—a Harwich steam lifeboat put out to what was believed to be a steamer onfire. No such vessel was found. Then it was believed that what was seen from the Cliffs of Dovercourt was the setting sun on a large white-painted steamer and brass fittings—Eastern Ev News (Norwich) 23-2-7. [D: 224.1, 224.2. (Eastern Evening News, June 23, 1908, p. 2 c. 7.)]
1908 June 25 / 9:30 p.m. / Denmark / 2 parallel mets—in Bouvier / Bull Soc Astro de F, Sept., '08. [IX; 1006. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, September, 1908.)]
1908 June 26 / (Cut) / hour after sunset / Hillsprings Station / Ac to communication forwarded from W.E. Cooke, Perth, W.A., “Three reports [took place] high up in the air." “Beautifully clear evening." No meteor mentioned. / Nature 78/390 / “Ob saw a met. [IX; 1007. Cooke, William Ernest. "Barisal Guns in Western Australia." Nature, 78 (August 27, 1908): 390.]
1908 June 27 / afternoon / Balloon / Philadelphia / perhaps mysteriously injured / NY Times 28-3-3. [D; 225. (New York Times, June 28, 1908, p. 3 c. 3.)]
1908 June 28 / Solar eclipse and Denning records a magnificent meteor, if to make the date [of] the solar eclipse more notable. / Observatory 31/288. [IX; 1008. (Observatory, 31-288.)]
1908 June 28 / Met eclipse / See Nov 16, 1910. [IX; 1009. See: 1910 Nov. 16, (IX: 1797, 1798, & 1800).]
[1908 June 30. Tunguska event.]
1908 June 30 / Science, May 11, 1928 / 7 a.m. / Enormous meteorite fell in Siberia—heard hundreds of kilometres—in 5 cities mentioned. Vibrations of its fall registered on seismographs at Irkutsk. Panics among natives. Knocked down and burned trees. Hill still deforested by it in 1927—the zone of it covered with shallow “craters.”—burning gases with it. [IX: 1010.1, 1010.2. (Merrill, George P. "The Siberian Meteorite." Science, n.s., 67 (May 11, 1928): 489-490.)]
1908 June 30-July 1 / night / sky glows / Nature 78-228, 247, 306. [IX; 1011. "Notes." Nature, 78 (July 9, 1908): 228-232, at 228. Denning, William Frederick. "The Sky Glows." Nature, 78 (July 16, 1908): 247. "The Recent Night-Glows." Nature, 78 (July 30, 1908): 306. “Über die Lichterscheinungen am Nachthimmel aus dem Anfang des Juli.” Astronomische Nachrichten, 178 (1908): 239-240.]
1908 June 30-July 1 / Cor. who says had done 12 years night duty as a signal man, says he had never seen a night like this one—that never grew dark. / D. News, July 2-6-6 / Horizon from N to E one long reflection of light. Issue of 4th, another cor tells of reading a newspaper at 10:30 p.m., night of 1st July, without other light. [IX: 1012.1, 1012.2. (London Daily News, July 2, 1908, p. 6 c. 6.) (London Daily News, July 4, 1908.)]
1908 June 30-July 1 / Brilliant sky glows in Gt. Britain. / J. Roy Met Soc 34/202—says was all night a prolonged twilight. / Also Northern Eagle. No trace of aurora fluctuations. Whole northern sky from horizon to ab 45 degrees reddish. Clouds near horizon tinged reddish. / Nature, July 9, 1908. [IX: 1013.1, 1013.2. (Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 34-202.) (Nature, July 9, 1908.) (Northern Eagle, ???)]
1908 June 30 and July 1 / Ruddy glow in sky not auroral—attrib to dust in dry atmosphere. / Sci Monthly 1/30. [IX; 1014. (Science Monthly, 1-30.)]
1908 June 30 / night / Sky illuminations / Bull Soc Astro de F, Aug., 1908, p. 375. [IX; 1015. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, August, 1908, p. 375.)]
1908 June 30 / [Destructive Meteors.] / NY Sun, Sept 13, 1930. [IX; 1016. Newspaper clipping. (New York Sun, September 13, 1930.)]
1908 July ? / [Kulik Is Returning from Siberia Quest] / [New York Times], Dec 2, 1928. [IX; 1017. Newspaper clipping. (New York Times, December 2, 1928.)]
1908 July (?) / [Wake if Mightie To Be Picture] / [The Evening World, June 27, 1930]. [IX; 1018. Newspaper clipping. (New York Evening World, June 27, 1930.)]
1908 July 1 . Morning, ac to a cor to D. News, 3-7-1—a remarkable prominence seen rising from the limb of the sun. [IX; 1019. (London Daily News, July 3, 1908, p. 7 c. 1.)]
1908 July 1 / morning / Sharp shock / Calabria / D. News 2-7-1. [IX; 1020. (London Daily News, July 2, 1908, p. 7 c. 1.)]
1908 July 1 / dispatch of, from St Petersburg / Village of Tirdjan, in the Caicasus, 110 houses swallowed by (earthquake. / D. News 2-7-1). [IX; 1021. (London Daily News, July 2, 1908, p. 7 c. 1.)]
1908 July 1 / early morning of, and night of, and then night of 1st / Brilliant aurora, London. Like glare of a conflagration. / D. News 2-7-2. [IX; 1022. (London Daily News, July 2, 1908, p. 7 c. 2.)]
1908 July 1 / At village of Clap Hall, near Gravesend, child aged 2½ years, and an infant aged 4 months, asleep in a perambulator near haystack. Haystack caught fire by unknown mean and children burned to death. / D News 2-8-5. [D; 226. (London Daily News, July 2, 1908, p. 8 c. 5.)]
1908 July 2 / Ice / clear sky / Braemar / N / D-178. [IX; 1023. The note copies information from page 178 of The Book of the Damned. Fraser, D.A. "Large Hail in Sunshine." Symons' Meteorological Magazine, 43 (September 1908): 154.]
1908 July 2 / night / Boston / invasion countless thousands of brown moths, like flakes of snowstorm / N.Y. World—3-5-2. [IX; 1024. (New York World, July 3, 1908, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1908 July 2 / Hail, clear sky / 2 p.m. / at Braemar / Symons' Met 43-154 / Thunder rumbling all around, but sun shining brightly. Pieces of ice ab ½ inch across fell. 5 minutes later, round hail inch in diameter. Whole occurrence bet 10 and 15 minutes. [IX: 1025.1, 1025.2. Fraser, D.A. "Large Hail in Sunshine." Symons' Meteorological Magazine, 43 (September 1908): 154.]
1908 July 2-3 / night / Again aurora / D. News 3-7-1—also tropical heat / causing deaths / Also on Continent. [IX; 1026. (London Daily News, July 2, 1908, p. 7 c. 1.)]
1908 July 2-3 / night / Santa Fe, N.M. / destructive tornado / N.Y. World 4-8-6. [IX; 1027. (New York World, July 4, 1908, p. 8 c. 6.)]
1908 July 3 / heat wave in N.Y. continues. 23 deaths attrib. to. / D. News 9-5-6. [IX; 1028. (London Daily News, July 9, 1908, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1908 July 3 / 6:10 a.m. / Arrachar, Scotland / shock / D. News 4-7-3. [IX; 1029. (London Daily News, July 4, 1908, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1908 July 4 / 10 a.m. / coast at Tréport / Cor writes—Cosmos 59/59—that upon a fine day, sea calm, had heard sounds like tha of distant thunder, and asks explanation—Editor can not, and says that the case be more interesting if he could to be sure there was no cannon-firing. [IX: 1030.1, 1030.2. (Cosmos, n.s., 59-59.)]
1908 July 4 / Oil fire in Mexico started. / N.Y. Sun 23-1-6 / Still burning. [IX; 1031. (New York Sun, July 23, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1908 July 4 / A lake of oil, more than a square mile, blazing at least up to the 10th, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico—N.Y. World, 11-5-7 / Said been set afire accidentally by a workman, The blaze was 1,500 feet high. As reported from incoming ships, was visible 200 miles at sea. The explosion, when subterranean oil caught fire, shook the earth, 75 miles around. / World—12-2-7—flames as fierce as ever. [IX: 1032.1. 1032.2. (New York World, July 11, 1908, p. 5 c. 7.) (New York World, July 12, 1908, p. 2 c. 7.)]
1908 July 4 / “Singular phe” at Battle Creek, Mich.—a cloud from an almost clear sky swooped upon a building and carried the roof, 90 by 200 feet, 100 yards away. / N.Y. World 5-2-2 / Half a mile away, people know of no storm. [IX; 1033. (New York World, July 5, 1908, p. 2 c. 2.)]
1908 July 4 / Boryslav, Austria / Square mile of oil tanks in the oil district blazing—set fire by lightning. / World 5-11-6. [IX; 1034. (New York World, July 5, 1908, p. 11 c. 6.)]
1908 July 4 ./ N.Y. World, 14-1 / In N.Y., heat records for 33 years broken. [IX; 1035. (New York World, July 14, 1908, p. 14 c. 1.)]
1908 July 4 / [LT], 12-a / q / Scotland. [IX; 1036. (London Times, July 4, 1908, p. 12 c. 1.)]
1908 July 5 / Inf conjunction Venus-sun. [IX; 1037. (Confirm.)]
1908 July 7 / Aug 17 / Slight shocks / Panama / BA 1911-52. [IX; 1038. (BA 1911-52.)]
1908 July 12 / Thought fire? / Child of mundic Dehunoc, of Seymour Street, Yonkers, found asleep in a blazing crib. Neither D nor his wife home at the time. Child badly burned. D. was arrested—denied knew anything about it—then “broke down and said it was a sickly child and he wanted to get rid of it, then said again that he did not know who set the fire. / N.Y. World 13-1-6. [D: 227.1, 227.2. (New York World, July 13, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1908 July 14, etc. / Dense crowds of dragon-flies traverse the island of Alderney. / Weekly Budget 18-5-2 / From s.w. to n.e. [IX; 1039. (Weekly Budget, July 18, 1908, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1908 July 14-15 / N.Y. Sun 16-2-5 / midnight / Big fire / oil tanks / Orcuttm Cal. [IX; 1040. (New York Sun, July 16, 1908, p. 2 c. 5.)]
1908 July 15-Aug 4 ./ N.Y. Sun / Have. [IX; 1041.]
1908 July 16 / D. News of / Heat wave in Lapland / 77 degrees. [IX; 1042. (London Daily News, July 16, 1908.)]
1908 July 16 / Sun 17-1-4 / Said that in Harlem thought butterflies, and not moths, because they peaked their wings when sitting and did not seem to be used to flying nights. Evidently exhausted—clung to people's clothes. [IX; 1043. (New York Sun, July 17, 1908, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1908 July 16 / Unknown insects / N.Y. World 18-1-5 / Clouds of the moths sweeping down Broadway. On the 17th, Prof Beulenmuller, of the Amer Museum, Nat Hist., said that the species was unknown to him. / City filled with them—one death—Harlem child watching them, fell out a window. [IX: 1044.1, 1044.2. (New York World, July 18, 1908, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1908 July 16 / Butterflies? First arrivals ab. 8 p.m., ac to Sun of 17th. / Sun—18-1-6—were large white moths, and not butterflies. [IX; 1045. (New York Sun, July 17, 1908.) (New York Sun, July 18, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1908 July 16 / World of 18-1-5 / In New Jersey, countless swarms of browntail moths. Shade Tree Commission was paying 10 cents a quart for eggs and cocoons and caterpillars. [IX; 1046. (New York World, July 18, 1908, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1908 July 16 / Typhoon / Manila / N.Y. World 17-2-3. [IX; 1047. (New York World, July 17, 1908, p. 2 c. 3.)]
1908 July 16 / night / 11:30 / Shower of big white moths in Harlem. / N.Y. World 17-2-3 / “As large as butterflies.” Enromous numbers—windows had to be closed. [IX; 1048. (New York World, July 17, 1908, p. 2 c. 3.)]
1908 July 18 / Heavy fall of snow at Agorda, Lombardy, Italy / N.Y. Sun 19-1-4. [IX; 1049. (New York Sun, July 19, 1908, p. 1 c. 4.)]
[The following four notes were folded together by Fort. D: 228-231.]
1908 July 19 / N.Y. World, 2-2 / Cat belonging in house, 588 Gates St., Brooklyn, went mad and bit 4 persons. / 20-3-3 / Cat, 54 Manhatten avenue, N.Y. went mad and attacked people on a stoop. lacerating one of them. / 2-3-3 / Frank Sands, aged farmer, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., flesh of arm torn by a cat that had been roaming in the woods for weeks. It was killed. [D; 228.1, 228.2. (New York World, July 19, 1908, p. 2 c. 2.) (New York World, July 20, 1908, p. 3 c. 3.) (New York World, August 2, 1908, ???., p. 3 c. 3.)]
1908 July / Cats / World, Aug 24-1-6 / Big black cat bit a score of persons in Brownsville, Long Island. [D; 229. (New York World, August 24, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1908 July / Cat / World, Aug 7—woman in Baldwin, L.I., died of rabies—bitten by mad cat. [D; 230. (New York World, August 7, 1908.)]
1908 July / The cats / But severe heat, at this time. [D; 231. (Ref.???)]
1908 July 21 / N.Y. Sun, 4-7, from Pall Mall Gazette—dense clouds of dragon-flies traversing island of Alderney and mainland of France. [IX; 1050. (New York Sun, July 21, 1908, p. 4 c. 7.) (Pall Mall Gazette, ca. July, 1908.)]
1908 July 21 / 2 oil tanks exploded, Byone, N.J. / N.Y. Sun, 22-1-6 / Hot weather? [IX; 1051. (New York Sun, July 22, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1908 July 21 / N.Y. World, 1-2 / Columbus, Ohio / John McClay was the custodian of the squirrels of the State House grounds. July 19th—He found one of them in his front yard. He lived 8 miles from the State House. [D; 232. (New York World, July 21, 1908, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1908 July 23 / N.Y. World, 1-4 / Invasion of N.Y. City by mosquitoes. [IX; 1052. (New York World, July 23, 1908, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1908 July 23 / N.Y. World—27-12-3 / Elmhurst, L.I. / John Fitzgerald's home myst burned and he myst disappeared. Nobody in the ruins. [D; 233. (New York World, July 27, 1908, p. 12 c. 3.)]
1908 July 24 / Man in street of Gary, Ind, attacked by a wolf that then made off. / NY Sun 25-10-4. [D; 234. (New York Sun, July 25, 1908, p. 10 c. 4.)]
1908 July 26 / Plague of fleas / See May 15, 1909. [IX; 1053. See: 1909 May 15, (IX; 1315).]
1908 July 26 / N.Y. World, 6-4 / Flea plague / upper west side of New York. [IX; 1054. (New York World, July 26, 1908, p. 6 c. 4.)]
1908 July 27, 28 / Disastrous typhoon / Hong-Kong / D. News, Aug 4-6-2. [IX; 1055. (London Daily News, August 4, 1908, p. 6 c. 2.)]
1908 July 27 / N.Y. World 28-1-2 / Phenomenal hauls of bluefish, at Seabright, N.J. [IX; 1056. (New York World, July 28, 1908, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1908 July 27 / N.Y. World, 12-5 / Hudson River “simply alive with lafayettes. These fish visited Hudson river every few years. [IX; 1057. (New York World, July 27, 1908, p. 12 c. 5.)]
1908 July 28 / 11 h, 6 m / Bristol and S. Wales / brilliant fireball / and Ireland / Nature 78-351. [IX; 1058. "A Brilliant Fireball." Nature, 78 (August 13, 1908): 351.]
1908 July 28 / Devastating typhoon / Canton, China / N.Y. World 30-7-4. [IX; 1059. (New York World, July 30, 1908, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1908 July 29 / N.Y. World 30-3-5 / 8:56 p.m. / A heavy, muffled explosion heard in New York City by police of Leonard St Station. Investigated 3 hours, unable to trace it. [IX; 1060. (New York World, July 30, 1908, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1908 July 29 / N.Y. World, 1-2 / Many petty robberies in neighborhood of Lincoln Avenue, Pittsburg. Story told in World of detectives detailed to catch the thieves, saw early morning, July 26, saw a big black Newfoundland dog. The dog followed them, caught up. “Good morning,” it said. It disappeared in “thin, greenish vapors”. [D: 235.1, 235.2. (New York World, July 29, 1908, p. 1 c. 2.) ("Canine Spook Talks." Chicago Inter Ocean, August 9, 1908, p. 4 c. 2; @ newspapers.com.]
1908 July 30, 31 / 2 remarkable prominences on the sun. / Nature 80-108. [IX; 1061. "A Remarkable Prominence." Nature, 80 (March 25, 1909): 108.]
1908 July 31 / 11:12 p.m. (?) / A met train (Juvisy) photographed moving between Pegasus and “Verseau”. / Bull Soc Astro de F, Oct., '08. [IX; 1062. Quénisset, Ferdinand Jules. “Remarquable traînée persistante d'un bolide.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 22 (1908): 458-459. “Verseau” is the French name for the constellation of Aquarius.]
1908 July 31 / Juvisy / 11 h, 12 m / Bolide left train visible. The train—without telescope—10 minutes. / Nature 78-612. [IX; 1063. "A Bolide with a Persistent Trail." Nature, 78 (October 15, 1908): 612. Quénisset, Ferdinand Jules. “Remarquable traînée persistante d'un bolide.” Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France, 22 (1908): 458-459. Quénisset writes that the train was visible for 10 minutes with the naked eye, and more than 20 minutes with binoculars, (“plus de vingt minutes”).]
1908 July 31 / Polts / N.Y. World, 3-5 / For 6 months, polt phe, 181 W 28th St., Chicgo—furniture and crockery moving about. 3 families had moved out. In Jan, Charles Girke had died here. While dying he had been scorched by a lamp, overturned by his sons, quareeling over his will. Night, July 30, huge crow around the house. Police could not disperse them. Fireman called out and 6 fire engines flooded them. [D; 236.1, 236.2. (New York World, July 31, 1908, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1908 Aug., about / Staffordshire / Phe at Uttoxter / See Aug 28, 1910. [D; 237. See: (1910 Aug 28).]
1908 Aug / Utoxeter / See Aug 28, 1910. [D; 238. See: (1910 Aug 28).]
1908 Aug / Uttoxeter / See March 10, 1909. / See March 14, 1909. [D; 239. See: (1909 March 10), and (1909 March 14).]
1908 Aug 2 / 3 to 6 p.m. / Mirage, or phantom city, over sea at Ballyconnelly, Connemara, near Clifden—hundreds of persons watching it. “Composed of houses of different sizes and varying styles of architecture.” / D. News, Aug 7-5-6. [IX; 1064. (London Daily News, August 7, 1908, p. 5 c. 6.)]
(1908 Aug 2) / Ch / Mirage of a small town of houses in different styles, and some of them dismantled, seen over the ocean, at Ballyconneely, coast of Connemara, Ireland, Aug 2, 1908. / Country Notes and Queries 1/328. [IX; 1065. (Science Gossip, also as, Country Queries and Notes, 1 (1908): 328.) "City in the Sea." Bolton Evening News, August 7, 1908. p. 3 c. 5. "A strange story of a mirage, which reminds one of 'The Spectre Island' or ' The Phantom City,' comes from Ballyconneely, a town on the wild Connemara coast, some miles beyond Clifden. Last Sunday evening a small town well studded with houses was observed on the sea about six or seven miles westward. The beautiful spectre showed lovely and dim, being first seen by some young people. Soon hundreds gathered to witness the enchanting spectacle, which they state was composed of different sizes and varying styles of architecture. Here and there was a dismantled dwelling as if even this strange land of sunshine had been visited by the crowbar brigade. The phantom city was visible from 3 p.m. till 6 p.m., when it gradually vanished from view, leaving dismayed spectators, many of whom had begun to believe that it was a small town that had come to stay. It disappeared slowly and mystically. The golden clouds curtained the deep where it lay, and the phantom city was seen no more. The peasants wondered if their eyes had not betrayed them, but they had all seen the vision in broad daylight only a few miles from the shore, and they now regard the legend of O'Brazil as no longer an imaginative story from the region of fable. Reflections of shipwrecks have hitherto been witnessed among the clouds clear, warm weather, and no doubt this phenomenon is the reflection in the water of some city far away."]
1908 Aug 3 / Forest fires / Canada. [IX; 1066. (Ref.???)]
1908 Aug 4 / 2:20 a.m. / Shock Algeria—panic-stricken people run from houses—great damage. [IX; 1067. (Ref.???)]
1908 Aug 4 / Great q. / Algeria / Constantine destoryed. / Le Naturaliste 1908-240 / Others to 15th. [IX; 1068. (Le Naturaliste, 1908-240.) (Ca. “to 15th”???)]
1908 Aug 5 / trace up to Messina, / [LT], 11-c / Sun spots. [IX; 1069. (London Times, August 5, 1908, p. 11 c. 3.)]
1908 Aug 6 / I should say this about max. time. [IX; 1070. (Confirm.)]
1908 Aug 6 / s spots not maximum / Large groups of sunspots period 2 or 3 years after the maximum. / Nature 78-351 / They reappear in September on the third rotation. / p. 550 / to the N.E. [IX; 1071. "Sun-Spots Visible to the Naked Eye." Nature, 78 (August 13, 1908): 351. "Large Group of Sun-Spots." Nature, 78 (October 1, 1908): 550.]
1908 Aug 10 / Perseids ordinary. / See Nature 78-330. [IX; 1072.1. "Observations of Perseids, 1907." Nature, 78 (August 6, 1908): 330.]
1908 Aug 10 / Perseids ordinary. / See Nature 78-367. [IX; 1072.2. Denning, William Frederick. "August Meteors of 1908." Nature, 78 (August 20, 1908): 367.]
1908 Aug 12 / See Aug 6 observation of the sun spots. / Nature 78-377 / See Aug 27. [IX; 1073. "Another Large Sun-Spot Group." Nature, 78 (August 20, 1908): 377. See: 1908 Aug 6, (IX; 1071), and, 1908 Aug 27, (IX; 1080).]
1908 Aug 13 / 3 q's recorded at Shide and on 14th another. / Aug 17 a record at Kodaikanal Observatory. / Aug 18—violent q at Terni, Italy, and in Sicily and California. / Nature 78-374. [IX; 1074. "Notes." Nature, 78 (August 20, 1908): 372-377, at 374.]
1908 Aug 14 / Sunspots marked. / Nature 78-377. [IX; 1075. "Another Large Sun-Spot Group." Nature, 78 (August 20, 1908): 377.]
1908 Aug 14 / D News of, 5-2 / 3rd mys explosion of a shell on French war vessel at Toulon. [D; 240. (London Daily News, August 14, 1908, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1908 Aug 15 / 8:30 / Mass / Boston, etc. / q and rumble / NY Times 16-1-6. [IX; 1076. (New York Times, August 16, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1908 Aug 15 / N.Y. World, 1-2 / Began Aug 12, on farm of George R Hempstead, Centre Groton, Conn. Spools of thread from Mrs H.'s workbasket came to her down stairs to room below. Marbles and beans moved slowly from one room to another. [D; 241. (New York World, August 15, 1908, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1908 Aug 18 / [LT], 10-b / Meteor. [IX; 1077. (London Times, August 18, 1908, p. 10 c. 2.)]
1908 Aug 18, etc. / Crime wave in Paris. / D. News 18-5-1. [D; 242. (London Daily News, August 18, 1908, p. 5 c. 1.)]
1908 Aug 23 / 3:30 / 4:30 / 2:30 / 10 a.m. / 8 p.m. / q. / Va. / Balt Amer 3/131. [IX; 1078. (Baltimore American, 1-131.???)]
1908 Aug 24 / early morning / Sagamore Hill, L.I., President Theodore Roosevelt's home. Met seen, then thought to have fallen, but not found. / N.Y. Times 25-1-2. [IX; 1079. (New York Times. August 25, 1908, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1908 Aug 27 / The large sunspots again appear. / Nature 78-470. [IX; 1080. "Large Sun-Spots." Nature, 78 (September 10, 1908): 470.]
1908 Sept / Myst shooting / Oct. 18, 1912 / Oct 11-12, 1907. [D; 243. See: (1912 Oct 18), and, (1907 Oct 11-12).]
1908 Sept / Mys wounds / See Jan-Feb, 1874. [D; 244. See: (1874 Jan-Feb).]
[The following four notes were clipped together by Fort. D: 245-248.]
1908 Sept / Myst missile / See March 30, 1924. / (See K bug, 1899. Hypo—1913—Dec.) [D; 245. See: (1899, K bug), and, (1913 Dec), and (1924 March 30).]
1908 Sept / Myst shooting / See Jan 1, 1899. Or 98? / See Jan-Feb., 1916. [D; 246. See: (1898 or 1899 Jan. 1), and, (1916 Jan-Feb).]
1908 Sept 11 / Boy myste[riously] shot / NY Times 14-5-3 / 15-5-6 / man myst shot / 16-6-3 / 17-5-3 / 16-1-6—myst. bomb / Man strangely wounded / 17-5-? / shot on train / 20-18-2 / woman / 22-18-3 / boy confessed did one / 23-18-5 / I see no more of this. [D; 247. (New York Times, 1908 September: 14-5-3, 15-5-6, 16-1-6, 16-6-3, 17-5-3, 17-5-?, 20-18-2, 22-18-3, 23-18-5.)]
1908 Sept 17 / night / At Sunman, Ind., Charles Bell—man in street shot with a shotgun by someone unknown. / Chic. Trib 19-3-4. [D; 248. (Chicago Tribune, September 19, 1908, p. 3 c. 4.)]
1908 Sept 1 / Violent gale / England and Continent / D. Mail 2-5-1. [IX; 1081. (London Daily Mail, September 2, 1908, p. 5 c. 1.)]
1908 Sept, early / th stone / Tree in Morhanger Park, near Sndy, Bedfordshire, struck by lightning. Smouldered a fortnight. Cut down—in the center where been smouldering found a greyish white ball ab 6 inches in diameter. / Jour R. Met Soc 34/263 / Alfred Hands tells and argues could not have fallen from sky and was only tree-ashes. [IX: 1082.1, 1082.2. (Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 34-263.)]
1908 Sept 4 / q recorded at Laibach / Reached maximum at 6:20 p.m. Said been 3250 miles distant. / D. Mail 7-5-4. [IX; 1083. (London Daily Mail, September 7, 1908, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1908 Sept 4 / 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. / near New London, Conn. / Aurora / Science, N.S., 28-727. [IX; 1084. "Auroral Displays." Science, n.s., 28 (November 20, 1908): 727-729.]
1908 Sept 4 / Toronto, Canada / flashes in broad beams / Pop Astro 16/517. [IX; 1085. Hassard, Albert Richard John Frazer. “An Aurora....” Popular Astronomy, 16 (no. 8; October 1908): 517-518.]
1908 Sept 4-6, 8-10 / Magnetic disturbances at Kew / 11-12, great mag. storm / Nature 78-508. [IX; 1086. Chree, Charles. "Large Magnetic Storm." Nature, 78 (September 24, 1908): 508.]
[The following two notes were clipped together by Fort. D: 249-250.]
1908 Sept 5 / President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay horseback riding. / Shot from somewhere went over his head. / Chicago Tribune 8-1-3 / This, in 9th, said only been some target-shooters. [D; 249. (Chicago Tribune, September 8, 1908, p. 1 c. 3.) (Chicago Tribune, September 9, 1908.)]
1908 Sept. 5 / Subject for investigation / Myst assassinations of rulers—of cause. Somebody in the crowd nabbed and charged. [D; 250. (Ref.???)]
1908 Sept 8 / D. Mail of, 3-5 / New comet in northern sky. [IX; 1087. (London Daily Mail, September 8, 1908, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1908 Sept 8 / Explosion heard in Tenn. Someone writes was of dynamite and gives particulars. Ac to first writer, no such explosion of dynamite had occurred. / See NY papers. / Sci Amer 99-315, 374, 431 / 100-115 / The met was seen. [IX; 1088. Marshall, Park. " Was This An Aerolite?" Scientific American, n.s., 99 (November 7, 1908): 315. Hoyte, E.B. "The Mysterious Aerolite." Scientific American, n.s., 99 (November 28, 1908): 374. Button, A.M. "That Mysterious Aerolite." Scientific American, n.s., 99 (December 12, 1908): 431. Marshall, Park. "That Aerolite Again." Scientific American, n.s., 100 (February 6, 1909): 115. (New York newspaper, ca, September 8, 1908.)]
1908 Sept 8 / Sound / Tennessee/ (Sound) / Sci coinc / Sc. Am 99/315, 374, 431 / Sound heard Sept 8, 1908, Tennessee, 10 a.m. / One cor, had been great explosions at 10 a.m., Sept 8. / Another—had seen a daylight meteor, 10 a.m., Sept 8. [IX; 1089. Marshall, Park. " Was This An Aerolite?" Scientific American, n.s., 99 (November 7, 1908): 315. Hoyte, E.B. "The Mysterious Aerolite." Scientific American, n.s., 99 (November 28, 1908): 374. Button, A.M. "That Mysterious Aerolite." Scientific American, n.s., 99 (December 12, 1908): 431. Marshall, Park. "That Aerolite Again." Scientific American, n.s., 100 (February 6, 1909): 115.]
1908 Sept 8 / no dynamite / Tenn. / Sci Am, Nov. 7 / Nov. 28 / Dec. 12 / Feb 6, 1909 / +. [IX; 1090. Marshall, Park. " Was This An Aerolite?" Scientific American, n.s., 99 (November 7, 1908): 315. Hoyte, E.B. "The Mysterious Aerolite." Scientific American, n.s., 99 (November 28, 1908): 374. Button, A.M. "That Mysterious Aerolite." Scientific American, n.s., 99 (December 12, 1908): 431. Marshall, Park. "That Aerolite Again." Scientific American, n.s., 100 (February 6, 1909): 115.]
1908 Sept 10 / (Sunspot—arcs) / Photos taken at Greenwich showing two spots far separated bridging over the gap between them. / Nature 79-469. [IX; 1091. (Nature, 79-469.)]
1908 Sept 11 / Hurricane / W. Indies / D. Mail 12-5-3. [IX; 1092. (London Daily Mail, September 12, 1908, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1908 Sept 14 / [LT], 2-f / Comet. [IX; 1093. (London Times, September 14, 1908, p. 2 c. 6.) (Probably Comet Morehouse, C/1907 R1.)]
1908 Sept. 14 / (3) / See Ap. 26, 1893. / Light in sky as if from an invisible or obscurred moon at Gosport, Hants. / Country Queries and Notes, 1/328 / p. 417 / another cor says was like a searchlight. / The “moon” / E. Mec 88/211. [IX; 1094. (Country Queries and Notes, 1-328, 417; also as: .Science Gossip, (also as, Country Queries and Notes), 1: 138, 328, 417; @ Harvard, Ernst Mayr Library, and Oxford; April 1908-April 1909, nos. 1-13.) (D.E. Packer. "Aurora and meteor display of September 14." English Mechanic, 88 (no. 2271; October 2, 1908): 211.) See: 1893 Ap 26, (VII; 902).]
1908 Sept 15 / 1:36 p.m. / Blandville, Ky / q / “loud noise and a lively shake / Climat. Rept Ky Section, Sept / Repeated between noon and 2 p.m., Dec. 31. [IX; 1095. (Climatological Report, Kentucky Section, September 1908.)]
1908 Sept 15 / Carload of dynamite exploded at Windsor, Missouri. / D. Mail 16-5-6. [IX; 1096. (London Daily Mail, September 16, 1908, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1908 Sept. 17 / 7:15 p.m. / Mass. / great met / Science, N.S, 28-516. [IX; 1097. Thomson, Elihu. "An Unusual Meteoric Fall." Science, n.s., 28 (October 16, 1908): 516-517.]
[D; 251. Moved to September 17, 1910. See: 1910 Sept 17, (D; 251).]
1908 Sept 17 / [source unidentified], 3-7 / Alleged ghst. at Beddington, Surrey. Found was a tombstone illuminated by a lamp. [D; 252. Unidentified source, September 17, 1908, p. 3 c. 7.) (“Tombstone as Ghost.” Cheltenham Chronicle, September 19, 1908, p. 3 c. 6; & others.)]
1908 Sept 20 / NY Times, 5-1 / Great forest fires and smoke / Maine. [IX; 1098. (New York Times, September 20, 1908, p. 5 c. 1.)]
1908 Sept 24 / Strong disturbances recorded at Laibach—thought might have been caused by Philippine cyclones, which might have shaken the whole earth. / D. Mail 29-5-6. [IX; 1099. (London Daily Mail, September 29, 1908, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1908 Sept 28 / Very severe q, estimated 1875 miles away, recorded at Laibach, 7:30 a.m. / At 6:30 a.m. at Shide, Isle of Wight. / D. Mail, 29-5-6. [IX; 1100. (London Daily Mail, September 29, 1908, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1908 Sept 28, 29 / Omaha / Aurora / Science, N.S., 34-182. [IX; 1101. Rigge, William Francis. "A Bright Aurora of September, 1908." Science, n.s., 34 (August 11, 1911): 182-183.]
1908 Sept 29 / (Beam) / Butte, Montana / also in Missouri / Slender beam of light, thought tail of a comet. / Appearance at Washington, said been auroral. / N.Y. Times, Oct 1-1-4 / Was discussed about this time / Morehouse's / Look up. [IX; 1102. (New York Times, October 1, 1908, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1908 Sept 30 / See Oct 15. / Greatest change in Morehouse's Comet—Sci Am. 100/135 / Wilfrid Griffin points out that on evening of 29th, great aurora. [IX; 1103. Griffin, Wilfrid. "The Aurora Borealis and Morehouse's Comet." Scientific American, n.s., 100 (February 13, 1909): 135. See: (1908 Oct 15).Comet C/1908 R1.]
1908 Oct 1 / Cut / 5:45 p.m. / Oaklands, Chard[, Somerset] / still broad daylight / Meteor to east of moon. / Nature 78-580. [IX; 1104. "Bright Bolides." Nature, 78 (October 8, 1908): 580.]
1908 Oct 2 / Changes in sun spots and a magnetic storm and Dr. A. Nodon of the Bordeaux Observatory points out that they precede the cyclone that devastates Guadeloupe. / Nature 79-48. [IX; 1105. "Terrestrial Electricity and Solar Activity." Nature, 79 (November 12, 1908): 48.]
1908 Oct 14 / Conj Jupiter and Venus / Bull Soc Astro de F 23/51. [IX; 1106. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 23-51.)]
1908 Oct 15 / Another disturbance / Morehouse's Comet / Sc Am 100-26 / See L.T., Oct 23-15-d / Nov 6-10-b / Dec 22-17-d / 28-6-d. [IX; 1107. (Scientific American, n.s., 100-26.) (London Times, 1908: Oct 23-15-d / Nov 6-10-b / Dec 22-17-d / 28-6-d.)]
1908 Oct. 16, 17, 27 / No sunspots / Pop Astro 17-127. [IX; 1108. Young, Anne Sewell. “Resume of Sun-Spot Observations.” Popular Astronomy, 17 (no. 2; February 1909): 127.]
1908 Oct 20 / [LT], 5-f / q's / France. [IX; 1109. (London Times, October 20, 1908, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1908 Oct 20 / 4:08 p.m. / Greatest of the Ochil q's / Geol Mag 1910-317. [IX; 1110. Davison, Charles. “The British Earthquakes of the Years 1908 and 1909.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 7 (1910): 315-320, at 317-318.]
1908 Oct 20 / N.Y. Times, 4-4 / Ghst. [D; 253. (New York Times, October 20, 1908, p. 4 c. 4.)]
1908 Oct 20 / Ghst / NY Times, October 20, 1908, 4-4. [D; 254. (New York Times, October 20, 1908, p. 4 c. 4.)]
1908 Oct 23 / [LT], 15-d / Nov 6-10-b / Dec 22-17-d / 28-6-d / Comet / Morehouse. [IX; 1111. (London Times, 1908: Oct 23 / [LT], 15-d / Nov 6-10-b / Dec 22-17-d / 28-6-d.)]
1908 Oct 24 / (D. Mail), 3-4 / (26-7-6) / House at Broadstairs. Sounds like screams and like footsteps. / Opening and shutting doors. [D; 255. (London Daily Mail, October 24, 1908, p. 3 c. 4.) (London Daily Mail, October 26, 1908, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1908 Oct 29 / (hot rain) / Steamer Kabinga, from Calcutta to Boston, within a week's sail of Boston. Electrical storm. “The hot rain fell in big drops that were so hot as almost to scald those whom they struck. / NY Sun, Nov. 6-1-5. [IX; 1112. (New York Sun, November 6, 1908, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1908 Oct 31 / (+) / Dispatch from Boston, in NY Times, Nov. 1, that, ac to 2 persons, shortly before 4 a.m., near Bridgewater, a light like a searchlight had been seen in the sky, Light played upon the earth as if by an investigator and then ascended. Said that stories of mysterious bright lights believed to have been cast from a balloon had been heard from various parts of New England. The week before, something like a bag-like balloon reported from Ware—2 during the preceding year from Bristol, Conn.; Pittsfield, Mass. (But that nothing could be learned of a balloon that had passed there.) [IX: 1113.1, 1113.2, 1113.3. (New York Times, November 1, 1908.)]
1908 Nov. (2) / T.J. Hicken, Birmingham. In Geminus, halo of misty gray lightaround central elevation. / E Mec—90-282. [IX; 1114. (English Mechanic, 90-282.)]
1908 Nov 3, and some days before / Etna active. / D. Mail 4-7-2. [IX; 1115. (London Daily Mail, November 4, 1908, p. 7 c. 2.)]
1908 Nov 3 / NY Herald, 6-1 / Incoming steamer reported a burning schooner ab 200 miles s.e. of Sandy Hook. [IX; 1116. (New York Herald, November 3, 1908, p. 6 c. 1.)]
1908 Nov. 4 . 2:30 p.m. / Severe q at Eger, Bohemia / D. Mail 4-7-2. [IX; 1117. (London Daily Mail, November 4, 1908, p. 7 c. 2.)]
1908 Nov (4 and 5) / More than 100 shocks in Voightland, Saxony. / D. Mail 6-7-6 / All schools closed, At 6:20 a.m. of 6th, violent shocks in this district (7-3-5). / Waters of springs rose 15 degrees in temperature. [IX; 1118. (London Daily Mail, November 6, 1908, p. 7 c. 6.) (London Daily Mail, November 7, 1908, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1908 Nov 6 / Group of sunspots first seen, and n, eye several days. On 12th, another group, and was n. eye on 17th. / Nature 79-80. [IX; 1119. "A Large Group of Sun-Spots." Nature, 79 (November 19, 1908): 80.]
1908 Nov 6 / BO / Severe shocks / Reggio and Messina / D. Mail, 7-3-5. [IX; 1120. (London Daily Mail, November 7, 1908, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1908 Nov 6, etc. / another large group of sun spots first observed at South Kensington on the 6th. For several days, easily visible to n.e. On 12th, another extensive group appeared, n.e. on 17th. / Nature 79-80. [IX; 1121. "A Large Group of Sun-Spots." Nature, 79 (November 19, 1908): 80.]
1908 Nov 7 / D. Mail, 3-7 / Myst fires / Dunstable. [D; 256. (London Daily Mail, November 7, 1908, p. 3 c. 7.)]
1908 Nov. 10 / by M. Jamain, of Libourne (Gironde) / Unknown dark body crossing disk of sun rapidly. / Bull Soc Astro de F. 23/74. [IX; 1122. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 23-74.)]
1908 Nov. 12 / Shocks at Spa, Belgium, and Sedalia, Missouri / NY Times 13-6-3. [IX; 1123. (New York Times, November 13, 1908, p. 6 c. 3.)]
1908 Nov. 12 / Shocks and panic at Spa, Belgium / D. Mail 13-7-6. [IX; 1124. (London Daily Mail, November 13, 1908, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1908 Nov. 13-16 / Nature, Nov 12, Denning and John R. Henry argue in terms of the stream in an orbit that far past maximum, but may be a few straggling one, though Denning says may be much more numerous than expected. Nov 26th, Denning records sky in England, Nov 13-15, overcast. At Leeds, on 16th, in 4 hours, 87 meteors seen, of which 26 seemed certainly Leonids and others might have been. [IX: 1125.1, 1125.2. (Nature, November 12, 1908.) (Nature, November 26, 1908.)]
1908 Nov 16 / 3 p.m. / off coast of British Honduras / Vessel struck by a waterspout. / Sun, 1909, Jan 8-2-4. [IX; 1126. (New York Sun, January 8, 1909, p. 2 c. 4.)]
1908 Nov 17 / NY Sun 18-1-6 / afternoon and night / Giant torch on a mountain / hotel and other buildings on Lookout Mt, Tenn. [IX; 1127. (New York Sun, Noevmber 18, 1908, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1908 Nov 19 / (D. Mail), 7-4 / Disastrous floods in Sicily and Southern Italy. [IX; 1128. (London Daily Mail, November 19, 1908, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1908 Nov 19 / (D. Mail), 5-5 / Spectral figure 8 feet high haunting a railway near Galway. [D; 257. (London Daily Mail, November 19, 1908, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1908 (Nov. 24) / Nor. Car. / 7:15 p.m. / great met and 5 minutes later sound like thunder / Climatological Rept., N.C Sect, Nov, 1908. [IX; 1129. Thiessen, Alfred Henry. “Meteor of November 24, 1908.” North Carolina Section of the Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau, 13 (no. 11; November, 1908): 84.]
1908 Nov. 24 / (wheel) / Gulf of Mexico / steeaks of brilliant and dark water not revolving / MWR 1908-371. [IX; 1130. “Brilliant Gulf Waters.” Monthly Weather Review, 36 (no. 11; November 1908): 371-372. “A remarkable marine phenomenon was observed by the steamship Dover, Capt. Yon A. Carlson, as that vessel steamed to Tampa from Mobile. When at a point 35 miles from Mobile light, at 7 o'clock in the evening of the 24th, the ship ran suddenly in[to] a streak of light coming from the water which alternated blue and green, the colors being so brilliant that the vessel was lighted up as if she were covered with arc lights with colored globes.” “A half mile streak of dark water, and a blackness that settled like a pall over the ship followed, and a second streak of the same brillliant-hued waters was encountered. The second streak was about as wide as the first one, and when the ship ran out of it the same black waters and a night of exceptional blackness were also encountered. * * *” “'I have sailed the high seas for twenty years,' declared Captain Carlson, 'and have seen interesting phenomena, both meteorological and otherwise, in the waters of every known ocean, but I never saw anything that approached this blue and green light from the water phenomena. The night was dark, but clear, and we ran into the streaks without any seeming warning. I was in the pilot house when we struck it, and I ran on deck, thinking that something was on fire.” “The crew tumbled out to witness it also, and it was magnificent. It was so light that it was remarked by the chief engineer that it could be read by, and to make sure I grabbed a paper, and the finest print that I could find was easily discernible. We ran out of the streak into a streak of black water, and the darkness of the night seemed to increase as we did so. From the streak of blackness we ran into the second streak of lighted waters. Each of the streaks and the intermediate streak of black water was about half a mile wide. The wind at the time was a light northwest. The sea was smooth and we were bearing southeast by east half east, 35 miles from Mobile light." (Tampa Bay Times, ca. November 25, 1908.)]
1908 Nov 24 / [LT], 17-f / Large Sun spots. [IX; 1131. (London Times, November 24, 1908, p. 17 c. 6.)]
1908 Nov. 25 / evening / Tornado in Wisconsin—first recorded in colder half of year. / M.W.R., Dec. [IX; 1132. "Tornadoes in Wisconsin, November 25, 1908." Monthly Weather Review, 35 (no. 12; December 1908): 409.]
1908 Nov. 26 / Aerolite / Mokoia, New Zealand / Nature, 80/128 / See 1907. [IX; 1133. (Nature, 80-128.) Marriner, George Reginald. “The Mokoia Aerolite.” Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 42 (1909): 176-185. See: (1907). This is the Mokoia meteorite.]
1908 Nov. 26 / 08 verified / Nature, 80-128 (Ap. 1, 1909) / Aerolite of Mokia, New Zealand / 12:30 p.m. [IX; 1134. (Nature, 80 (April 1, 1909): 128.) This is the Mokoia meteorite.]
1908 Nov 28 / morning / Pittsburg, Pa. / great mine explosion / NY Times 29-1-7. [IX; 1135. (New York Times, November 29, 1908, p. 1 c. 7.)]
1908 Nov. 29 / Unusual meteor / Astro. Nach. / Kaiser, ab. March, 1912 / nos. 4297, 4326. [IX; 1136. Kaiser, E. “Eine glänzende Lichterscheinung.” Astronomische Nachrichten, 180 (1909): 13-14. Krebs, Wilhelm. “Zwei merkwürdige Leonodenschweife.” Astronomische Nachrichten, 181 (1909): 93-94.]
1908 Dec / Man who had received tremendous blow, found unable to tell who was, N.Y. City—known as Charles Van Osten. / Under hypnotic treatment gave various addressed in N.Y. but not known there. Employed as gardener at Grad Hospital. Disappeared May 8, 1909. / (NY Sun, May 14-4-3). [D: 258.1, 258.2. (New York Sun, May 14, 1909, p. 4 c. 3.)]
1908 Dec 1 / night / Shocks recorded at Laibach and Isle of Wight. / D. Mail 2-5-7. [IX; 1137. (London Daily Mail, December 2, 1908, p. 5 c. 7.)]
1908 / about Dec 1 / Waters of Lake Geneva rose and fell for 2 days like before to San Francisco q. / N.Y. Trib, Jan 10-2-3. [IX; 1138. "Effect on Lake Geneva." New York Tribune, January 10, 1909, p. 2 c. 3.]
1908 / ab. Dec. 1 / Great flood / Hyderabad, India. [IX; 1139. (Ref.???)]
1908 Dec 2 / [LT], 15-d / Nov. [IX; 1140. (London Times, December 2, 1908, p. 15 c. 4.)]
1908 Dec. 3-4 / midnight / disastrous landslide down Mt Pale, near Belluno, northern Italy / D. Mail 5-7-3. [IX; 1141. (London Daily Mail, December 5, 1908, p. 7 c. 3.)]
1908 Dec 13 and 18 / See Jan 16. / Vessels passed a region of boiling water off coast of Georgia, U.S.A. / N.Y . Tribune 2-3-1. [IX; 1142. “A Volcano at Sea.” New York Tribune, January 2, 1909, p. 3 c. 1. See: 1909 Jan 16, (IX; 1217).]
1908 Dec 13 (?) / Boiling water. / I have this under 1909. [IX; 1143. See: 1908 Dec 13, (IX; 1491).]
[1908 Dec 13 /] 1909 Dec 13 / dispatch, Trib., Jan 1910, 2-3-1 / Area of boiling water in ocean. / Also by another vessel on 18th off coast of Georgia. This 1908? [IX; 1491. “A Volcano At Sea.” New York Tribune, January 2, 1910, p. 3 c. 1. See: 1908 Dec 13 and 18, (IX; 1142), and, 1908 Dec 13, (IX; 1143).]
1908 Dec 18 / Severe q's registered at Isle of Wight. estimated 4000 miles away. / D. Mail 19-5-3. [IX; 1144. (London Daily Mail, December 19, 1908, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1908 Dec 21 / 7:30 p.m. / Cor., 2nd Ave and 106th Street explosion, said bomb dropped from Second Ave. elevated train. / NY Times 23-1-4. [IX; 1145. (New York Times, December 23, 1908, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1908 Dec 22 / [LT], 2-f / Sunspots. [IX; 1146. (London Times, December 22, 1908, p. 2 c. 6.)]
1908 Dec 24 / early / 3rd within a month explosion Amer. Powder Mills—felt 40 miles away. / NY Times 25-1-4. [IX; 1147. (New York Times, December 25, 1908, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1908 Dec 25 / Comet Morehouse (1908c) in perihelion / Nature 79-108. [IX; 1148. (Nature, 79-108.)]
1908 Dec 25-Jan 1 / Floods in Costa Rica. Crops ruined and people starving. / NY Trib, Jan 10-1-1. [IX; 1149. (New York Tribune, January 10, 1908, p. 1 c. 1; not found here.)]
1908 Dec / Messina / Nature / Phe of / 79-287. [IX; 1150. "The Italian Earthquake." Nature, 79 (January 7, 1909): 287-289.]
1908 Dec 27-28 / Blizzard in Scotland / D. Mail 29-5-7 / Sept 6, 1886. [IX; 1151. (London Daily Mail, December 29, 1908, p. 5 c. 7.) ]
1908 Dec 27 / Heavy rain upon the afflicted area / Nature 79/288. [IX; 1152. "The Italian Earthquake." Nature, 79 (January 7, 1909): 287-289, at 288-289.]
1908 Dec 28 / At Reggio, there were sounds like gunfire. / At Catanzaro, in Calabria, 130 kilometres from Reggio, sounds were heard and a brilliant light was seen. After the first shock, the rain fell with extraordinary intensity. / Cosmos, N.S., 59/31. [IX; 1153.1, 1153.2. (Cosmos, n.s., 59-31.)]
1908 Dec 28 / Explosion at the Lick Branch Mine, at Switchback, W. Va. Ab 50 miners killed. / B. Eagle, 1909, Jan 12-1-1 / See Jan. 12. [IX; 1154. "100 Men May Be Dead in Lick Branch Mine." Brooklyn Eagle, January 12, 1909, p. 1 c. 3. See: 1909 Jan. 12, (IX; 1204).]
1908 Dec 28 / Calabria q. / Sun, 1909, Jan 10-14-3 / Dr. E.O. Hovey, seismologist and Curator of Dept of Geology, Amer Museum Nat. Hist., quoted. That q was of locl geological origin. [IX; 1155. (New York Sun, January 10, 1909, p. 14 c. 3.)]
1908 Dec 28 / date of Calabria / Severe q, Guatemala / N.Y. Sun, 1909, Jan 12-3-4. [IX; 1156. (New York Sun, January 12, 1909, p. 3 c. 4.)]
1908 Dec 28 / 5:20 a.m. / q in Messina, Sicily, and Calabria, Italy. A thunderous sound—a vivid flash of lightning and the q's. Torrents of water on the 28th and 29th. Officer of a torpedo boat sent to Reggio sent back this message—“I cannot find Reggio.” / Nature 79-255. [IX: 1157.1, 1157.2. (Nature, 79-255.)]
1908 Dec 28 / The downpour began on 27th. Little rain on 28th day—but at night great. / Torrents night of 27th. [IX; 1158. (Nature, 7-289.)]
1908 Dec 28 / Accompanied by no particular manifestations of Etna and Vesuvius. / C.R. 148-207. [IX; 1159. Lacroix, A. "Résumé de quelques observations de M. A. Riccò sur le tremblement de terre de Sicile et de Calabre du 28 décembre 1908." Comptes Rendus, 148 (1909): 207-209.]
1908 Dec 28 / Stromboli and the great q, Messina. Estimated 150,000 dead. [IX; 1160. Modern figures of casualties range from 75,000 to 200,000; and, out of a population of 150,000, half of Messina's residents were killed by the earthquake and tsunami.]
1908 Dec 28 / (+) / Messina / great q and seeming met. / See 1805. {IX; 1161. Refer to: 1805 July 26, (I; 146). (Galli, Ignazio. "Raccolta e classificazione di fenomeni luminosi osservati nei terremoti." Bollettino della Società Sismologica Italiana, 14 (1910): 221-448.)]
1908 Dec 28 / On 27th, rain fell in the affected region, and during the night before the q was torrential. / Nature 79-289. [IX; 1162. "The Italian Earthquake." Nature, 79 (January 7, 1909): 287-289, at 289.]
1908 Dec 28 / BO / D. Mail of, 3-7 / These stones which fell in Spain, described in Mail as having the characteristic crystalline appearances inside and black crusts. [IX; 1163. (London Daily Mail, December 28, 1908, p. 3 c. 7.) "Notes." Nature, 79 (December 31, 1908): 255-260, at 255-256. “Meteoric Stones.” Scotsman, December 28, 1908, p. 6 c. 1. “The newspapers of Burgos report that five meteoric stones, weighing from one to seven kilogrammes, fell a few days ago in the village of Jubilla del Agua, setting fire to a farm. The inside of these stones has a crystalline appearance, and the outside the blackish crust of meteorites.” No further scientific investigation beyond the Reuters telegram has led to these stones being declared pseudometeorites, (without ever noting the location was probably Tubilla Del Agua, about 40 km, north of Burgos, rather than “Jubilla del Agua.”]
1908 Dec 28 / severe shock, Virginia City, Montana. Had been minor shocks for a week. / D. Mail 29-5-2. [IX; 1164. (London Daily Mail, December 29, 1908, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1908 Dec. 28 / At 7:45 a.m., tidal wave at Malta. / D. Mail 29-5-2. [IX; 1165. (London Daily Mail, December 29, 1908, p. 5 c. 2.) Solviev, Sergeĭ Leonidovich, et al. Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea 2000 B.C.-2000 A.D. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2000, 128. The tsunamis at Malta, (270 km. away from Messina), rose about a meter, (91 cm.), above the normal tide. Borg, Ruben Paul, et al. “Earthquake and People: The Maltese Experience of the 1908 Messina Earthquake.” D'Amico, Sebastiano, ed. Earthquakes and Their Impact on Society. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2015, 533-561, at 538. From the Daily Malta Chronicle, December 29, 1908: “At about a quarter to eight (yesterday) the sea became strangely agitated. Thinking of the earthquake which had occurred some three hours before, one was inclined to conclude that the convulsion of the earth had been submarine and not far distant from us.”]
1908 Dec 28 / Messina / at 5:20 a.m. / Nature 79/255. [IX; 1166. "Notes." Nature, 79 (December 31, 1908): 255-260, at 255.]
1908 Dec. 29 / All Britain in the heaviest snowfall in 28 years. / D. Mail 30-5-6. [IX; 1167. (London Daily Mail, December 30, 1908, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1908 Dec / Messina / Procession of naked beings carrying the images of saints. The cry that went up from the ruins for ten mintes before individual cries were distinguishable. / Pouring rain. [IX; 1168.]
1908 Dec 30 / 7:05 p.m. / Another Bomb from Second Ave L—at 65th St. Seems clearly Black Hand. / NY Times 31-1-3 / One ab. Jan 5, 1907. [D; 259. (New York Times, December 31, 1908, p. 1 c. 3.) See: 1908 Dec 21, (IX; 1145), and (1907 Jan 5; not found).]
1908 Dec 30 / D. Mail, 3-7 / A host of white ants had appeared in the residence of Sir Theodore Doxford, Grindon Hall, Sunderland. They had spread from a fernery, making the house uninhabitable by human beings. Some time before had been a similar host at Leadgate, Durham. [D: 260.1, 260.2. (London Daily Mail, December 30, 1907, p. 3 c. 7.)]
1908 Dec 31 / Nature of / A few days before, the newspapers of Burgos had reported fall of five meteoric stones, in the village of Jubilla del Agua. [IX; 1169. "Notes." Nature, 79 (December 31, 1908): 255-260, at 255-256. See: 1908 Dec 28, (IX; 1163).]
1908 Dec 31 / See Sept 15. [IX; 1170. See: (Sept 15).]