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Charles Hoy Fort's Notes

1916

1916:

1916 / on from 1916 / Comets wanted / Origin not given in M. Notices. [X; 521.]

1916 / Except Jan-Feb, when Pisces, Jupite rin Aries. [X; 522. (Ref.???)]

1916 / May '12 to July '16 / Saturn in Taurus. [X; 523. (Ref.???)]

1916 / Jan to July, from Oct, '15 / Mars in Leo or Leo-Virgo. [X; 524. (Ref.???)]

1916 / Evil Eye in Kalamazoo, Mich / See July 18, 1929. [D; 800. See: (1929 July 18).]

1916 / Vacant House / Portslade, near Brighton / See July 4, 1922. [D; 801. See: (1922 July 4).]

1916 / John E. Gustafson disappeared from home in Millbury, near Worcester, Mass. / See Dec. 28, 1930. [D; 802. See: (1930 Dec 28).]

1916 / H.H. / Kingston, England / See 1909. [D; 803. See: 1909, (D: 262).]

1916 Jan 5 / Nova of Dec 20 traced back to. [X; 525. (Ref.???)]

1916 Jan 7 / Solar prominence / Pop. Astro 24-205. [X; 526. Lee, Oliver Justin. "The Solar Prominence of January 7, 1916." Popular Astronomy, 24 (no. 4; April 1916): 205.]

1916 Jan. 12 / Herald—13-5-2 / early / Meteor bursting shook houses in Cincinnati. Its flashes seen in the sky—estimated over Eagle Mill, Ky., 50 miles away. [X; 527. (New York Herald, January 13, 1916, p. 5 c. 2.)]

1916 Jan 13 / early / Four heavy qs recorded. / (Washington, St Louis, and Buffalo) / Herald (14-6-7 / 22-13-3). [X; 528. (New York Herald, January 14, 1916, p. 6 c. 7.) (New York Herald, January 22, 1916, p. 13 c. 3.)]

1916 Jan 14 / 7:29 p.m. / q / Midlands. / Chesire / Shrop / Stafford, Warwick / Derby / 19 h. / Bull Seis Soc A 5/50 / Bull Seis Soc Amer 5/50 / Nature—16. [X; 530. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-50.)]

1916 Jan 14-15 / Staffordshire / q / W Bromwich / Cheadle, etc. / Birmingham / Geol Mag 1919-303. [X; 531. Davison, Charles. Geological Magazine, s. 6 v. 6 (1919): 302-312.]

1916 Jan 14 / 7:29 / q. / Midlands, chiefly in Staffordshire / Nature 96-572. [X; 532. (Nature, 96-572.)]

1916 Jan 14 / Disastrous q. / New Guinea / Nature 96-572. [X; 533. (Nature, 96-572.)]

1916 Jan 16 / N.Y.T., II-8-3 / q. / Yuma, Ariz. [X; 529. (New York Times, January 16, 1916, s. II p. 8 c. 3.)]

1916 Jan 16 / 17 / Craze for all but earth to communicate / as per near Saturn in times of ops. / Luminous projection from Jupiter / Nature 102/432 / (See 1919.) [X; 534. (Nature, 102-432.)]

1916 Jan 17 / [LT], 5-c / q. / Midlands / 18-9-d. [X; 535. (London Times, January 17, 1916, p. 5 c. 3.) (London Times, January 18, 1916, p. 9 c. 4.)]

[1916 Jan 18] / Incend. fires / 1916, Herald, Jan 18-5-4 / 19-1-3. [D; 804. (New York Herald, January 18, 1916, p. 5 c. 4.) (New York Herald, January 19, 1916, p. 1 c. 3.)]

1916 Jan 29 / (+) / Herald, 1-3 / 30-10-1 / Shooter phe Albany / 31-7-1 / Feb 1-9-2 / See Feb. 3. [D; 805. (New York Herald,January 29, 1916, p. 1 c. 3.) (New York Herald, January 30, 1916, p. 10 c. 1.) (New York Herald, January 31, 1916, p. 7 c. 1.) (New York Herald, February 1, 1916, p. 9 c. 2.) See: (1916 Feb 3).]

1916 Jan, last / Myst shooting / See Sept., 1908. / Oct 18, 1912. [D; 806. See: (1908 Sept; numerous), and, 1912 Oct 18, (D; 584).]

1916 Feb. 1 / 11:25 p.m. / Shocks / Schnectady / N.Y. Herald. [X; 536. (New York Herald, February 1, 1916.)]

1916 Feb. 2 / 11:25 p.m. / q. / Schnectady / Bull-Amer 6-50 / Sch and Troy / NY Times 3-5-2. [X; 537. (New York Times, February 3, 1916, p. 5 c. 2.)]

1916 Feb 2 / Phantom bullets / N.Y. Herald 5-1-6 / (written to) / That ac. to Charles F. Repp, phantom bullets had been fired through the windows of his home, at Glassboro, N.J. Members of the Township Committee investigated, though Mr and Mrs. Repp had fled from the house and had not returned. “First the broken windows were examined, and it was agreed that they were broken much as a window usually is when a bullet crashes through it. But it is said that pieces of glass from the windows were found outside, in which case no “phantom gunman” had fired from the outside. / Others mentioned—I.C. Soddy and Howard R. Moore. All these persons written to. No answer but no letter returned “undelivered”. [D: 807.1, 807.2, 807.3. (New York Herald, February 5, 1916, p. 1 c. 6.)]

1916 Feb 2 / Herald, 7-5 / In N.Y.—unknown maniac throwing carbolic acid on infants. [D; 808. (New York Herald, February 2, 1916, p. 7 c. 5.)]

1916 Feb 3 / Ec. sun. [X; 538. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1916.)]

1916 Feb. 3 / Herald, 5-5 / Harold Severly confesses he did the shooting at Albany. [D; 809. (New York Herald, February 3, 1916, p. 5 c. 5.)]

1916 Feb 9 / Op. Mars. [X; 539. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1916.)]

1916 Feb 20 / Especial twinkling of Venus / Eng Mec 103/211. [X; 540. (English Mechanic, 103-211.)]

1916 Feb. 21 / See page 218. / Sharp q / Tenn / Georgia / Va. / N and S. Car / Bull-Amer 6-50. [X; 541. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 6-50.)]

1916 Feb 21 / 6:40 p.m. / N and S Car, Ga, Ala., Tenn, Ky, Va / q / MWR '16-154. [X; 542. (Monthly Weather Review, 1916-154.)]

1916 Feb 22 / N.Y.T., 4-2 / N.C. / Ga. / Tenn / q. [X; 543. (New York Times, February 22, 1916, p. 4 c. 2.)]

1916 Feb 28 / late afternoon / St Louis, Mo / Explosion dynamite / Herald 29-1-4. [X; 544. (New York Herald, February 29, 1916, p. 1 c. 4.)]

1916 March 8 / Aurora / Pop Astro 24-264. [X; 545. (Popular Astronomy, 24-264.)]

1916 March 14 / Aeroplanes, etc., but reported from Winsted, Conn. / Herald, 16-1-2. [X; 546. (New York Herald, March 16. 1916, p. 1 c. 2.)]

1916 March 27 / [LT], 5-f / Aeroplane in a tree. [X; 547. (London Times, March 27, 1916, p. 5 c. 4.)]

1916 Ap. 1 / 7 p.m. / Wythe Valley, Va. / Brilliant fireball / Pop Astro 24-331. [X; 548. (Popular Astronomy, 24-331.)]

1916 Ap. 3 / metite / 2 h., 25 m. (or p.m.) / Bright meteor—metite found near Hessen, in Treysa. / Nature 102-194. [X; 549. (Nature, 102-194.)]

1916 Ap. 18 / [LT], 5-d / Mets. [X; 550. (London Times, April 18, 1916, p. 5 c. 4.)]

[1916 Ap. 19] / Myst shoot / flashes seen / Herald, Ap. 19-5-4. [D; 810. (New York Herald, April 19, 1916, p. 5 c. 4.)]

1916 Ap 27, 28 / Aurora / Pop Astro 24-402. [X; 551. (Popular Astronomy, 24-402.)]

1916 April 28 / in local sky / ab 10 p.m. / Pittsburgh / Shafts of light as [if] from Venus. / Pop Astro 24-401 / See Aug 21. / 14. [X; 552. (popular Astronomy, 24-401.) See: (Aug 21).]

1916 Ap 30 / [NYT], I-15-2 / May 13-7-3 / q. / Idaho. [X; 553. (New York Times, April 30, 1916, s. I p. 15 c. 2.) (New York Times, May 13, 1916, p. 7 c. 3.)]

1916 May 4 / or March 14 / body / Argentine? / N / D-275. [X; 554. The note copies information from page 275 of The Book of the Damned. "Comet or Meteor?" Scientific American, n.s., 115 (December 2, 1916): 493. "On the evening of May 4 Messrs. Perrine and Glancy observed at Cordoba Observatory (Argentina) an object resembling a comet, with a tail eight or ten degrees in length, but showing the unheard of proper motion of 10 degrees within an hour, at the end of which time it had passed below the horizon. If it was a comet it must have been very near the earth to show such a displacement. It was moving toward the sun, the shape of the tail was fairly permanent, and the tail was, as always in comets, directed away from the sun. An alternative possibility is that it was a meteor trail of unusual persistency, but it did not undergo the distortions to which such trails are generally subjected by shifting air currents; possibly because it was at a very high altitude, where atmospheric movements are supposed to be comparatively uniform. A telegram was sent to Harvard Observatory, in the hope that the object might be picked up by northern observers, but no other observations seem to have been reported."]

1916 May 7 / 9:05 p.m. / Alabama and E. Mississippi / met / MWR '16-325. [X; 555. (Monthly Weather Review, 1916-325.)]

1916 May 9 / Tons of dynamite / Lake Hopatcong, N.J. / Herald 10-5-3. [X; 556. (New York Herald, May 10, 1916, p. 5 c. 3.)]

1916 May 12 / 7:26 p.m. / q / Nampa / Idaho, etc. / Herald 13-1-4. [X; 557. (New York Herald, May 13, 1916, p. 1 c. 4.)]

1916 May 16 / Cl burst bet Rochester and Buffalo. Town of Cuba $200,000 damage, an immense flood sweeping down streets. / Herald 17-7-3 / Genesee River rose 2 feet in 4 hours. [X; 558. (New York Herald, May 17, 1916, p. 7 c. 3.)]

1916 May 19-20 / night / Vast cloud smoke of steam from Mauna Loa / Herald 21-8-1 / next night, flow of lava / 23-1-5. [X; 559. (New York Herald, May 21, 1916, p. 8 c. 1.) (New York Herald, May 23, 1916, p. 1 c. 5.)]

1916 May 20 / 8:08 p.m. / 18 minutes ater sunset / English Channel / Nature 97-288. [X; 560. (Nature, 97-288.)]

1916 May 20 / Sunset met / 8:08 p.m. / 18 minutes after sunset / Large slow met over the western heavens from N. to S., from over the S.E. Caost of Ireland to the English channel south of devonshire. Denning commets upon the freuqnecy of large meteors in the hour after sunset. / Nature 97/288. [X: 561.1, 561.2. (Nature, 97-288.)]

1916 May 26 / Eceptional eruptive prominence on sun photographed at Srinagar, Kashmir. / Nature, 97-507 / 100-52. [X; 562. (Nature, 97-507.) (Nature, 100-52.)]

1916 May 26 / Great eruptive prominence on sun. / Nature 100-52. [X; 563. (Nature, 100-52.)]

1916 May 27-29 / Sunspot / remarkable spot-outburst followed by a widespread disturbed area. / Nature 97-311. [X; 564. (Nature, 97-311.)]

1916 May 27-29 / Remarkable outburst of sunspots, visible to n. eye, with dark glasses. / Nature 97-311. [X; 565. (Nature, 97-311.)]

1916 June 5 / Tornado / Arkansas / 60 killed / Herald 6-9-1. [X; 566. (New York Herald, June 6, 1916, p. 9 c. 1.)]

1916 June 5-6 / night / Series of tornadoes / Ark, Miss, Ill, Mo / 120 dead. / Herald 7-7-6 / 8-10-5 / 150 dead. [X; 567. (New York Herald, June 7, 1916, p. 7 c. 6.) (New York Herald, June 8, 1916, p. 10 c. 5.)]

1916 June 13 / Reappearanceor new spots./ See May 27. / Nature 97-328. [X; 568. (Nature, 97-328.) See: (May 27).]

1916 June 28 / 10:25 to 12:15, GMT / Bristol / (55 counted) / Unknown meteor shower. Radiant 230 deg +54 and a well marked companion at 223 +41, which was near Beta Boötis. / Nature 97/421. [X; 569. (Nature, 97-421.)]

1916 June 28 / 222 =.24 / Shower mets in S.W. of England at Birmingham. 100 an hour counted. / In north, said been cloudy. / Was the radiant of the Bootides of Jan 2-3. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1916-323. [X; 570. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1916-323.)]

1916 June 28 / "[The year 1916 was exceptional in providing] an abundant and previously unknown shower [on June 28] [meteoric], and its stream has nearly the same orbit as that of the Pons-Winnecke [periodic] comet." / Todd, Astronomy, p. 289. [X; 571. Todd, David Peck. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies. New York: P.F. Collier, 1922, 289.]

1916 June 28 / Met shower from Ursa Majoris. / Nature 97-428 / Birmingham, etc. [X; 572. (Nature, 97-428.)]

1916 June 28 / From 10:25 p.m. till 12:15, at Bristol, Mr Denning saw a rich and unexpected display of meteors." 55 counted. / Nature 97-388. [X; 573. (Nature, 97-388.)]

1916 June 28 "Unusually rich shower of meteors," not said where. / Nature 103-252. [X; 574. (Nature, 103-352.)]

1916 June 28 / 11:30 p.m. / Met / N.E. Texas / MWR '16-323. [X; 575. (Monthly Weather Review, 1916-323.)]

1916 June 28 / This unknown met shower, ac to Denning—Nature 97-428—"certainly the richest which has been observed since the Leonid display of November, 1903. Almost a hundred seen bet. 11 and 12 p.m. by an observer in Birmingham. [X; 576. (Nature, 97-428.)]

1916 June 28 / At Bristol, mets from 10:30 p.m. to 12 p.m. A radiant between Bootes and Draco. / Sc Am 116-149. [X; 577. (Scientific American, n.s., 116-149.)]

1916 / summer / Japanese beetles discovered near Camden, N.J. Became a pest. / Lit Digest, March 14, 1925, p. 26. [X; 578. (Literary Digest, March 14, 1925, p. 26.)]

1916 / summer / [illustration] / sky / Eng Mec 104/112. * [X; 579. (English Mechanic, 104-112.)]

1916 July, to Aug 1918 / Saturn in Gemini. [X; 580. (Ref.???)]

1916 July / Met stone / Kantara, Sinai Peninsula / Nature 111-118. [X; 581. (Nature, 111-118.)]

1916 July 3 / Venus—Inf Conj—Sun. [X; 582. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1916.)]

1916 July 3-4 / Stromboli—volc. island / ab 45 miles north of Messina / Bull-Amer 6-187. [X; 583. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 6-187.)]

1916 July 4, etc. / Stromboli / Enormous column of black cloud lasting many days. / Nature 98-190. [X; 584. (Nature, 98-190.)]

1916 July 8 / 1:05 a.m. / Simouth—"a notable meteor. / Nature 97-410. [X; 585. (Nature, 97-410.)]

1916 July 8 / 11:59 p.m. / Bristol / large meteor / Nature 97-428. [X; 586. (Nature 97-428.)]

1916 July 14 / Ec. moon. [X; 587. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1916.)]

1916 July 15 / southeastern corner of Mitchell Co, N. Car . 22.22 (ver) inches of rain fell in 24 hours. Said be heaviest recorded in U.S. / Sc Am 115-569. [X; 588. (Scientific American, n.s., 115-569.)]

1916 July / 30 explosions in one day in N.Y., attrib to German agents. [X; 589. (Ref.???)]

1916 July / Metite near Kantara, north of the Sinai Peninsula. / (Gulf of Suez) / Nature—112-118. [X; 590. (Nature, 11-118.)]

1916 July 19 / (Cut) / Dirigible / [Huntington,] W. Virginia / D-278 / N. [X; 591. The note copies information from page 278 of The Book of the Damned. Eager, Walter H. "An Unusual Aurora." Scientific American, n.s., 115 (September 9, 1916): 241. "While sitting with my cousin on the hill some hundred feet above the city, I saw, at a point indicated upon the enclosed rough diagram, what appeared to be a small comet. Through a rather powerful ﬁeld glass I saw that it had no deﬁnite nucleus and seemed to be a streak of nebulous luminous matter, well deﬁned, in length perhaps two degrees and in width half a degree. I called my cousin’s attention to it, and she saw it plainly. As we looked, its light seemed to pulsate; and gradually dimming, it ﬁnally disappeared." "In a few minutes there appeared a very faint nebulous formation, but at least ten degrees to the left, so faint that I am afraid to vouch for its existence. But within ﬁve minutes the original formation reappeared at the same place, gradually reached a decided visibility and then faded again from view. A bank of clouds ﬁnally covered the sky. The formation, having the shape of a dirigible, my cousin suggested that that might be it, but the fact that one could see the faint stars behind precludes that theory. That portion of the sky was entirely clear, and besides, I do not think it could have been a small cloud as it had a typically nebulous appearance." Harrold, Elmer. "Another Explanation." Scientific American, n.s., 115 (October 21, 1916): 369. "In your issue of September 9th an account is given of An Unusual Aurora, by Walter H. Eager, and the description tallies almost exactly with a phenomenon that is rather common at this place. The nebulous spots in the sky, as we observe them, are caused by the blast-furnaces which are located north of us and can be seen only during a certain condition of atmosphere. The blast furnaces are rather plentiful in this section and we observe that these luminous spots in the sky are always located in the exact direction of the furnaces. The shaft of light is always vertical, and appears and disappears at irregular intervals, caused no doubt by certain vapors ﬂoating in the air over the stacks of the furnaces. It is likely too that the light shown in the sky is refracted at certain deﬁnite angles, similar to the rainbow. it is my opinion that the light originates in the heat or ﬁres at hot-blast stoves of the furnace, and is projected into the sky through the smoke-stack in the form of a vertical shaft. It is likely too that these illuminations could be faintly seen for great distances. We can see them very distinctly here, from furnaces 20 miles distant."]

[The following two notes were clipped together by Fort. D: 811-812.]

1916 July 28, etc. / BO / (+) / (all phe) / Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth, S.A.), copied in Light, Sept 9 / Parents of a girl in Kimberley, disapproving her intimacy with a young Malay, had sent her to Port Elizabeth. The disappointed lover “had [thereupon] called to his aid the powers of darkness and had cast a spell over the girl. As a consequence she became ill of some mysterious complaint.” (Girl and others were Malays, too.) / Cor to Light Oct. 21, says that phe followed the girl to other house and then when she moved to village of Bethelsdorf, 6 miles from P. Eliz. Her food would burst into flames when she attempted to eat; the blankets on her bed would catch fire when she was asleep. Jugs and basins jumped off tables. Stones and other missiles hurled through windows. Sounds as of wind sighing and whistling. / Crowds outside. The occupants left the house. [D: 811.1 to 811.4. "Poltergeist Disturbances in South Africa." Light, 36 (no. 1861; September 9, 1916): 290. "Poltergeist Disturbances in South Africa." Light, 36 (no. 1,867; October 21, 1916): 343. The correspondent in South Africa visited the house in Port Elizabeth, interviewed some witnesses, and found the girl had moved, along with the phenomena, to Bethelsdorp. "I learn that the disturbances still continue unabated, mugs and food being taken from the children's hands and thrown about. Not only the girl, but others of the younger members of the family also, have developed clairvoyance and see and hear the beings who apparently are responsible for the disturbances."]

1916 July 28 / BO / Eastern Province Herald of—reporter visited the house, in Queen street, P. Eliz. Saw holes in glass from stones—“A somewhat curious feature of these broken panes of glass was that some of the holes were small and almost cleanly drilled”—as if by great velocity, he thinks. About £25 damage to furniture. / Issue of 29th, reporter tells that people had left the house and he traced them but not the girl to another house. / Issue of July 31, said that the story of the spell cast by the disappointed lover dispelled by another that in the girl's home in Kimberley phe had started after the death of her grandfather. Smashing of crockery and burning of clothes. / More of in Port Eliz—clothes in drawers alight. [D: 812.1 to 812.5. (Eastern Province Herald, July 28, 1916.) (Eastern Province Herald, July 29, 1916.) (Eastern Province Herald, July 31, 1916.)]

[1916 July 28] / BO / Put in / With July 28, 1916—at phe = there are occult forces—that human beings can use them—not spirits of dead. (No direct evidence of “graduates”.) [D; 813.]

1916 July 29 / Nothing in Dublin D. Express. [X; 592.]

1916 July 30 / mixed swarm / Cor—Field, Aug 12—signing either place or name, as "Breadlbane". That his house invaded by a swarm of insects so thick that they got into his nose and mouth, and to breathe he had to retreat. All small but of different species. He sent specimens to the Editor, who writes that he had identified more than a dozen species of flies and moths. [X:593.1, 593.2. (Field, August 12, 1916; not at BNA.)]

1916 July 30 / Sounds / 1:20 p.m. / At Amersfoort, 12 miles from Utrecht, heavy artillery fire heard twice. "The reason is unknown, as there are no military manoeuvres at that post, and there was no th[under]storm." / Dublin D. Express, Aug. 1. [X; 594. "A Dutch Mystery." Dublin Daily Express, August 1, 1916, p. 3 c. 6. The Battle of Pozières, (with German artillery bombardments), may have been heard 185 miles away, (about 300 km.).]

1916 July 31 / Ballinasloe, Ireland—thing appeared 11 p.m. Moved to N.E. till 11:15—at 12, moved back, and then shone till 4 a.m. / E Mec 104/71 / (L 10). [X; 595. (English Mechanic, 104-71.)]

1916 July 31 / 2:08 a.m. / Explosion / Black Tom Island, New York / Sc Am 115-150. [X; 596. (Scientific American, n.s., 115-150.)]

1916 Aug. 9 / Cl. burst / W. Va / 5,000 homeless / 100 dead / Herald. 10-1-4. [X; 597. (New York Herald, August 10, 1916, p. 1 c. 4.)]

1916 Aug 17 / [LT], 5-c / q's / not said where. [X; 598. (London Times, August 17, 1916, p. 5 c. 3.)]

1916 Aug 20-21 / Light of 8th magnitude in sky. / Thornton Heath / Eng Mec 104/91 /Probably asteroid, p 208. [X; 599. (English Mechanic, 104-91, 208.)]

1916 Aug / Battle in Egypt / Metite fell while 6th and 7th Manchester regiments engaged near Sinai. Explosions heard and two stones fell. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1917-457. [X; 600. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1917-457.)]

1916 Aug 24 / Cairo (Ill) / q / BSA 6/237. [X; 601. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 6-237.)]

1916 Aug 26 / Nor. Car. / 2:45 p.m. / Sharp q in Hockory, Conoverm Statesville, and Newton, Nor. Car. / M.W. Rev. / 1916-384. [X; 602. (Monthly Weather Review, 1916-384.)]

1916 Aug 26 / Aurora / Alma, Mich. / Pop Astro 24-538. [X; 603. (Popular Astronomy, 24-538.)]

1916 Aug 26 / (night) / Telegraph and telephone service crippled in East and West. / Herald 27-1-5. [X; 604. (New York Herald, August 27, 1916, p. 1 c. 5.)]

1916 Aug 26 / Michigan, Penn, etc. / Aurora / US / Canada / Science, N.S., 44-index. [X; 605. Nutting, C.C. "A Remarkable Auroral Display." Science, n.s., 44 (October 6, 1916): 496-497. "The Auroral Display of August 26." Science, n.s., 44 (October 20, 1916): 568-569. "The Auroral Display of August 26." Science, n.s., 44 (November 10, 1916): 678-683. Trowbridge, C.C. "The Focus of the Auroral Streamers on August 26, 1916." Science, n.s., 44 (November 17, 1916): 717-722. "Observations of the Aurora of August 26 from British Columbia and Alaska." Science, n.s., 44 (December 8, 1916): 815-819.]

1916 Aug. 26 / See Ap. 28. / 10:45-10:55 / Streamers of light that came apparently from the direction of Jupiter. / Alma, Michigan / Pop Astro 24-538. [X; 606. (Popular Astronomy, 24-538.)]

1916 Aug 27 / N.Y.T., 12-8 / Aurora cripples telephone service in New England. [X; 607. (New York Times, August 27, 1916, p. 12 c. 8.)]

1916 Aug 27 / Aurora / England / Nature 97-551. [X; 608. (Nature, 97-551.)]

1916 Aug 27 / afternoon / Th. storm in N.Y. but sun seen away from a storm cloud. "The strange presence of two great spots on the sun was apparent to the naked eye for more than a minute. Then disappeared. / Herald—28-1-4. [X; 609. (New York Herald, August 28, 1916, p. 1 c. 4.)]

1916 Aug 28 / Ontario, Canada / Night, 26-27, had been aurora. 28th, 10:30 p.m., arc from the east through Pegasus, Cygnus, Lyra to N of Vega and through Hercules to the west. But stars passed across it, "so that the band was fixed relatively to the earth. 11:15, the western half faded away—then the eastern. / Nature, 98-57. [X: 610.1, 610.2. (Nature, 98-57.)]

1916 Aug 29 / [LT], 9-d / Aurora / w. of England. [X; 611. (London Times, August 29, 1916, p. 9 c. 4.)]

1916 Sept / Unknown body mistaken for Encke's Comet. / Nature 100/332. [X; 612. (Nature, 100-332.)]

1916 Sept 1 / Bet. Cuba and Jamaica / meteors from a vessel? / in a storm / Herald 7-7-3. [X; 613. (New York Herald, September 7, 1916, p. 7 c. 3.)]

1916 Sept 5 / 7 h., 36 m / Fort Worth, Texas / Det. met. / "Bits of meteoric composition reported from Mingo, Denton Co. / Pop. Astro 25/72. [X; 614. (Popular Astronomy, 25-72.)]

1916 Sept 15 / afternoon / Pompton Lakes, N.J. / In storm, lightning blows up powder factory. / Herald 16-3-3. [X; 615. (New York Herald, September 16, 1916, p. 3 c. 3.)]

1916 Sept 26-27 / night / Near Cardiff, ac to Times, Sept 28, a "thunderstone"—Nature, 98/95, only a lightning flash. / D-103. [X; 616. The note copies information from page 103 of The Book of the Damned. ("Thunderbolt near Cardiff." London Times, September 28, 1916, p. 5 c. 3.) "Notes." Nature, 98 (October 5, 1916): 94-98, at 95.]

1916 Sept / Cloud flag in sky / Ireland / Eng Mec 104/190. [X; 617. (English Mechanic, 104-190.)]

1916 Oct 3 / 8:05 p.m. / Vivid, illuminating fireball from Yorkshire to Hertford. / Nature 98-136. [X; 618. (Nature, 98-136.)]

1916 Oct 10 / (other lands) / "Reddish shadow that spread over part of Plato reported from Ob of Florence, Italy. / Sc Am 121-181. [X; 619. (Scientific American, n.s., 121-181.)]

1916 Oct. 16 / Two bars of light in sky / Cardiff / Nature 98/52. [X; 620. (Nature, 98-52.)]

1916 Oct. 18 / afternoon / Ala / Ga / Tenn / Ky / q / Bull-Amer 6-238 / Alabama / 4:03 p.m. / M.W.R. '16-690 / NY Times 19-1-4. [X; 621. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 6-238.)(Monthly Weather Review, 1916-690.) (New York Times, October 19, 1916, p. 1 c. 4.)]

1916 Oct. 20 / Bristol / Geminids more active than Orionids. / Nature 98-177 / See Oct. 20, 1903. [X; 622. (Nature, 98-177.) See: 1903 Oct. 20, (VIII; 1998).]

1916 Oct. 20 / Fireball / England and Scotland / Nature 98-176. [X; 623. (Nature, 98-176.)]

1916 Oct. 20 / 8:14 p.m. / and 10:34 p.m. / Large fireballs / Surrey (1st) / Herts and Bristol / Nature 98-156. [X; 624. (Nature, 98-156.)]

1916 Oct 23 / N.Y.T., 1-2 / q. / Birmingham, Ala. [X; 625. (New York Times, October 23, 1916, p. 1 c. 2.)]

1916 Oct 26 / (in sky) / Aliwal North, S. Africa / Children saw "houses and trees, with writing underneath" standing in the sky above a range of pits when the sun went down—says the cor, A.O. Holcroft, told by a woman that she had seen strange appearances in the sky—like trees and houses with writing underneath—that he was induced to write because of this agreement by independent witnesses. / Eng Mec 104/389. [X: 626.1, 626.2. (English Mechanic, 104-389.)]

1916 Nov. 2 / N.Y. Times, 1-5 / Glenn Falls, N.Y. / q. [X; 627. (New York Times, November 2, 1916, p. 1 c. 5.)]

1916 Nov 24 / Cloud flag / Ireland / Eng Mec 104/391. [X; 628. (English Mechanic, 104-391.)]

1916 Nov. 25 / no thunder / Cardiff / about 20 bright flashes in rapid succession / by Arthur Mee / E Mec 104/392. [X; 629. (English Mechanic, 104-392.)]

1916 Nov. 30 / N.Y.T., 12-5 / Dec 1-10-7 / 2-10-4 / Prof B's attitude on comet-numbering. [X; 630. (New York Times, November 30, 1916, p. 12 c. 5.) (New York Times, December 1, 1916, p. 10 c. 7.) (New York Times, December 2, 1916, p. 10 c. 4.)]

1916 Dec 2 / B Rain / repeat / Symons Met, 52-2 / B. rain at Mull. In the preceding week, fall of b. rain reported from Loch Skippert, Northuist. [X; 631. (Meteorological Magazine, 52-2.)]

1916 Dec 2 / (+) / bet 4 and 5 a.m. / qs / Moodus, Conn / MWR 17-32. [X; 632. (Monthly Weather Review, 1917-32.)]

1916 Dec 9 / [LT], 13-d / Comet / Remarkable. [illustration]. [X; 633. (London Times, December 9, 1916, p. 13 c. 4.)]

1916 Dec 10 / Lassen Peak / Bull-Amer 6-239. [X; 634. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 6-239.)]

1916 Dec 19 / 5:30 p.m. / Montgomeryshire alarmed by the brilliance of a meteor. / Nature 98-355. [X; 635. (Nature, 98-355.)]

1916 Dec. 20 / nova (very small) / Faint nebulosity near Nova Persei No. 2 was found and was traced back on photo plates to Jan 5, 1916. [X; 636. (Ref.??? Possibly, Nature 101-12.)]

1916 Dec. 23 / Spon Comb / N.Y. Herald of Dec 27-3-6 / “Mystery surrounding the death of Miss Lillian C. Green, housekeeper for Thomas W. Morphey, proprietor of the Lake Denmark Hotel, seven miles from Dover, N.J.” On night of 23rd, Miss Green had left the hotel and the proprietor had not expected her to return. But that night he was awakened by moans in the lower floor of the hotel. He went down the stairs and found Miss Green lying on the floor badly burned. “She either could not or would not tell how she received the burns. “There were no signs of a fire in the hotel except for a small charred place on the floor where the woman had lain. There were no ashes from the body which had apparently been burned from the body. There was, this night, a fire in a hotel about five miles away, and the police were investigating any possible relation, such as that the woman might have been burned there and brought back and left by someone, in a dying condition. / Dec 28-3-3—said that traces of a fire had been found in Miss Green's room on 2nd floor of the hotel, and it was the belief of the police that perhaps, smoking cigarettes, her clothes had caught fire there. As to the women's not telling, she was able to speak. She had, beore being removed to the hospital, where she died, asked for a glass of water. / As to explanation, see charred floor under body. [D: 814.1 to 814.7. (New York Herald, December 27, 1916, p. 3 c. 6.) (New York Herald, December 28, 1916, p. 3 c. 3.)]

1916 Dec 23-24 / One of the brightest nights in the year. / Sc Am 116/465. [X; 637. (Scientific American, n.s., 116-465.)]

1916 Dec 26 / South Central Arkansas / Tornado / 70 killed / Herald 27-2-5. [X; 638. (New York Herald, December 27, 1916, p. 2 c. 5.)]