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1919
1919:
1919 / Aug, '18 to Sept., '20 / Saturn in Leo. [X; 890. (Ref.???)]
1919 Jan-June / Jupiter in Gemini / July-Dec, in Leo. [X; 891. (Ref.???)]
1919 / H.H. / Kingston, England / See 1909. [D; 840. See: 1909, (D: 262).]
1919 / Vacant house / Portslade, near Brighton / See July 4, 1922. [D; 841. See: (1922 July 4).]
1919 / Phe house in Lymm, near Warrington, Cheshire / See Sept 19, 1926. [D; 842. See: (1926 Sept 19).]
1919 / Evil Eye / Kalamazoo, Mich / See July 18, 1929. [D; 843. See: (1929 July 18).]
1919 / Robberies—Barberton, Ohio. / See Sept 25, 1927. [D; 844. See: (1927 Sept 25).]
1919 / Aero Disaps / See March 7, 1922. [D; 845. See: )1922 March 7).]
1919 / Stigmatic girl of Woonsocket, R.I. / See March 25, 1928. [D; 846. See: (1928 March 25).]
1919 / Myst shooting / July / Aug. [D; 847. (Ref.???)]
[1919] / Strange Animals / The Moa. / Sunday American, about Aug 7, 1919. [D; 848. Ballou, William Hosea. "Battled for Life with a Bird 20 Feet High." American Weekly, (Baltimore), August 10, 1919, p. 4. See: Animals / The moa, (SF-VII; 189).]
1919 Jan 4 and 5 / Andromeda nebula 12th and 13th novae found by Sanford. / Pubs Astro Soc Pacific, April, 1919 / See Feb 9, 1918. [X; 892. (Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, April, 1919.) See: (1918 Feb 9).]
1919 Jan 6 / Andromeda / 17 h., 30 m / At Lille (Nord), a bolide between Alpha of Perseus and Gamma of Andromeda went north—Duration 45 seconds. / Bull Soc A. de F. 1921-13. [X; 893. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1921-13.)]
1919 Jan / (met fire) / Bull Soc Astro de France of 1919-13 / That the result of inquiry by the 7th brigade, stationed—according to a correspondent—at Cannac-Villagrans, was to establish that the pine forests there and at Courlat, had been set on fire by flaming meteors. [X: 894.1, 894.2. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1919-13.)]
1919 Jan. 12 / Met over Washington. / Science, N.S., 55/676. [X; 895. Merrill, George P. "Observations of Falling Meteorites." Science, n.s., 55 (June 23, 1922): 675-676.]
1919 Jan 16 / Luminous protuberance on eastern edge of Jupiter. / Nature 102-432. [X; 896. (Nature, 102-432.)]
1919 Jan 16 / morning. / Whirlwind / Guernsey / D. Express 17-5-6. [X; 897. (London Daily Express, January 17. 1919, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1919 Jan 16 / Heavy rains and land-slips in Wales. / D. Express 17-5-6. [X; 898. (London Daily Express, January 17. 1919, p. 5 c. 6.)]
1919 Jan 16 / (Cut) / Jup. / (See 1916.) / ab. 9 p.m. / By Frank Sargent of Bristol. A luminous protuberance on eastern edge of Jupiter. Visible well within disk but fainter. Seen on following night and when got to western limb was bright and easily distinguishable. / Nature 102/432. [X: 899.1, 899.2. (Nature, 102-432.)]
1919 Jan 19 / Lloyd's S. News, 2-6 / “Myst beast” killing sheep / Warmell, Fell, mid-Cumberland, [D; 849. (Lloyd's Sunday News, January 19, 1919, p. 2 c. 6. Microfilm @ UofToronto.)]
1919 Jan 20 / (+) / Potential / Andromeda / 10:45 p.m. / Bull Soc Astro de F. 1919-163 / M. Raphael Ascar writes from Zeiloun, Egypt, that then he was observing Gamma of Andromeda in the West, when he saw a little white cloud. It moved rapidly (but 25 seconds) toward N. Pole. It was over an arc of 90 degrees from West to North. When it was lost to view, out precisely from the region of the Pole shot back a great meteor, retracing the path from north toward the northwestern horizon. [X: 900.1, 900.2. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1919-163.)]
1919 Jan 23 / Cut / White band across sky. / Belgian Congo / E Mec, Ap. 30, p. 165. [X; 901. (English Mechanic, April 30, 1919, p. 165.)]
1919 Jan 28 / Italian airship escapes at Genoa. / D. Express 30-1-3. [X; 902. (London Daily Express, January 30, 1919, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1919 Feb 9 / Lloyd's S. News, 3-3. / Naked, frozen body of 4-year-old child, Emily Hartley, found in a Sheffield quarry. No explanation. Had been np criminal offence. [D; 850. (Lloyd's Sunday News, February 9, 1919, p. 3 c. 3.)]
1919 Feb 10 / Indiana and Kentucky / q / BSA 9-26. [X; 903. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 9-26.)]
1919 Feb 16 / “nat cause” / Lloyd's S. News, 1-5. / 2 men in same bed, in a Stafford lodging house, died same night, and said that by coincidence both of natural causes. Ac to Prof Leith, of Birmingham. One, Sergt. Rees, from syncope, through distended stomach; and other, William Vann, from suffocation following an epileptic seizure. [D: 851.1, 851.2. (Lloyd's Sunday News, February 16, 1919, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1919 Feb 16 / One may found self with corpse and died of fright? [D; 852. See: 1919 Feb 16, (D; 851).]
1919 Feb 27 / 8:50 till after 11 p.m. / Aurora / Washington, D.C. / Science, N.S., 49-542. [X; 904. Brooks, Charles F. "On the Auroral Display of May 2, 1919." Science, n.s., 49 (June 6, 1919): 542.]
1919 March 12 / (29 and earlier) / White spot on Saturn's ring. / E Mec 109/129, 235 / (Cut). [X; 905. (English Mechanic, 109: 129, 235.)]
1919 March 15 / Cut / Kind of eclipse—corona around moon. / Bristol / E. Mec 109/114, 140. [X; 906. (English Mechanic, 109: 114, 140.)]
1919 March 17 / L.T. of / Remarkable rainfall in Victoria. [X; 907. (London Times, March 17, 1919.)]
1919 March 21 / near Tirlemont / Explosion 120 wagons of ammunition. / D Express 24-1-4. / But of course. [X; 908. (London Daily Express, March 24, 1919, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1919 March 25 / [LT], 11-f / Extinct volcano active. [X; 909. (London Times, March 25, 1919, p. 11 c. 6.)]
1919 April / Nothing in Roscommon Journal / A weekly, and not all April numbers. [D; 853.]
1919 Ap 6, 9, 13, 23 / Great bolides in France. One from borders of taureau and Cocher. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1919-259 / Ac. 4130. [X; 910. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1919-259.)]
[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. D: 854-855.]
1919 Ap. 7 / Dartford Chronicle of 7th / Hawley Manor, the residence of Mr. J. Temple Thurston, his wife abroad, he the only occupant. Fire was seen at 2:40 a.m. Firemen found his body fully clothed. The fire in his bedroom. Mystery he fully clothed at this hour. (Looks to me the fire started later than killing of him.) At inquest, physicians testified, “There were large patches of redness on the thighs of the deceased and others on the right and left calves. These were undoubtedly caused before death and were due to scorching.” Nothing to indicate origin of the fire. It was suggested that deceased was in an alcoholic condition. Death due to heart failure from smoke. / Issue Ap 18th, published a letter stating that this an inaccurate report because was testified that no alcohol in organs at time of death. No fire in the room where he was found, but the doors were burning from the fire outside. / Money and watch in pockets. [D; 854.1 to 854.5. (Dartford Chronicle, April 7, 1919.) (Dartford Chronicle, April 18, 1919.) ("Hawley fire mystery." Dartford Chronicle and District Times (Dartford), April 11, 1919, p. 7 c. 6 & p. 9 c. 3. The name of the decease was J. Temple Johnson, (not J. Temple Thurston). “Dead Among the Ruins.” London Globe, April 7, 1919, p. 2 c. 6. The fire was discovered by passing soldiers, and a doctor thought Johnson was dead “some time” before the fire, (yet, heart failure due to “smoke” was stated). (“Hawley Manor Fire.” West Kent Advertiser, in Dartford Chronicle, April 11, 1919; not @ BNA; @ Dartford ) (“Hawley Manor Fire.” West Kent Advertiser, in Dartford Chronicle, April 18, 1919.) (Hawley Manor is a British Listed Building and still extant.)]
1919 April 7 / fire and death / Fire of unknown origin at Dartford, in the home of Mr. J. Temple Johnson, who was found dead in his nedroom by investigators of the fire. At inquest, attributed to heart failure. / D. Express 9-5-2. [D; 855. (London Daily Express, April 9, 1919, p. 5 c. 2.)]
1919 Ap. 7 / Looks as if he burned and not his clothes. [D; 856.]
1919 Ap. 9 / Cumberland Falls, Kt / A metite that a breccia of 2 dissimilar stones—if not been seen to fall, not have been accepted. / Nature 105/759. [X; 911. (Nature, 105-759.)]
1919 Ap 9 / Maidstone / Like a flaming cannon ball. Broke through fence and knocked down a tree, in th. storm. / Kent Messenger, Ap. 12. [X; 912. (Kent Messenger, April 12, 1919.)]
1919 April 10 / D. Express of / A voice in the wood in Co. Roscommon. It was preaching. Other nights people flocked there and the voice preached. Police searched the woods, in vain. [D; 857. (London Daily Express, April 10, 1919.) (Londonderry Sentinel, April 19, 1919, p. 7 c. 1; @ BNA.)]
1919 Ap. 11(?) / [LT], 9-f / Discovery of an unexploded German bomb in a garden. / 28-6-d / Some other discovery / 14-11-e—flying Dutchman. [X;913. (London Times, April 11(?), 1919, p. 9 c. 6.) (London Times, April 28, 1919, p. 6 c. 4.) (London Times, April 14, 1919, p. 11 c. 5.).]
1919 Ap. 12 / Wednesday before / near Maidstone, Kent / Supposed thunderstone / Symons Met Mag—54-54. [X; 914. (Meteorological Magazine, 54-54.)]
1919 April 15 / 15 h / Poitiers / q and a loud rumbling sound / Bull Soc Astro de F 1920-120. [X; 915. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1920-120.)]
1919 Ap 18, 20, 21, 22 / At Bristol / Lyrids, but by no means a rich display. / Nature 103-174. [X; 916. (Nature, 103-174.)]
1919 Ap. 19 / D. Express of, 5-1. / Mys voice in the woods of Rosscommon prophesied a great earthquake in July, Woods searched in vain. [D; 858. (London Daily Express, April 19, 1919, p. 5 c. 1.)]
1919 Ap. 19 / Outbreak of bites by mad dogs in and near London. “Mysterious Spread of Rabies / D. Express, Ap. 19-1-1. [D; 859. (London Daily Express, April 19, 1919, p. 1 c. 1.)]
1919 Ap. 20 / Lloyd's S. News, 3-5 / Milton Regis, Kent. / 7 sheep killed by myst animal. Watch was kept, but the next night, another killed. The remained were taken to a field a mile away. But next day found that 7 of them been killed. [D; 860. (Lloyd's Sunday News, April 20, 1919, p. 3 c. 5.)]
1919 Ap. 24 / A nova had risen to 7th mag—then declined. / Nature 104-119. [X; 917. (Nature, 104-119.)]
1919 Ap 24 / Nova found by Miss Fleming on the Harvard plates, in 1919. 12th mag. On Ap 24, 1919, it rose to mag 7. / Nature 104-161 / Mrs. Fleming dead then? [X; 918. (Nature, 104-161.) Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming died on May 21, 1911.]
1919 Ap. 24 / Nova discovered by Miss Woods, Harvard photos / (Pop. Astro, Oct., 1919) / traced back at least to year 1901. / On Ap 24th, was risen to seventh mag. Sept, down to 14th. / R.A.—18hr, 24m, 6.2s / Dec -29° 28'.9 (1875). [X; 919. "An Interesting Nova." Popular Astronomy, 27 (no. 8; October 1919): 557-558. V1017 Sagittarii, (Nova Sagittarii 1919).]
1919 Ap. 24 / A nova that rose to 7th mag then, discovered later under Vega, scarcely in Auriga. / Nature 104-160. [X; 920. (Nature, 104-160.)]
1919 May 2 / 8:30-10:30 p.m. / Aurora / Washington, D.C. / Science, N.S., 49-542. [X; 921. Brooks, Charles F. "On the Auroral Display of May 2, 1919." Science, n.s., 49 (June 6, 1919): 542.]
1919 May 2 / Beam like comet's tail. / Penn, / Pop Astro 27-405. [X; 922. Wagner, William Henry, Sr. "A Strange Aurora?" Popular Astronomy, 27 (no. 6; June-July 1919): 405.]
1919 May 11 / Lloyds S. News, 3-3 / At Bushmills Petty Sessions, Mary Elliott, a farmer's young daughter, charged with phe in a haunted house—breaking window panes and setting fire to a haystack. / Ireland. [D; 861. (Lloyd's Sunday News, May 11, 1919, p. 3 c. 3.)]
1919 May 18 / Lloyds W. News, 8-3 / Had been a recent q in Canary Islands. 4 men killed. [X; 923. (Lloyd's Weekly News, May 18, 1919, p. 8 c.3.)]
1919 May 19 / 11:39 / Bristol / also seen at London / Fireball / Nature 103-291. [X; 924. (Nature, 103-291.)]
1919 May 19 / KUJ and VKAJ / Meaningless letter picked up by wireless when Harry Hawker was at sea. [D; 862. “British Admiralty Fears for Flyer's Life Despite Optimistic Air Messages.” Los Angeles Herald, May 19, 1919, p. 1 c. 6-8 & p. 5 c. 2-3. A wireless signal was received by the Lizard, on May 19, at 4:15 A.M., from a boat near the Scilly Isles: “Kuj-vkaj-Sopwith-dka-en route.” “Hawker Saved.” Shields Daily News, May 26, 1919, p. 3 c. 1. The letters “DKA” were the Marconi code signals of Hawker's Sopwith aircraft. as the supposed to constitute a distress signal. Hawker's aircraft suffered an overheated engine about midway across the Atlantic and was rescued by the Danish steamer S.S. Mary, travelling from New Orleans to Horsens, Denmark; however, as the steamer was not equipped with a radio, news of Hawker's rescue was only received on May 25, when the ship signaled the Lloyd's station in Scotland. The first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight was completed the next month by Alcock and Brown.]
1919 May 20 / See May 24-30. [X; 925. See: (1919 May 24-30).]
1919 May 20 / Volc Kloet, Java, suddenly discharged a great quantity of hot mud and destroyed about 30 villages. / Nature 104-64. [X; 926. (Nature, 104-64.) The Kelut volcano.]
1919 May 21 / 11 cases of rabies, the animals including 3 cats, reported to Board of Agriculture, this day. / D. Express 21-5-4. [D; 863. (London Daily Express, May 21, 1919, p. 5 c. 4.)]
1919 May 23 / Great eruption of Stromboli. / D. Express 24-1-6 / Seismic wave. Houses overwhelmed by lava. [X; 927. (London Daily Express, May 24, 1919, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1919 May 24 / Lloyds W News / Stromboli continues. Dense clouds of ashes in Calabria. [X; 928. (Lloyd's Weekly News, May 24, 1919.)]
1919 May 24 / Violent eruption volc. Kloet in Java. Estimated deaths 15,000. In 2 districts, 30 villages destroyed. / D. Express 27-1-4. [X; 929. (London Daily Express. May 27, 1919, p. 1 c. 4.) The Kelut volcano.]
[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. X: 930-931.]
1919 May 24-30 / dry fog / volc / Dry fog at Paris. Ac to M. Besson, Director of the Observatory of Montsouris, it was probably of volcanic origin. / Below is a note upon a great volcanic eruption that destroyed 5 villages. The note is dated May 26. The comment is that it would be interesting to know the exact date. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1919-281 (July) / In the note, said that 15,000 persons perished. / 6 other villages damaged. / Bull for August, p. 362—said that the atmospheric phenomena had been noted in Algeria on the 25th, or one day later than at paris. Then are given particulars of the eruption in Java. It occurred upon 20th. Ac to description, one of the greatest catastrophes of modern times. / Bull., Oct., said that the phe. milky tinted sky in Switzerland noted first —milky appearance of sky at Tunis notably upon the 26th. [X: 930.1 to 930.5. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1919-281, 362.) The Kelut volcano. Apart from Etna, volcanoes active from March to May 20, 1919 were in Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. The Kelut eruption killed most of its victims by hot mudflows, (lahars); and, any dry fog of volcanic origin, (at Paris, Switzerland, and Algiers), more probably came from Etna, (erupting from March 15, 1919, until 1923).]
1919 May 25, 26 / (Cut) / Milky appearance in sky apparently cloudless—France and Algiers—24th and again 30th in Paris. / E. Mec 110-/92. [X; 931. (English Mechanic, 110-92.)]
1919 May 29 / James—6. [X; 932.]
1919 May 29 / Great solar prominence. / Duncan, Astronomy, p. 172. [X; 933. (Duncan. Astronomy, p. 172.)]
1919 May 29 / Total eclipse of sun / S. Amer from Arica, Peru, to St Paul Island, and curving down across Africa to Indian Ocean at Madagascar. [ X; 934. (Ref.???)]
1919 June / 2 deaths from mosquito bites in Ilford and one in Sept. / D. Express, 1920, Sept 1-5-5. [D; 864. (London Daily Express, September 1, 1920, p. 5 c. 5.)]
1919 June 1 / 10 h, 25 m, p.m. / Bolide / Paris / Bull Soc Astro de F 1919-507. [X; 935. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1919-507.)]
[The following five notes were clipped together by Fort. X: 936-940.]
1919 June 4 / Thanet Guardian, Aug 16th / "At Ramsgate on Thursday (14th Aug) Dr. Bernard Smith was charged with willfully damaging the window of the house of Mr. H. H Green, the Mayor of the town. The defendant originally told Mr. Green he saw a bright object fall from the heavens and smash the window. He was very excited and said it was probably burning the carpet. Search revealed fragments of metallic stones, which the defendant said were quite warm. He afterward admitted he obtained a piece of real thunderbolt which fell in South America, and threw it at the window. He also said that he acted out of revenge, as Mr. Green was the Chairman o the Bench which fined him for showing a light during the war. The matter was investigated by experts from the British Museum. The defendant said he was a well-known practical joker in London. He was fined 7.10.6, including costs. [X: 936.1 to 936.5. (Thanet Guardian, August 16, 1919.)]
1919 June 4 / (Wednesday) / Data in the Ramsgate newspaper, the Thanet Guardian, June 7th, says "last Wednesday", 9:30 p.m., meteorite fell with a loud report into garden of Mr. H.H. Green, J.P., Mt. Albion Villa, East Cliff, Ramsgate. Another witness asked for fragments of hot metal lying on the path, for analysis, and Mr. Green complied with the request. [X: 937.1, 937.2. (Thanet Guarduan, June 7, 1919.)]
1919 June (4) / Thanet Guardian / Passengers of a tram car saw it fall, as a ball of fire. One of these got fragments. [X; 938. (Thanet Guardian, ca. June, 1919.)]
1919 May 28 / (night) / Meteorite struck residence of Mr Horace Green, a Ramsgate magistrate. It was seen and heard. Fragments of "metal ore found. / D. Express—30-1-3. [X; 939. (London Daily Express, May 30, 1919, p. 1 c. 3.)]
1920 June 4 (?) / In Cheswick Times, July 2, 1920, said that been discovered that the Margate meteorite was a bit of iron thrown at the magistrate's house by a special constable with a grievance. [X; 940. (Cheswick Times, July 2, 1920.)]
1919 June 12 / BO / Levitation / Daily Express of / That at Islip, near Northampton, a basketful of clothes shot into the air, ac to John Simm and Miss Acquiter, daughter of a local magistrate. All came down again. Peculiarity was that, like at Cupar, it was preceded by a hissing sound and a loud report. / See Ap. 25, 1869. [X: 941.1, 941.2. (London Daily Express, June 12, 1919.) See: 1842 May 11, (II: 452 & 453); 1842 June 30, (II; 467); 1869 Ap 25 or 18, (III; 1765).]
1919 June 13 / 7:15 p.m. / Terrific det met / daylight / Maryland / Pop Astro 27-477. [X; 942. (Popular Astronomy, 27-477.)]
1919 June 13 / 7 p.m. / Mt Washington / daylight / Sc Am 121-109. [X; 943. (Scientific American, n.s., 121-109.)]
1919 June 28 / 21 h, 20 m / AtTalence (Gironde), great met from Hercules through Lyre, disap in Cygnus. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1919-507. [X; 944. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1919-507.)]
1919 June 29 / Districts of Florence and Bologna—series of violent shocks. / Nature 103-350. / felt". [X; 945. (Nature, 103-350.)]
1919 June 30 / Violent q. in Tuscany. / Tremors from 9:44 a.m. at intervals to 1:27 p.m. Then long interval to 5:06 p.m. and great q. 300 killed. / D. Express, July 1-1-7. [X; 946. (London Daily Express, July 1, 1919, p. 1 c. 7.)]
1919 July / to Aug 1921, except Aug 1920 / Jupiter and Saturn in Leo or Leo-Virgo. [X; 947. (Ref.???)]
1919 July 1 / A ball of fire. / Cardiff Ev. Express 2-1-5. [X; 948. (Cardiff Evening Express, July 2, 1919, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1919 July 1 / Ch / Th stone or bolt / Cardiff Times, July 3, 1919, 9/6 / See 1916 Oct. [X; 949. (Cardiff Times, July 3, 1919, p. 9 c. 6.) See: 1916 Oct. 16, (X; 620).]
[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. D: 865-866.]
1919 July 1 / BO / (Wheat) / Cardiff Ev. Express of—“The countryside in Lincolnshire is 'set by the ears', by the appearance of a crop of wheat that is said never to have been sown.” Upon land belonging to Mr. Edward Calvert, between villages of Sturton and Stow, ten miles from Lincoln. Upon land upon which had been barley, but which was left fallow this year, had appeared a “fine crop of wheat of apparently more robust growth and better quality than some in the cultivated fields around.” Ten years since wheat been grown on this land. “Many agriculturalists and others in Lincolnshire are making a pilgrimage to see the mystery crop. So far no explanation of it is forthcoming. [D; 865.1 to 865.4. "Mystery Wheat." Cardiff Evening Express and Evening Mail, July 1, 1919, p. 4 c. 3.]
1919 July 1 / BO / Found nothing in 2 Lincoln newspapers / Gazette and the Leader. [D; 866. “A Mystery Wheat Crop.” Boston Guardian, July 19, 1919, p. 2 c. 7.]
1919 July 3 / (Wheel) / A wheel near Madras. / Sc Am 121-551. [X; 950. (Scientific American, n.s., 121-551.) Mysterioua Luminous Phenomenon at Sea." Scientific American, n.s., 121 (December 6, 1919): 551. "A note on the back of the British Meteorological Office's Monthly Meteorological Chart of East Indian Seas for October, 1919, records a curious phosphorescent phenomenon observed by the steamship 'Clan Ogilvy' when nearing Madras July 3, 1919. At 2:10 a. m. streaks of luminosity were seen on the water in the form of a gigantic wheel, with many curved spokes turning the same way as the hands of a clock. The phenomenon lasted for ten minutes. The 'spokes' were about four feet broad at the ship, and they passed at the rate of about 12 every 10 seconds. The wheel was traveling to eastward. As each 'spoke' passed the ship was lit up so brightly that the captain came on deck and asked what vessel the watch officer was 'Morsing' to. Similar phenomena have been reported before from the East Indian seas, but no satisfactory explanation has yet been offered. An illustrated article on this subject was published in the Scientific American of June 13, 1912, p. 51." See: 1910 Aug 12. (IX; 1729).]
1919 July 3 / Great forest fires / northern Ontario / D. Express 4-1-6. [X; 951. (London Daily Express, July 4, 1919, p. 1 c. 6.)]
1919 July 15 / Tobermory, Argyllshire / ab 12:00 a.m. / Shower of herrings in the town and on the Sound of Mull. / Said a waterspout burst. / E. Mec. 110/6. [X; 952. (English Mechanic, 110-6.) "Raining Herrings." Gloucestershire Echo, July 16, 1919, p. 3 c. 2. "A waterspout which burst about Tobermory, Argyllshire, at 12.20 a.m. Tuesday spread a shower of herrings over the town and part of the Sound of Mull. They fell in heaps on pavements and roofs." "The gulls were quickly gobbling them up, and later these were assisted by hens, ducks, and cats. People were wakened screaming sea birds."]
1919 July 15 / Tobermory, Argyllshire / 12:00 a.m. / Herring fell in heaps on roofs and on pavements. Also upon part of the Sound of Mull. Supposed waterspout. / E. Mec 110/6. [X; 953. (English Mechanic, 110-6.)]
1919 July 16 / Farm and Home, p. 692 / Myst. poultry epidemic in East Cornwall. Fowls dropped dead from their roosts, nights. [D; 867. (Farm and Home, 1919, p. 692.)]
1919 July 20 / 11:02 p.m. / Bristol / large meteor / Nature 103-411. [X; 954. (Nature, 103-411.)]
1919 July 20 / Sunday Express / 15-month child of Mr and Mrs Joseph Delachi, Southern Boulevard, N.Y. City, fell 40 feet from a window. No obstruction to break the fall—landed on a stone pavement. Child not even bruised. [D; 868. (London Sunday Express, July 20, 1919.)]
1919 July 27 / Lloyd's Sunday News, 4-6 / George Brown, of Pontypool, found on a road near Caardiff. Said 2 men had given him a drugged cigarette and robbed him of his money and clothes. [D; 869. (Lloyd's Sunday News, July 27, 1919, p. 4 c. 6.)]
1919 July 27 / Pontypool / See Feb. 21, 1918. [D; 870. See: 1918 Feb. 21, (D: 831 & 832).]
1919 Aug / Met ship. * [X; 955. (Ref.???)]
1919 August / Pearson's Magazine / Was time ghostly appearances. [D; 871. (Pearson's Magazine, ca. August, 1919.)]
1919 Aug / For phe after a shock, see July, 1868. [D; 872. See: (1868 July).]
1919 (?) / Aug / Oils / Crude oil on a window pane and faces in it / June, 1871. [D; 873.1. See: (1871 June).]
1919 Aug / Templemore / Account of a perspiring statue in N.Y. Times, Dec 10-4-6, 1876. / From Blackwood's Magazine. [D; 873.2. (“A Visit to the Amijhara, the Famous Perspiring Statue.”
New York Times, December 10, 1876, p. 4 c. 6.) “A Run Through Kathiawar—The Holy Mountain.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 120 (November, 1876.): 577- 600, at 588-593.]
1919 Aug / Templemore / Miracles of Knock—ab. 1880. [D; 873.3. See: 1879 Aug 21, (B; 244); 1880 Jan 5, (B; 261); 1880 Feb., etc., (B; 272); and, 1880 Aug 21, (B; 311)..]
1919 Aug 3 / Lloyd's Sunday News, 3-3—in woods, at Shere, Surrey, a naked man wandering. Police took charge of him. Identified as a discharged soldier named Grove, who had been gassed. [D; 874. (Lloyd's Sunday News, Augsut 3, 1919, p. 3 c. 3.)]
1919 Aug 4 / Dunstable Borough Gazette—that ac to the Bedfordshire Advertiser of preceding week, a woman living in Lutin had disappeared at night. She was known to be a somnambulist. She found herself in a strange town, walking in her nightclothes, and learned that she was in Hitchin, having no clear recollection of having walked there. [D; 875.1, 875.2. (Dunstable Borough Gazette, August 4, 1919.)]
1919 Aug 5 / ab. midnight / Beach Haven, N.J. / q / MWR '19-602. [X; 956. (Monthly Weather Review, 1919-602.)]
1919 Aug 7 / Drogheda, Ireland / from 12:45 to 3 p.m. / A body that looked like a planet or a star. / E Mec. 110-69. / Easily seen with the naked eye. Appeared to be moving west in about a line with the sun and parallel to the horizon. / Venus = Sept 12. [X; 957. (English Mechanic, 110-69.) Venus, (with a visual magnitude of about -4.71), would have risen from the eastern horizon about 10 A.M. and followed the Sun; thus, this was a daytime sighting of Venus.]
1919 Aug 8 / 1:10 p.m., G.M.T. / Explosion of munition dump at Bailleul. / Nature 104-5. [X; 958. (Nature, 104-5.)]
1919 Aug 8 / 1:10 / Bailleul (Hirts?) / explosion ammunition dump / Nature—104-5. [X; 959. (Nature, 104-5.) The British munition dump was between Bailleul (Nord) and Steenbecque, France, (not in Britain).]
1919 Aug 10-11 / and 11 / Aurora / Science, NS, 50/185, 230, 347. [X; 960. "Auroral Displays." Science, n.s., 50 (August 22, 1919: 185-187. Dickinson, Jean. "The Aurora of August 11 at Burlington, Vermont." Science, n.s., 50 (September 5, 1919): 230. Rigge, William Francis. "Auroral Displays and the Magnetic Needle." Science, n.s., 50 (October 10, 1919): 347.]
1919 Aug 11-12 / (India) / The magnetic storm / Nature 104-436. [X; 961. (Nature, 104-436.)]
1919 Aug 11-12 / Great mag. storm. / Nature 103-483, 505. [X; 962. (Nature, 103: 483, 505.)]
1919 Aug 11-12 / Magnetic storm passed over Europe. / Wexford, Ireland, bars of white light. / E. Mec 110/88. [X; 963. (English Mechanic, 110-88.)]
1919 Aug 12 / D. Express / At Llanelly, an unknown killer of rabbits. Hutches visited at night. Never taken. Killed by backbones broken. [D; 876. (London Daily Express, August 12, 1919.)]
1919 Aug. 14 / [LT], 15-e / Sunspot / Large. [X; 964. (London Times, August 14, 1919, p. 15 c. 5.)]
1919 Aug 20 / 1st appearance of a nova found by Miss Mackie (Harvard). Then 9.4—on Sept 13, it was ab. 7.5. / Pop Astro 27-695 / R.A. 18-9-27 / Dec +11-35, (1900) / In or above Serpens. [X; 665. (Popular Astronomy, 27-695.)]
1919 Aug 21 / 23 h, 37 m / Seen near Annecy, France. Bolide from Cor. Cor toward the Pleiades. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1919-406. [X; 966. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1919-406.)]
1919 Aug 22 / 9:30 p.m. / London / brilliant slow-moving meteor / E Mec 110/79 / Origin not given. [X; 967. (English Mechanic, 110-79.)]
1919 Aug 23 / Herald of Wales of—Charles Jones (37), a farm baliff, missing since 19th, found on mountain side in Glamorganshire. No marks of violence—supposed heart failure. [D; 877. (Herald of Wales, August 23, 1919.)]
1919 Aug 24 / Vesuvius in eruption. / D. Express 25-1-5. [X; 968. (London Daily Express, August 25, 1919, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1919 Aug. 24 / BO / S. Express, 7-3 / Case of “reaping without sowing” reported from Ormskirk, west Lancashire. But said that it was in a field where, because of a long spell of bad weather, the wheat had not been harvested the year before. Said that in this field had appeared one of the best crops of vigorous young wheat, in West Lancashire, for the season. [D: 878.1, 878.2. "Reaping Without Sowing." London Sunday Express, August 24, 1919, p. 7 c. 3.]
1919 Aug 24 / S. Express, 7-5 / Soldiers billeted in a house in Richmond, said heard crashing sounds and saw a white face at a window. [D; 879. (London Sunday Express, August 24, 1919, p. 7 c. 5.)]
1919 Aug 25-26 / night / At Nonneville (Haute Savoie), a violently detonating meteor. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1919-406. [X; 969. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1919-406.)]
[The following five notes were clipped together by Fort. D: 880-884.]
1919 Aug 30 / At the storage tanks of the British Petroleum Co., 3 miles from the rectory, only petroleum and no petrol oil nor methylated spirits. / Eastern Ev. News (Norwich), Sept 5. [D; 880. (Eastern Evening News, September 5, 1919.)]
1919 Nov. 8 / Norfolk News of—In Holt Petty sessions, Nov. 3, came up case of Mabel Philippo, complainant, that Mrs Oswald Williams had assaulted her. Mrs Williams not [in] attendance, professionally engaged in Belfast. Said her that the girl's face slapped red was said at time by Mrs W. to be evidence of her guilt. Mrs Philippo testified that [when] she had arrived at [the] Rectory, the girl's first words were that she had been slapped in the face. Rev Hugh Guy gave evidence, saying that he had seen nothing of the assault. Later he emphatically denied that her face been slapped. / Decision was dismissal of the case. [D: 881.1, 881.2, 881.3. ("Swanton Novers Oil Mystery." Norfolk News and Weekly Press, (Norwich), November 8, 1919, p. 7 c. 4-5.)]
1919 [Sept. 13] / BO / As to paraffin in the house, the rector is accusing the girl in the Norfolk News, Sept. 13, speaks of “a diminution in the private supplies”. [D; 882. ("The Swanton Novers Mystery." Norfolk News and Weekly Press, September 13, 1919, p. 6 c. 1-2.)]
1919 Nov. 8 / No suit for damages mention[ed]. It was a summons for assault. Mrs. Williams represented by counsel. [D; 883. (Ref.???)]
1919 Aug 30 / Eastern Ev. News (Norwich), Sept. 2—that the foreman of an oil company had gone at request for his opinion, and while in house four hours, two gallons [of] oil came from point in scullery ceiling. [D; 884. (Eastern Evening News, September 2, 1919.)]
1919 Aug 30 / D. Express—Sept. 2 / “The rector (the Rev Hugh Guy) stated in a telegram to the Editor of the “Daily Express” yesterday: Rectory closed Sunday (Aug 31). No developments after removing the furniture Monday: water showers continuing, also said a (wood) oil reappeared on wall. Surveyor advises oil expert. Mystery still unexplained.” Here is his statement that were falls when house closed. [D: 885.1, 885.2. (London Daily Express, September 2, 1919.)]
1919 Aug 30 / BO / (D. Express of) / At Swanton Novers Rectory, near Melton Constable, near Norwich, Aug 30, 1919, oil (kerosene) was spurting from walls and ceilings. Every hour or so except at night. As to coming from ground, the well at first not contaminated but then was. On Aug 25th—the liquid that so fell from ceilings and walls was mainly water. Another smell noted Aug 8. Before that been earth tremors. Dropped from ceiling at rate of about a quart oil in ten minutes. Ac to Rector, the Rev. Hugh Guy, it was “a downpour rather than a dripping”. Sept 2—that 50 gallons of oil been caught in receptacles. Of 13 showers on Sept 1, 2 were of water. / In Times index, is catalogued under “Hoax. Special cor describes—the Rev. Hugh Guy had been driven from the Rectory—they visited it together. / No percolation theory possible—ppeared in certain spots in walls and ceilings, first in a housemaid's bedroom. Methylated spirits had fallen, and sandalwood oil had appeared. Various explanations tried, but this appearance of sandalwood oil too much for them. / In the Times index, the phe listed under Hoax. / Times, Sept 2, tells the flooding with oil and odor of sandalwood in the garden, ac to investigation by special cor.—been no percolation—wet spots in walls bored and laths behind were dry. lmost exclusively in a room where the housemaid, aged 15, happened to be. Times, 4th, records another fall of sandal oil and others mainly of water. Then several reports upon lessening falls. / 8th—Mr Cloudesley Brereton, who had been investigating, reports in Times of Septh 8th—that more than evident that the sandalwood oil and methylated spirits work of a hoaxer. Times, Sept 9—“Norfolk Mystery Solved.” Mr. Oswald Williams, the illusionist, investigated in hiding, saw the housemaid enter the house and throw a glass of salted water up at the ceiling and heard her raise alarm that water was dripping from the ceiling, Confronted, she denied and then broke down and confessed. Times, 12th—girl was interviewed b the representative of a Norfolk newspaper, to whom she denied that she had ever confessed, saying that she had been in the house with Mr. and Mrs. Williams, who were not hiding, unknown to her, and when a wet patch appeared upon ceiling, Mrs Williams had accused her of causing it. Times, Sept 13—Mr Guy's final statement. That in his opinion the girl had thrown the water, because it had been salted and left where she see it, and he has tasted the water she called attention to and it was salted. He says the girl denied it. Says that it would have taken only a small quantity of oil to create the mess.” The statement in the Daily Express of the downpour is said was sent a s a telegram by him. No mention of anything but the oil and water. Only occurred when the maid was in the house. Daily Mail, Sept. 3—reproduced two photographs of oil dripping from different ceilings, large drops of oil exuding from ceilings clearly visible. Said that Mr Guy, pointing to the drops, spoke of the oil as “gushing” at other times. / 2 illusionists investigated—the other was Mr. N. Maskelyne, who—D. Mail, Sept 10-3-3—said impossible for the girl to have done it, because so much oil. “The girl would need to have had access to barrels of it to make the mess that I saw when I was there.” He asserts that after Mr. Guy moved out, and the house locked, the dripping went on. However he not question that the girl was caught throwing water. “She may have been helping on the annoyance.” Girl was Mabel Louisa Phillips, aged 14½. In his letter Mr Guy says (same letter in D. Mail, Sept 12) that Mr Maskelyne's statement that dripping when the house was locked was “absolutely untrue”. In another part of Mail, 12th, his statement that since the girl's accusations, “No more drippings whatever.” Probably stopped before and she stimulated the interest. / But the myst of Guy's contradictions. [D: 886.1 to 886.20. (London Daily Express, August 30, 1919.) (London Times, September 2, 1919.) (London Times, September 4, 1919.) (London Times, September 8, 1919.) (London Times, September 9, 1919.) (London Times, September 12, 1919.) (London Times, September 13, 1919.) (London Daily Mail, September 10, 1919, p. 3 c. 3.) (London Daily Mail, September 12, 1919.) (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, September 11, 1919, photograph of Mabel Louisa Phillips, who denies splashing ceilings at Rectory.)]
1919 Aug 30 / (X) / Rev Guy's first statement in Daily Express, Aug 30:—“The rector in response to a request from the 'Daily Express' for the latest news, replied as follows:—“To the Editor of the Daily Express. Swanton Novers Rectory. Expert engineer arriving Monday. Drippins ascribed to exudation on August 8 of petrol, methylated spirits and paraffin. House evacuated; vapour dangerous; every room affected; downpour rather than dripping—Guy.” [D: 887.1, 887.2. (London Daily Express, August 30, 1919.)]
1919 Aug 30 / In his letter he refers to Mr Makelyne's statement that whole house was saturated. He say[s]: “This is not so.” / See his “express” statement. [D; 888. (London Daily Mail, September 12, 1919.) (London Daily Express, August 30, 1919.)]
1919 Aug 30 / the purport of it is that whereas the girl could not have thrown about gallons of oil, “a small quantity could be attributed to her. [D; 889.]
1919 Aug 30 / The tremors were from a big explosion in France. / Times, Sept. 2. [D; 890. (London Times, September 2, 1919.)]
1919 Aug 30 / The tremors were from big explosion in France, Aug 8. / Times, Sept. 2. [D; 891. (London Times, September 2, 1919.)]
[The following four notes were clipped together by Fort. D: 892-895.]
1919 Aug / BO / In Daily News, accounts of investigations by an architect, geologist, chemist, all saw the drippings and unable to explain. [D; 892. (London Daily News, ca. September, 1919.)]
1919 (Aug 30) / BO / D. News, Sept 10—“According to the little girl's statement she was at no time alone in the kitchen. She insists that she is the victim of a trick, and that great pressure was put upon her to admit that she had been throwing salted water up to the ceiling. “I was told,” she said, “that I would be be given oneminute to say I had done it or go to prison. I said I didn't do it. [D: 893.1, 893.2. (London Daily News, September 10, 1919.)]
[1919 Aug.] / BO / In D. News, Sept 9th, the story is, “Caught red-handed by well-known illusionist. Mr. Williams quoted—girl left alone and his wife looking through a hole that investigators had bored in a ceiling—seeing the girl and rushing down to her, “She admitted that she had done it, and finally she broke down and made a clean breast of it.” [D: 894.1, 894.2. (London Daily News, September 9, 1919.)]
1919 [Aug.] / BO / In Journal of Soc for Psychical Research, Oct, 1919, data taken from the Times, and there was no investigation by representatives of the Society. Seemingly no knowledge of other statements by Mr. Guy; and his letter to the Times, accusing the girl, accepted as final; and readers are warned against using up time upon such cases. [D: 895.1, 895.2. "A Supposed Poltergeist Case and Its Explanation." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 19 (October, 1919): 95-99. (London Times, August 30, 1919, plus.) (London Times, September 9, 1919.) (London Times, September 12, 1919.)]
1919 Aug / Norfolk phe / phe and q—Ap. 17, 1874. [D; 896. See: (1876 Ap. 17).]
1919 Aug / Templemore / q—and phe / Apparitions, Roosevelt, L.I., thought related to a q. / 1914, Trib., Feb 12-2-7. [D; 897. “Many Quake After 'Quake Frees Ghost.” New York Tribune, February 12, 1914, p. 2 c. 7. See: 1914 Feb 11, etc., (D; 768).]
1919 Aug / Swanton Novers / Another place of phe, after shock as if slight earthquake, July, 1868. Teleports.
1919 Aug / S. Novers / q. / See shaking houses. [D; 899. See: (Shaking houses).]
1919 Aug. / Norfolk phe / Phe after a slight shock. July, 1868. [D; 900. See: (1868 July).]
1919 Aug 30 / Cor to D. Mail, Sept. 1—that he twice saw oil fall. [D; 901. (London Daily Mail, September 1, 1919.)]
1919 Aug. 30 / [Copy of a letter from Fort to Rev. Hugh Guy, Swanton Novers Rectory, Melton Constable, Norfolk.] [D; 902. (Fort to Rev. Hugh Guy; letter).]
1919 Aug. 30 / Reg. letter receipt. / [receipt for a registered letter from Fort to Rev. Hugh Guy of Melton Constable]. [D; 903. (Fort to Rev. Hugh Guy; receipt for registered letter).]
1919 Sept 1 / q's / U.S. Columbia / See Sept 15. [X; 970. See: (Sept 15).]
1919 Sept 5 / 10 p.m. / q. / Va / Bull-Amer 9-128 / MWR, '19-839. [X; 971. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 9-128.) (Monthly Weather Review, 1919-839.)]
1919 Sept 11 / afternoon / Shock—houses damaged. / Siena, Italy / S. Express 14-1-5. [X; 972. (London Sunday Express, September 14, 1919, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1919 Sept 11 / Violent explosion in N.Y., attrib. to sewer gas. [D; 907. (Ref.???)]
1919 Sept 12 / Inf conjunction Venus-sun. [X; 973. (Ref.???)]
1919 Sept. 13 / Nova / See Aug. 20. [X; 974. See: 1919 Aug 20, (X; 665).]
1919 Sept. 14 / 8 p.m. / Violent q. near Siena / D. Mail 15-5-3. [X; 975. (London Daily Mail, September 15, 1919, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1919 Sept 14 / 200 perished in "tidal wave" and storm, coast Texas. / Sun 17-1-4. [X; 976. (New York Sun, September 17, 1919, p. 1 c. 4.)]
1919 Sept. 14-15 / Hurricane / Texas / Towns wrecked. Damage by "tidal wave". [X; 977. (Ref.???)]
1919 Sept 15 / N.Y. Sun, 13-5 / U.S. Columbia / For several weeks, quakes. One of them preceded by a violent th. storm. [X; 978. (New York Sun, September 15, 1919, p. 13 c. 5.)]
1919 Sept 15-24 / Sun / Have / Nothing. [D; 905.]
1919 Sept 17 / 20 h, 5 m / Argeles-sur-Mer (Pyrénées Orientales) / Met from near Delta Cyg. to near Zeta Peg. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1919-473. [X; 979. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1919-473.)]
1919 Sept. 18 or 17th / [typescript] / New York Evening Telegram, Sept. 19. 1919. [D; 904. (New York Evening Telegram, September 19, 1919.)]
1919 Sept / As if a striking glazier thought bullets? [D; 906.]
1919 Sept 19 / Phantom bullets / Feb. 2, 1916. [D; 908. See: (1916 Feb. 2).]
1919 Sept 21 / N.Y. World, 7-4 / 5 more plate glass windows “smashed” on the 20th, making 20 in 2 days. In none of the places where a window was broken could a bullet be found. “The holes in all the windows broken are three-eighhs of an inch in diameter, and the glass on the inside of the windows, around the hole, is chipped for a radius of an inch and a half. [D: 909.1, 909.2. (New York World, September 21, 1919, p. 7 c. 4.)]
1919 Sept. 19 / In New York / strike of glaziers and broken windows / March 20, 1920. [D; 910. See: (1920 March 20).]
1919 Sept / Newark / Polt and bullet hole in glass / March 12, 1883. [D; 911. See: (1883 March 12).]
1919 Sept. 21 / Lloyds S. News, 9-4 / Elderly loss-memory man at Staines. [D; 912. (Lloyd's Sunday News, September 21, 1919, p. 9 c. 4.)]
1919 Sept 24 / Destructive cyclone in Calabria. / D. Mail 25-5-7. [X; 980. (London Daily Mail, September 25, 1919, p. 5 c. 7.)]
1919 Sept 25 / In London Daily Chronicle, Sept 27, Mr. H.L. Hawkins, Lecturer in Geology, of the Reading University, reviews suggestion that it was an earthquake. Says—"However, as the whole thing terminated in a bump and a big bang, without subsequent shaking, it points more to an explosion of a natural type up in the air rather than to a real earthquake. / Times, Sept 26—shock felt at Reading—inquiries led to known information of an explosion. [X: 981.1, 981.2. (London Daily Chronicle, September 27, 1919.) (London Times, September 26, 1919.)]
1919 Sept. 25 / ab. 9:05 p.m. / Loud detonation heard at Reading. / E. Mec 110/127. [X; 982. (English Mechanic, 110-127.)]
1919 Sept 26, etc. / Mauna Loa / Bull-Amer 9-89. [X; 983. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 9-89.)]
1919 Sept 27 / Portland, Oregon / mud / MWR '19-881. [X; 984. (Monthly Weather Review, 1919-881.)]
1919 Sept-Oct / Mars, Jupiter, Venus in Leo. [X; 985. (Ref.???)]
1919 Oct / Exceptional dryness / Nature 104-278. [X; 986. (Nature, 104-278.)]
1919 Oct 1 and Oct 1 / Aurora and Eng / Nature 104-119. [X; 987. (Nature, 104-119.)]
1919 Oct 7-31 / (+) / The seventeenth nova in the nebula of Andromeda by Shapley on photos taken then of 15th mag. Then to 16th—unfindable Nov. 30. See Feb 9, (1918). / Bull Soc Astro de F. 1920-196. [X; 988. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1920-196.) See: (1918 Feb 9).]
[1919 Oct 10] / BM / Earthquake at Reading before / Oct 10, 1919 / Daily Chronicle, Sept. 27 / Times, Oct 14-9-b / q, Reading paper. / Sept 26-12-b (1.e.) / Hubert Stringer / E Mec. 110-127 / writes that that evening at Reading sunset he attribs. to meteoric dust above Reading. [X: 989.1, 989.2. (London Daily Chronicle, September 27, 1919.) (London Times. October 14, 1919, p. 9 c. 2.) (London Times, September 26, 1919, p. 12 c. 2.) (English Mechanic, 110-127.)]
1919 Oct 13 / (+) / N.Y.T., 13-3 / Metite / Utah. [X; 990. (New York Times, October 13, 1919, p. 13 c. 3.)]
1919 Oct 13 / English Mechanic of / A light that for 20 years had been occasionally seen near Shipton, Oxon, sometimes hovering over trees, sometimes moving rapidly, a few feet from the ground. [D; 913. (English Mechanic, October 13, 1919.)]
1919 Oct. 19 / metite / Bur-Hagaba, Italian Somaliland / Africa / S. Kensington. [X; 991. (Ref.???)]
1919 Oct 20 / (L) / [LT], 9/a / 30/612/c / Nov. 1/9/f / 20/662/d. [X; 992. (London Times, October 20, 1919, p. 9 c. 1.) (London Times, October 30, 1919, p. 612 c. 3.) (London Times, November 1, 1919, p. 9 c. 6.) (London Times, November 20, 1919, p. 662 c. 4.)]
1919 Oct 21 / 8:35 p.m. / Met brighter than Jupiter from Alpha Cephei. / Bristol, etc. / Nature 104-179. [X; 993. (Nature, 104-179.)]
1919 Nov. 2 / 7:06 p.m. / Dorset, Isel Wight / France / met / Nature 104-321. [X; 994. (Nature, 104-321.)]
1919 Nov 8 / At Norfolk, Va., Atmosphere thick with smoke from fires in the Dismal Swamp. / Northern Sentinel, Nov. 26 / At Burlington, Vt., no smoke mentioned, but on 9th "uncomfortably dark". On 11th, so dark that artificial light necessary". / Sentinel, Nov. 12. [X; 995. (northern Sentinel, November 26, 1919.) (Northern Sentinel, November 12, 1919.)]
1919 Nov. 13 / Leonids—"No special display expected". / Nature 104-299 / Quite a few—p. 342. [X; 996. (Nature, 104: 299, 342.)]
1919 Nov 14 / D. Express, 5-3 / Ghost reported from Shortlands, Kent. [D; 914. (London Daily Express, November 14, 1919, p. 5 c. 3.)]
1919 Nov. 14 / Shortlands / See Oct 26, 1921. [D; 915. See: 1921 Oct. 26, (E; 143).]
1919 Nov 17 / [source unidentified], 7-7 / Revival and visions in Wales. [D; 916. (Unidentified source, November 17, 1919, p. 7 c. 7.)]
1919 Nov. 16 / (Black Magic) / [source unidentified], 7-5 / Told in the Shoreditch Coroner's Court, Nov. 14. Inquest on body of Rosina Newton, 13-months-old child; a neeedle, 2½ inches long, in her heart; had been there “at least some days”. “There was no skin wound to show where had entered the body. A case like the “black magic” of piercing hearts of an image with a needle. [D: 917.1, 917.2. (Source unidentified), November 16, 1919, p. 7 c. 5.).]
1919 Nov. 16 / Lloyds S. News, 1-2. / Remarkable revival in Wales. [D; 918. (Lloyd's Sunday News, November 16, 1919, p. 1 c. 2.)]
1919 Nov. 20 / met / Great met / Earth tremors in a dozen Michigan cities. Where met not seen, thought been a great explosion. / MWR '19-830. [X; 997. (Monthly Weather Review, 1919-830.)]
1919 Nov 26 / 8 p.m. / Great met seen in north of Michigan. / Science, NS, 51-568 / Same? [X; 998. Kelly, William. "The Meteor of November 26, 1919." Science, n.s., 51 (June 4, 1920): 568.]
1919 Nov 26 / met and elec disturbances / "Telegraph operators of the N.Y. Central lines reported wire trouble as far north as Grand Rapids, Mich. The power plant of the Calumet Electric Light Co, at Kalamazoo, was put out of commission, and another plant near Berrien Springs was disabled." / Lit. Digest, Feb 28, 1920. [X: 999.1, 999.2. "A Celestial Short-Circuit." Literary Digest, 64 (February 28, 1920): 27-28. Gernsback, Hugo. "A Celestial Short-Circuit." Electrical Experimenter, 7 (January 1920): 850.]
1919 Nov. 27 / 9:50 p.m. / Fireball / Bristol / Nature 104-361. [X; 1000. (Nature, 104-361.)]
1919 Nov 27 / Large meteors / Eng and Michigan / Nature 104/361. [X; 1001. (Nature, 104-361.)]
1919 Nov 27 / ([note cut off]ut 29) / Great meteor and, ac to newspapers, "accompanied by prolonged rumbling—trembling of the earth. / Bull Amer. 9-141. [X; 1002. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 9-141.)]
1919 Nov. 28 / 10 p.m. / Riviera / slight q / S. Express 30-1-5. [X; 1003. (London Sunday Express, November 30, 1919, p. 1 c. 5.)]
1919 Nov. 28 / N.Y.T., 1-4 / 29-10-4 / Det met. / Lake Michigan. [X; 1004. (New York Times, November 28, 1919, p. 1 c. 4.) (New York Times, November 29, 1919, p. 10 c. 4.)]
1919 Nov. 30 / Celeste / [source unidentified], 3-2 / At Scilly, appeared a three-masted schooner. Everything in order, but nobody aboard. All boats on board, including a smart motor launch. Was the Marion G. Douglas, of Fox River, N.S. [D; 919. (Source unidentified), November 30, 1919, p. 3 c. 2.)]
1919 Dec 1 / A. Small / 53 years old. [D; 920. (Ref.???)]
1919 Dec 2 / The Ambrose Small disap. [D; 921. (Ref.???)]
1919 Dec. 2 / [letter to Fort from I.F. Hellmuth, April 28th, 1924.] [D; 922. (Hellmuth, I.F., to Fort; letter; April 28, 1924).]
1919 Dec 2 / Names of Doughty's lawyers—J.F. Hellmuth—Miss Clara Brett-Martin. [D; 923. (Ref.???)]
1919 Dec. 2 / 41 Roxborough St. East, Toronto / Address on envelope of sender of clippings. [D; 924.]
1919 Dec 2 / [“No Stain in Character,” Says Judge of Mrs. Small] / Toronto Evening Telegram, Ap. 29, 1924. [D; 925. Newspaper clipping. (Toronto Evening Telegram, April 24, 1924.)]
1919 Dec. 2 / [Has Long Conference with Sisters of Missing Man] / Toronto Evening Telegram, May 16, 1924. [D; 926. Newspaper clipping. (Toronto Evening Telegram, May 16, 1924.)]
1919 Dec 2 / On May 9, 1921, Doughty was sentenced to six years in Kingston Penitentiary for stealing the bonds. As to kidnapping charge—“The charge of conspiring to kidnap Ambrose J. Small still stands against Doughty.” [D; 927. (Ref.???)]
1919 Dec 2 / Plan / Give as I develop it. Daily Mail—Dis and Doughty. / Trial Doughty for bonds. / Turn back to Toronto paper for the disap. / Trial in May for kidnapping. [D; 928.]
1919 Dec 2 / Disap / Afternoon, at Toronto, Ambrose Small, millionaire, not seen after leaving his theatre, and no one saw him leave it. In Daily Mail, 1921, Jan 5-8-4—said still the mystery deep as ever. His former secretary, John Doughty, had been arrested for conspiring to kidnap him. D. had already been sent for trial for stealing $105,000 of Small's bonds. [D: 929.1, 929.2. (London Daily Mail, January 5, 1921, p. 8 c. 4.)]
1919 Dec 2 / On March 22, 1921, Doughty's trial (Toronto Daily Mail and Empire). In May, 1920, Mrs. Small and other trustees of Small's estate had opened safe deposit boxes, finding securities valued at $1.125,000, but according to an inventory this sum was $105,000 short. Came out in the trial that upon Dec. 1, Doughty had gone to Small's safe deposit vault, as he had a right to do, having power of attorney from his employer, and had taken the bonds. He had given them to his sister to keep for him; and in her house, after his arrest, they were found hidden. Came out that Doughty, Dec, 1919, was about to terminate his services of 18 years with Mr. Small. He was found guilty of stealing the bonds, and the trial for kidnapping was set for the May Sessions. / Defense mainly that if he took the bonds temporarily this, by virtue of his power of attorney, he had a right to do; that he had used Small's key and had returned the key to Small; so when he found himself in possession of the bonds, which, without the key, he could not put back, he became frightened, in all the excitement over the disappearance, and upon last of December, fled to Oregon, where he lived under the name of Cooper. [D: 930.1 o 930.7. (Toronto Daily Mail and Empire, ca. March 22, 1921.)]
1919 Dec— / On Dec 30, 1920, John Doughty was committed for trial upon the charge of stealing the bonds. The hearing on kidnapping charge was postponed until Jan 3, to enable presentation of evidence by newsboys who, it was said, had seen Small in the street between 5 and 6 o'clock, when ac to other witnesses he was in his office in the Strand Opera House. In the Mail and Empire (Toronto), a newsboy so testified, but was contradicted by his father, and another newsboy told of Small's buying a newspaper after 6 o'clock but was not sure of the day. Doughty was committed to trial for kidnapping because it was said that he had discussed kidnapping with several persons befre Small disappeared. Then he had left Toronto. Doughty had been arrested Nov. 22, in Oregon City, Ore. / 7-5-4—on 6th, the Grand Jury indicted D. upon charge of stealing the bonds. On 8th—that he had conspired with persons unknown, to seize or confine one Ambrose J. Small. / 1919 / Dec— / (4) / bonds. [D: 931.1 to 931.6. (Toronto Mail and Empire, ca. January 7, 1920, p. 5 c. 4???) (Toronto Mail and Empire, ca. January 8, 1920???)]
1919 Dec 4-6 / Nov. L. / See shower of May 21, 1920. [X; 1005. See: (1920 May 21).]
1919 Dec 4-6 / A nova in Lyra, discovered by Miss Mackie, at Harvard, traced back. Bet. Dec 4 and 6, rose from 16th to 6.5 mag. / Nature 104-705. [X; 1006. "Nova in Lyra." Nature, 104 (February 26, 1920): 704-705.]
1919 Dec 4-6 / Nova found on Harvard photo plates by Miss Mackie. Dec 4 to 6, rose from mag. 16 to 6.5. By Jan 6, down to 8.5. / Nature 104-704. [X; 1007. "Nova in Lyra." Nature, 104 (February 26, 1920): 704-705.]
1919 Dec 4 to 6 / A nova rose suddenly from 16 to 6.5. / Nature 104-704. [X; 1008. "Nova in Lyra." Nature, 104 (February 26, 1920): 704-705.]
1919 Dec 8 / J.W. Scholes, Huddersfield / "Conspicuous extraord[inary] black-ink mark" on the border of the Mare Serenitatis, near Littrow. / E Mec 110/257 / Another observer, with variations, p. 282. [X; 1009. (English Mechanic, 110: 257, 282.)]
1919 Dec 13-14 / from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. / Bristol / Geminids numerous. 52 counted. / E. Mec 112-199. [X; 1010. (English Mechanic, 112-199.)]
1919 Dec. 19 / D. Mail, Jan 9-7-6 / Ac to New York newspapers. At Princeton, Missouri, John Morgan Donelson, whose wife had died, Oct 8, was reading his Bible, when he thought he heard a voice saying, “Morg, look up.” He looked up and saw upon the ceiling a picture of his wife and dead infant in her arms. His parents saw the picture. It remained for 90 hours. [D: 932.1, 932.2. (London Daily Mail, January 9, 1920, p. 7 c. 6.)]
1919 Dec 21 / 22 h / At Paris, bolide from Gemini to near Sirius. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1920-120. [X; 1011. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1920-120.)]
1919 Dec. 24 / Naked body of a woman, Bella Wilson, aged 54, murdered, found dead on a Liverpool street. [D; 933. (Ref.???)]
1919 Dec 25 / 10:21 p.m. / Bristol / meteor / Nature 104-448. [X; 1012. (Nature, 104-448.)]
1919 Dec 25 / 10:21 / Bristol / brilliant fireball / Nature 104-448. [X; 1013. (Nature, 104-448.)]
[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. D: 934-935.]
1919 Dec 25 / evening / D. Mirror, Jan 26-2-2 / At Chertsey, Mrs. Allen, a widow ab 66, in church, rose from her pew and walked out. Up to a point several hundred yards from the church, she was seen by several persons, but not since. / 27-2-3—Dec. 28—was Mrs Harriet Allen, Eastworth-road. [D; 934. (London Daily Mirror, January 26, 1919, p. 2 c. 2.) (London Daily Mirror, January 27, 1919, p. 2 c. 3.)]
1919 Dec 25-28 / D. Mirror—Feb. 5-3-2 / Body of Mrs Allen found in Thames near Shepperton Lock. [D; 935. (London Daily Mirror, February 5, 1919, p. 3 c. 2.)]
1919 Dec. 26 / Dr. Schorr reports that the cometary object 1919+ found on 2 plates taken on Dec 10 is not identical with Holmes Comet. / Nature 104-704. [X; 1014.1. (Nature, 104-704.)]