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1902b

(July to December)


1902:


1902 / Luminous haze and fall of gray-blue dust / Switzerland / Nature 66/306. [VIII; 1285. “Notes,” Nature, 66 (July 24, 1902): 304-309, at 306.]


1902 July 5 / Afterglows / Morges, Switzerland / Nature 66-278. [VIII; 1286. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (July 17, 1902): 277-281, at 278.]


1902 July 5 / q. / Salonica / Nature 66-254, 278. [VIII; 1287. "Notes." Nature, 66 (July 10, 1902): 254-258, at 254. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (July 17, 1902): 277-281, at 278.]


1902 July 5 / India Series / night / Dust storm followed by rainstorm at Broach. / Times of India (Bombay) 12-11-2. [VIII; 1288. (Times of India, July 12, 1902, p. 11 c. 2.)]


1902 July 7 / India Series / At Ahmedabad, had been little rain. On 7th, a “Strong dust storm suddenly burst upon the town, followed by rain. / Times of India, July 12. [VIII; 1289. (Times of India, July 12, 1902.)]


1902 July 8 / 2 slight q's. at Cheadle, Cheshire / The Naturalist 1902-367. [VIII; 1290. "Northern Notes and News." Naturalist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of England, 1902 (November): 367.]


1902 July 8 / Eagle, 1-6 / Volc. in Tulsa, Indian Territory. [VIII; 1291. "Volcano in Indian Territory." Brooklyn Eagle, July 8, 1902, p. 1 c. 6. Gas escaping from fissures was attributed to "a great oil and gas field and that pressure from a great depth had caused the commotion."]


1902 July 9, 11, 12 / Pelée / Nature 66-278. [VIII; 1292. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (July 17, 1902): 277-281, at 278.]


1902 July 9 / B.M. / Trib, 1-3 / 26-2-2 / 27-4-4 / Volc / Costa Rica. [VIII; 1293. "Volcanoes in Eruption." New York Tribune, July 9, 1902, p. 1 c. 3. "Costa Rican Volcanoes Active." New York Tribune, July 26, 1902, p. 2 c. 2. "The Costa Rican Eruptions." New York Tribune, July 27, 1902, p. 4 c. 4. The Rincón de la Vieja volcano.]


1902 July 9 / q on Persian Gulf / LT 19-7-f. [VIII; 1294. “Earthquake Shocks on the Persian Gulf.” London Times, July 19, 1902, p. 7 c. 6.]


1902 July 9 / (+) / Cheadle phe / Davison gives up. / Geol Mag 1904-542 / C. 10 miles from AshbourneApril, 1907. [VIII; 1295. Davison, Charles. “On Some Minor British Earthquakes of the Years 1901-1903.” Geological Magazine, s. 5 v. 1 (1904): 535-542, at 542. Cheadle is about 35 miles, (55 km.), from Ashbourne. See: 1907 April 23, (IX; 736).]


1902 July 9, 10 / Shocks / Persian Gulf / Nature 66-306. [VIII; 1296. “Notes,” Nature, 66 (July 24, 1902): 304-309, at 306.]


1902 July 12 / Eagle, 1-6 / Pelee again. [VIII; 1297. "Mont Pelee Again Violent." Brooklyn Eagle, July 12, 1902, p. 1 c. 6. The Pelée volcano.]


1902 July 13 / London and Deal / Meteor / Nature 66-309. [VIII; 1298. “Bright Meteor of July 13.” Nature, 66 (July 24, 1902): 309.]


1902 July 13 / Light in sky / E Mec. 76/57, 80. [VIII; 1299. “Zodiacal Light or Not?” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1953; August 29, 1902): 57. Noble, William. “Maximum Velocity of Meteorites.” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1954; September 5, 1902): 79-80.]


1902 July 13 / 10:30 p.m. / London / Exceptionally brilliant meteor from direction of Cassiopeia / LT 15-10-f, etc. [VIII; 1300. “A Large Meteor.” London Times, July 15, 1902, p. 10 c. 6.]


1902 July 13 / 10:30 p.m. / The met at London from the direction of Cassiopeia. / LT, July 15. [VIII; 1301. “A Large Meteor.” London Times, July 15, 1902, p. 10 c. 6.]


1902 July 13 / 10:30 p.m. / Large fireball over the Straits of Dover. / Observatory 25-293 / Great deal. [VIII; 1302. Denning, William Frederick. “The large Fireball of Sunday, 1902, July 13.” Observatory, 25 (1902): 293-297.]


1902 July 13 / Trib, 2-2 /  Pelée again. [VIII; 1303. "Mont Pelee's Fresh Eruption." New York Tribune, July 13, 1902, p. 2 c. 2. The Pelée volcano.]


[1902 July (?). Wrong date. See: 1912 July, (VIII; 1304).]


1902 July 13, about / At Frauenfeld, Switzerland, fall of greenish-blue ashes / Nature 66-306. [VIII; 1305. “Notes,” Nature, 66 (July 24, 1902): 304-309, at 306.]


1902 July 17 / Particularly, and other evenings too, remarkable afterglows in Yorkshire. / The Naturalist 1902-366. [VIII; 1306. "Remarkable Sunsets in Yorkshire." Naturalist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of England, 1902 (November): 366.]


1902 July 17 / A “waterspout” burst over Cottingham, near Hull, morning. / The Naturalist 1902-366. [VIII; 1307. "Waterspout at Cottingham, East Yorkshire." Naturalist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of England, 1902 (November): 366.]


1902 / ab July 17 / Frauenfeld, Canton Thurgau / Ashes, grayish blue, reported. / See Aug 2. / See May 25. / Nature 66-306 / p. 327said that it was not volcanic dust. [VIII; 1308. “Notes,” Nature, 66 (July 24, 1902): 304-309, at 306. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (July 31, 1902): 327-331, at 327. See: 1902 May 25, (VIII; 1202), and, 1902 Aug 2, (VIII; 1321).]


1902 July 17 / Mt. Browne, N.S. Wales / (F). [VIII; 1309. Fletcher, 107. This is the Mount Browne meteorite.]


1902 July 18 / 5:25 a.m. / Shock / Malone, N.Y. / Trib 19-3-5. [VIII; 1310. "An Earthquake at Malone." New York Tribune, July 19, 1902, p. 3 c. 5.]


1902 July 19 / [LT], 7-f / q / Persian Gulf. [VIII; 1311. “Earthquake Shocks on the Persian Gulf.” London Times, July 19, 1902, p. 7 c. 6.]


1902 July 20 / Herne Bay / Huge column of water apparently from clouds to seas. / E. Mec 75-499. [VIII; 1312. “Scientific News.” English Mechanic, 75 (no. 1948; July 25, 1902): 499-500.]


1902 July 20 / Lat 0° 30' N / Long 29° 36' W / Vessel felt severe shock. / Nature 66-378. [VIII; 1313. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (August 14, 1902): 376-380, at 378. “The compasses all oscillated violently.” ]


1902 July 26 / Stokeslea, Cambridge / dust / in a gale / Cor writes that it was marine sand with fragments of coral, foraminifera, etc. He thinks from the Mediterranean or some similar latitude. / LT 29-14-b / See E Mec 75-519. [VIII; 1314. “Wind-Borne Dust.” London Times, July 29, 1902, p. 14 c. 2. “Scientific News.” English Mechanic, 75 (no. 1949; August 1, 1902): 519-520.]


1902 July 27-31 / People of Santa Barbara, California, terrorized. 75 shocks. / Nature 66-348. [VIII; 1315. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (August 7, 1902): 348-352, at 348-349.]


1902 July 27-31 / 75 shocks in Santa Barbara Co, California / Nature 66-348. [VIII; 1316. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (August 7, 1902): 348-352, at 348-349.]


1902 July 28 / ab. noon / Nebraska / Iowa, S. Dakota / shock / Nature 66-327 / N.Y. Trib 30-12-1. [VIII; 1317. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (July 31, 1902): 327-331, at 327. "Earthquake Was Widespread." New York Tribune, July 30, 1902, p. 12 c. 1.]


1902 July 31 / early morning / over the City of Butte, Montana / Heavens one continuous sheet of flame. Thousands of persons aroused. All kinds of material became heavily charged with electricity. A man was killed by touching a pile of meat in a freight car. / Signs of the Times, Oakland, Cal, Aug. 13 / I get from Kingston (St Vincent) Times, Sept. 11. [VIII: 1318.1, 1318.2. “Axiomatic.” Signs of the Times, (Oakland, California), 28 (no. 33; August 13, 1902): 9. “Fatal Electrical Storm.” New York Sun, August 1, 1902, p. 3 c. 7. (Times, Kingston, St. Vincent, September 11, 1902.)]


1902 / last of July / Crater appeared in Spain and terrific submarine eruption off Azores. / Nature 66-327. [VIII; 1319. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (July 31, 1902): 327-331, at 327. The San Jorge volcano.]


1902 Aug / Light 3 min / Eng Mec. 76/57. * [VIII; 1320. “Meteor With a Tail.” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1953; August 29, 1902): 57.]


1902 Aug 2 / See July 17. / Morges mentioned? / Fall of dust at Monthey (Valais), Aigle, Morges, etc. / Bib. Univ. 4/15/93. [VIII; 1321. “Seance du 22 octobre.” Bibliothèque Universelle: Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. s. 4 v. 15 (1903): 92-93, at 93. François-Alphonse Forel identified the “poussière impalpable,” (which fell in Switzerland), as having all the characteristics of sand from the Sahara. See: 1902 / ab July 17, (VIII; 1308).]


1902 Aug 3-4 / night / Violent shocks / Portugal / Nature 66-349. [VIII; 1322. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (August 7, 1902): 348-352, at 348-349.]


1902 Aug 5 / shocks / Italy and Portugal. [VIII; 1323. (Ref.???)]


1902 Aug 6 / Trib, 2-5 / Nov 7-1-2, again / Portugal / qs. [VIII; 1324. "Slight Earthquakes in Europe." New York Tribune, August 6, 1902, p. 2 c. 5. "Earthquake in Portugal." New York Tribune, November 7, 1902, p. 1 c. 2.]


1902 Aug 6 / Trib, 2-5 / 30-2-3 / Q. / Italy. [VIII; 1325. "Slight Earthquakes in Europe." New York Tribune, August 6, 1902, p. 2 c. 5. "Earthquake Shock in Italy." New York Tribune, August 30, 1902, p. 2 c. 3.]


1902 Aug 9 / E Mec / Sept 6 / at Belfast / “very remarkable.” [VIII; 1326. (English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1954;  September 5, 1902.): not found,)]


1902 Aug 10 / Severe shock / Skagway / Nature 66-378. [VIII; 1327. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (August 14, 1902): 376-380, at 378.]


1902 Aug 10 / Perseids “fairly abundant” / England / Nature 66-407. [VIII; 1328. Denning, William Frederick. “The Perseid Meteoric Shower of 1902.” Nature, 66 (August 21, 1902): 406.]


1902 Aug 12 / “magnificent shower of Perseids” at Odessa / Nature 66-406. [VIII; 1329. Denning, William Frederick. “The Perseid Meteoric Shower of 1902.” Nature, 66 (August 21, 1902): 406.]


1902 Aug 12 / moon / Brilliant star-like point, probably in Lambert, by G.S. Jones, of Philadelphia. Dark part of moon, ab. 7 p.m. / Pop. Astro 10-419. [VIII; 1330. Pickering, William Henry. “Lunar Phenomena in October.” Popular Astronomy, 10 (no. 8; October 1902): 419-420.]


1902 Aug. 12 / Trib, 1-4 / New York's great shower of mets. [VIII; 1331. "Meteors Shoot in Sky." New York Tribune, August 12, 1902, p. 1 c. 4.]


1902 Aug. 13 / 2:30 p.m. / Shock at sea200 miles off Kurile Islands, off coast of Siberia. / N.Y. Sun, Nov. 7-6-7. [VIII; 1332. "In an Earthquake at Sea." New York Sun, November 7, 1902, p. 6 c. 7.]


1902 Aug 13-19 / Volc eruption on island between Bonin Islands and Japan. Still continuing on 19th. / Daily Messenger (Paris), Aug. 20. [VIII; 1333. (Daily Messenger, Paris, August 20, 1902.) The Izu-Torishima volcano.]


1902 Aug 13-15 / Eruption on Torishima, small island near the Bonins, off coast Japan. / N.Y. Sun, Sept 5-1-1 / 30° 28' N / 140° 14' E. Long. [VIII; 1334. "Pacific Island Devastated." New York Sun, September 5, 1902, p. 1 c. 1-2. The Izu-Torishima volcano.]


1902 Aug 13 and 18 / and still continuing on 18th / Violent eruption in Japan / Nature 66-396. [VIII; 1335. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (August 21, 1902): 396-401, at 396. The Izu-Torishima volcano.]


1902 Aug 14 / N.Y. Sun, 10-4 / In a week, 5 men, all well-known in the town, had disappeared, in Buffalo, N.Y. / Perry Chase / Wm. Lowry / Wm. Metzinger / Wm. Sullivan / Louis Saunders / In no case, was any reason for a disap. known. [C; 532. “Five Men Missing.” New York Sun, August 14, 1902, p. 10 c. 4.]


1902 Aug 15 / Hay and straw in storm and no[note cut off] / Dunadry, Ireland / Eng Mec 76/81. [VIII; 1336. Crozier, W.E. “Strange Phenomenon.” English Mechanic, 76 (no, 1954; September 5, 1902): 81. “Mr. Wm. Hemry, writing to us on 15th ult., states that at Dunadry about four o'clock, when the air was calm, not a leaf moving, the sky became dark, and a heavy shower of rain fell, lasting about ten minutes. As the rain ceased I observed tufts and straws of hay falling from the clouds. A friend of mine coming from Lylehill direction says when he was about a mile from Dunadry he saw large tufts of hay floating through the air about 1,000 ft. high, the atmosphere being perfectly still at the time.”]


1902 Aug 15 ab. / Great volc eruption / Japan / Nature 66-446. [VIII; 1337. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (September 4, 1902): 445-450, at 446. The Izu-Torishima volcano.]


1902 Aug 15 / Hail and no clouds / E Mec. of / That recently at Tarbes a sudden deluge of large hailstones. / “At the time the hail fell there was an absolutely clear star-lit sky.” [VIII; 1338. “Scientific News.” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1951; August 15, 1902): 12-13. See: 1902 Aug 16, (VIII; 1341).]


1902 Aug 16 / metite / Near Ellis, Edwards, Texasac to a Chicago paper, a meteorite had fallen, striking a Mexican sheep herder. Someone wrote to 2 postmasters, one of Ellis, and one of Rocksprings. Postmaster of Ellis had heard nothing of it. 2 letters from Rocksprings, one saying that so far as could be learned the facts were stated in the San Antonio Express. The Mexican was found with a fragment of rock embedded in his skull. Near him had fallen a large flat rock, weighing 5 or 6 hundred pounds. Another letter that it was a newspaper yarn. / Pop Astro 11-167. [VIII: 1339.1, 1339.2, 1339.3. Howe, Herbert Alonzo. “A Texas Meteor.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 3; March 1903): 166-167.]


1902 Aug. 16 / Teplitz, Bohemia / and Brussels / Vast swarm of ants. / Nature 66/396. [VIII; 1340. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (August 21, 1902): 396-401, at 396.]


1902 Aug 16 / Biarritz / violent rain ½ minutefrom a clear sky a [note cut off: pale mist] in zenith / La Nat Sup, Aug 30, 1902. / Biarritz ab. 80 miles from Tarbes. / (See Aug. 15.) [VIII; 1341. “Communications.” La Nature, 1902 pt. 2, Nouvelles Scientifiques, (no. 1527, supplement; August 30): 50. See: 1902 Aug 15, (VIII; 1338).]


1902 Aug 16 / (Cut) / Newspaper reported that near Ellis, Edwards Co., Texas, met fell and fragment from it killed a sheep herder. Someone investigated and published in Pop Astro, XI/166, two letters, one denying it, the other giving details, saying that it was a large object of flint that had fallen and splintered. [VIII: 1342.1, 1342.2. Howe, Herbert Alonzo. “A Texas Meteor.” Popular Astronomy, 11 (no. 3; March 1903): 166-167.]


1902 Aug 18 / D. Messenger (Paris) of / News received of tidal wave. wiped out town of ltaca, Mexico, Gulf of California. [VIII; 1343. (Daily Messenger, Paris, August 18, 1902.)]


1902 Aug 19 / Trib, 9-3 / Tornado / Kansas. [VIII; 1344. "A Tornado in Kansas." New York Tribune, August 19, 1902, p. 9 c. 3.]


1902 Aug 21-27 / Mindanao, Philippines / 400 shocks / Nature 66-446. [VIII; 1345. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (September 4, 1902): 445-450, at 446.]


1902 Aug. 22 / ab. 2 a.m. / Basingstoke / fireball / L.T., Aug 23-10-[note cut off] / Sept 5-3-f. [VIII; 1346. “A Fiery Phenomenon.” London Times, August 23, 1902, p. 10. c. 3. “A Fiery Phenomenon.” London Times, September 5, 1902, p. 3 c. 6.]


1902 Aug 22, etc. / Mt. Altermonte, Calabria / eruption / D. Messenger, Paris25th. [VIII; 1347. (Daily Messenger, Paris, August 25, 1902.)]


1902 Aug 22 / Mont Altomonte in Calabria reported be in eruption. / Nature 66-421. [VIII; 1348. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (August 28, 1902): 421-425, at 421.]


1902 Aug 22 / Severe q. at Kashgar followed by pronounced rise in temperature. / Nature 66/553, 659 / India / 8 a.m. / BA '11. [VIII; 1349. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (October 2, 1902): 553-557. at 553. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (October 30, 1902): 658-661, at 659. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 50.]


1902 Aug 22 / (Cut) / Several cors saw remarkable obj in skyone writing from Leigh-on-Sea saw it “from his window, sailing past, occupying ½ minute. / E Mec 76/57, 80. [VIII; 1350. “Meteor With a Tail.” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1953; August 29, 1902): 57. Rowe, W.H. “Slow-Moving Meteor, 2h. 2m. A.M., Friday, Aug. 22.” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1954; September 5, 1902): 80.]


1902 Aug 22 / Caratash, Smyrna, Asia Minor / (F). [VIII; 1351. Fletcher, 107. This is the Caratash meteorite.]


1902 Aug 22 / Same meteor seen London and Trinidad (?) / E Mec 76/57, 80, 129. / [note cut off]oo p. 80. large meteor ab 1/5 size of moon—man saw and had time to wake wife, estimate ab ½ minute, London / p. 57—ab ½ min and had a tail, 2 a.m. / Trinidad, ab 6:35 p.m., very slow, fiery tail, ab size of moon. [VIII: 1352.1, 1352.2. “Meteor With a Tail.” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1953; August 29, 1902): 57. Rowe, W.H. “Slow-Moving Meteor, 2h. 2m. A.M., Friday, Aug. 22.” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1954; September 5, 1902): 80. “Meteor Seen At Trinidad.” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1956; September 19, 1902): 129.]


1902 Aug 22 / LT, Aug 23, Sept 5 / Cor describes a ball of fire at 2 a.m. in full moonshine, ab. 40 miles an hour, ab 50 feet from ground. / Winklebury, Basingstoke. [VIII; 1353. “A Fiery Phenomenon.” London Times, August 23, 1902, p. 10. c. 3. “A Fiery Phenomenon.” London Times, September 5, 1902, p. 3 c. 6.]


1902 Aug 24 / Waterspouts / Cape May / M.W Rev 1903/529. [VIII; 1354. Leidy, Clarence Fontaine Maury. “Waterspouts at Cape May, N.J., August 24, 1902.” Monthly Weather Review, 31 (no. 11, November 1903): 529.]


1902 Aug 24, 26, 30 / Sept 1, 2 / Severe Aftershocks [at Kashgar] / See Aug 22. [VIII; 1355. (Nature, 66-553.) “Notes.” Nature, 66 (October 30, 1902): 658-661, at 659. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 50. See: 1902 Aug 22, (VIII; 1349).]


1902 Aug 27 / Trib, 2-5 / Pelée again. [VIII; 1356. "Mont Pelee Again Active." New York Tribune, August 27, 1902, p. 2 c. 5.]


1902 Aug 28 / evening / Magnificent display of lightning from Pelee. / Nature 66-638. [VIII; 1357. Nicholls, Henry Alfred Alford. “Notes on the Recent Eruptions of Mont Pelée.” Nature, 66 (October 23, 1902 ): 638-639.]


1902 Aug 28 / ab. 3:50 p.m. / Sun shiningvery few clouds in sighta bolt of lightning and an “extraordinary clap of thunder”. An electric car was struck and slightly damagedN. Grosvenor Dale, Conn. / U.R.W.B. Report (N. England Sec), August. [VIII; 1358. (U.R.W.B. Report, New England Section, August, 1902.)]


1902 Aug 29 / Extreme north of Hindostan / Land slips from heavy rains. Hundreds killed. / N.Y. Sun 30-10-2 / Aug 28 / Pelee appearing to be calming. / N.Y. Sun, Sept 3-1-5. [VIII; 1359. “Deadly Landslips in India.” New York Sun, August 30, 1902, p. 10 c. 2. “1,000 Killed, 1,500 Injured.” New York Sun, September 3, 1902, p. 1 c. 5.]


1902 Aug 29-30 / midnight / In an account of the experiences aboard H.M.S. Pallas, an officer, in the Standard (Bueno Ayres) of Nov 18, speaks of incessant forked flashes of a wonderful electric display 100 miles north of Martinique. [VIII; 1360. (Buenos Ayres Standard, November 18, 1902.)]


1902 Aug. 30 / 13 loud detonations from La Soufrière, St. Vincent. / N.Y. Sun, Sept 3-1-5. [VIII; 1361. “St. Vincent Also Shaken.” New York Sun, September 3, 1902, p. 1 c. 5. The Soufrière St. Vincent volcano.]


1902 Aug 30 / Eruptions Pelée / light fall of ashes / Heilprin, Mont Pelée, p. 327. [VIII; 1362. Heilprin, Angelo. Mont Pelée and the Tragedy of Martinique. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1903, 327.]


1902 / ab. Aug 30 / Violent shocks / Philippines / Daily Messenger (Paris), 31st. [VIII; 1363. (Daily Messenger, Paris, August 31, 1902.)]


1902 Aug 30 / Violent shocks / Venezuela / D. Messenger (Paris), Sept 3. [VIII; 1364. (Daily Messenger, Paris, September 3, 1902.)]


1902 Aug 30 / Great eruptions / 9 p.m. / Pelée / For elec, see preceding. [VIII; 1365. Heilprin, Angelo. Mont Pelée and the Tragedy of Martinique. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1903, 327. See: 1892 Aug 30, (VIII; 1362).]


1902 Aug. 31 / Hot dust / evening / Very warm day / BrendisiDaily Messenger (Paris) of 9th / Cloud of hot sand burst over the town. People rushing, shrieking to shelter. Sky seemed filled with flames. Thermometer rose at once to over 40 degrees Cent. Walls of houses, tables and chairs of cafes were scorched. Church bells ringing and all churches opened for shelter. Phe lasted ½ hour. Similar phe at Bari and Ancona. [VIII: 1366.1, 1366.2, 1366.3. (Daily Messenger, Paris, September 9, 1902.)]


1902 Aug 31 / = Pelée / bet 9 and 10 p.m. / Loud detonations reported from Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad. / Kingston Times, Sept. 4 / Pelee began at noon. [VIII; 1367. (Times, Kingston, St. Vincent, September 4, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 1 / New comet in Perseus. [VIII; 1368. (Ref.???)]


1902 Sept 1 / Like the volcs, two sunspots related over a gap. / Sept. 10, 1908. [VIII; 1369. (Ref.???) See: 1908 Sept 10, (IX; 1091).]


1902 Sept 1 / “Terrible Storm / S. Africa / At Port Elizabeth, 38 vessels sunk. / D. Messenger (Paris), Sept. 2. [VIII; 1370. (Daily Messenger, Paris, September 2, 1902.]


1902 Sept 1 / Eagle, 14-2 / Queer disap. [C; 533. "Hollenberg's Queer Story." Brooklyn Eagle, September 1, 1902, p. 14 c. 2. A swimmer at Coney Island claimed to have been swept out to sea, rescued by a fishing boat, and returned home days later; but, his story was not believed.]


1902 Sept, early / Eruption of Kilauea, Hawaii / and again Sept 9 / N.Y. Sun 10-1-6. [VIII; 1371. “Hawaii's Volcano Active.” New York Sun, September 10, 1902, p. 1 c. 6. The Kilauea volcano.]


1902 / early in Sept / In Bass Straits / ship Wakatipu / fall of “fine chocolate mud / M.W.R. 32/364 / Bet Tasmania and Victoria. [VIII; 1372. Noble, Andrew. “Dust in the Atmosphere During 1902-3.” Monthly Weather Review, 32 (no. 8; August 1903): 364-365.]


1902 Sept 2 / 5:40 a.m. / Molida, Algeria / strong q and rumblings / D. Messenger (Paris), Sept 3. [VIII; 1373. (Daily Messenger, Paris, September 3, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 3 / Trib, 1-2 / qs / Algeria. [VIII; 1374. "Earthquake Felt in Algeria." New York Tribune, September 3, 1902, p. 1 c. 2.]


1902 Sept 3 / a Peak in Peru center of elec phe time of q / March, 1871. [VIII; 1375. See: 1871 March, (IV: 324 & 325).]


1902 Sept 3 / (+) / (evening) / Such phe as I have supposed between volc of this earth and “somewhere else” but terrestrial. In “Mont Pelée, by Prof. Angelo Heilprin. At Martinique he saw “far out to sea, southward, vivid flashes of lightning, were illuminating a corner of the heavens”as evening advanced the flashes became more brilliant, remaining localized. It was the direction of Soufriere and Heilprin supposed an eruption these. Pelée was answering the distant flashesSouf. 90 miles away. “To about each twelve or fifteen Pelée responded with one blinding flash, so intense as to seem to open the heavens.” / Now the astonishing thing is that not only electric exchanges but morning of the 4th the volcanic cloud from S came 90 miles directly to Pelée. “Shortly after five o'clock of the morning, the edge of a black cloud could be plainly seen advancing upon Martinique from the south. It was the ash cloud of the Soufrière, which slowly but surely crawled in upon us. By seven o'clock it had passed over Fort-de-France, and clung so over Mont Pelée that the frightened inhabitants of the city thought that their own mountain had been in eruption.” / Evidently clouds had not gone out 90 miles in all directions. Heilprin, p. 256, says that drifting of this was northward. [VIII: 1376.1 to 1376.6. Heilprin, Angelo. Mont Pelée and the Tragedy of Martinique. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1903, 251-253 & 256.]


1902 Sept 3 / Heavens obscured but no dust fell in Kingston, St. V. / Barb. Globe, Sept 5. / But did 1 p.m. elsewhere S.V. on 4th. [VIII; 1377. (Barbados Globe, September 5, 1902.)]


1902 (Sept 3) / Seems great eruption on 3rd / Barb. Glb. [VIII; 1378. (Barbados Globe, ca. September 4, 1902.)]


1902 Sept. 3 / The next issues of Kingston (St Vincent) Times, Sept 4 and 11, tell of dust falling on vessels, but no dispatches that it spread out in all directions. [VIII; 1379. (Times. Kingston, St. Vincent, September 4, 1902.) (Times. Kingston, St. Vincent, September 4, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 3 / 1:15 a.m. to 5 a.m. Sept 4 / (La Soufriere) / In Eng Mec 76-147, a cor in St Vincent writes that in his opinion the eruption was partly electrical. [VIII; 1380. Dun, Effingham.  “Volcanic Eruption at St. Vincent.” English Mechanic, 76 (no. 1957; September 26, 1902): 147. The Soufrière St. Vincent

volcano.]


1902 Sept 3 / Elec see back to Aug 28. / The electric phe / See March (E), 1871. [VIII; 1381. See: 1871 March, (IV: 324 & 325), and, 1902 Aug 28, (VIII; 1357).]


1902 Sept 4-21 / 5,808 deaths from cholera in Egypt / N.Y. Sun 23-1-4. [VIII; 1382. “5,808 Death in 17 Days.” New York Sun, September 23, 1902, p. 1 c. 4.]


1902 Sept 4-8 / “Terrible storm in Bonin Islands / Overland China Mail, Oct 6. / N.M. [VIII; 1383. (Overland China Mail, October 6, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 7 / Vesuvius eruption / N.Y. Sun, July 24-1-5, 1903. [VIII; 1384. “Lava Pours From Vesuvius.” New York Sun, July 24, 1903, p. 1 c. 5. The Vesuvius volcano.]


1902 Sep. 8 / 2:30 a.m. / Pau / Strong shock / D. Messenger, Paris9th. [VIII; 1385. (Daily Messenger, Paris, September 9, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 9 / 8 a.m. / Violent q, Turkestan. Village of Arlouk destroyed. / See Sept 21. / Bull Soc Belge d'Astro, Nov., 1902. [VIII; 1386. Lysakowski, Charles. “Tremblement de terre de Kachgar.” Bulletin de la Société Belge d'Astronomie, 7 (1902): 306. See: (Sept 21).]


1902 Sept 10 / At Mannersdorf on the Leitha, Austria, people terrified by shocks. / D. Mess., 14th. [VIII; 1387. (Daily Messenger, Paris, September 14, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 11 / Messenger of 11th / That for some days anxiety at Naples because of alarming state of Vesuvius but no special eruption mentioned. [VIII; 1388. (Daily Messenger, Paris, September 11, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 10-24 at least / Mt. Chullapata, Peru, eruption. Not known to be volcanic. / Nature 66-553. [VIII; 1389. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (October 2, 1902): 553-557, at 553.] “Mount Chullapata, which is situated 18 miles from Celendin, has been throwing up dust and smoke for a fortnight. Loud noises have been audible at a distance of 30 miles from the mountain. There is no record that Mount Chullapata was ever believed to be a volcano.” All the active volcanoes in Peru are south of Lima, (none are known in Celendin, to the north of Lima).]


1902 Sept 12-13 / Sharp shocks / Algeria / D. Mess., 14th. [VIII; 1390. (Daily Messenger, Paris, September 14, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 13 / Renewed alarming shocks / Cheviot, New Zealand / D. Mess., 14th. [VIII; 1391. (Daily Messenger, Paris, September 14, 1902.)]


1902 Sept. 13 / (F) / Crumlin, Ire / met storm / Nature 94/258. [VIII; 1392. Fletcher, 107. Denning, William Frederick. "A Meteoritic Fall in Lancashire." Nature, 94, (November 5, 1914): 258-259. This is the Crumlin meteorite.]


1902 Sept 13 / 10:30 a.m. / Crumlin, ab 10 miles west of Belfast / described in Nature 66-577. [VIII; 1393. Fletcher, Lazarus. “Fall of a Meteoric Stone Near Crumlin (Co. Antrim) September 13,” Nature, 66 (October 9, 1902): 577-579.]


1902 Sept 14-18 / Dust haze / Zi-Ka-Wei / An Soc Met de France 1902-220. [VIII; 1394. Moidrey, Joseph Tardif de. “Lueurs crépusculaires observées à l'Observatoire de Zi-Ka-Wei en septembre 1902.” Annuaire de la Société Météorologique de France, 50 (December 1902): 220-221.]


1902 Sept 14 / Alta, Iowa / Sun steel-gray to light-blue all day. Haze in the sky.Discussion as to whether forest fires or volc smoke from Pelée. / Pop. Astro 10-446. [VIII; 1395. Hadden, David E. “Is It Pelee Volcanic Dust?” Popular Astronomy. 10 (no. 8; October 1902): 446.]


1902 Sept 15 / Meteor that passed northward over Ohio, Ontario, and Michigan, 5:42 a.m., Wash. time. Several pages on Pop Astro 12-190. [VIII; 1396. Moseley, Edwin Lincoln. “Meteor of September 15, 1902.” Popular Astronomy. 12 (no. 3; March 1904): 190-192.]


1902 Sept 15 / Meteor northward over Ohio, Michigan, Ontario. / Pop Astro, 12-190 / Rumbling. Sounds heard in Ohio and were louder in Ontario. [VIII; 1397. Moseley, Edwin Lincoln. “Meteor of September 15, 1902.” Popular Astronomy. 12 (no. 3; March 1904): 190-192.]


1902 Sept 15 / Saginaw is mentioned. 5:42 a.m. / Great met / Mich, Ontario, Ind, Penn., N.Y., W. Va. / MWR 1904-173 / (great deal). [VIII; 1398. Moseley, Edwin Lincoln. “Meteor of September 15, 1902.” Monthly Weather Review, 32 (no. 4; April 1904): 172-174.]


1902 Sept 16 / 3 a.m. / Saginaw, Mich / Met exploded, leaving “the heavens filled with a fiery dust for about 30 minutes. / U.S. Weather Bureau Monthly Report (Mich. Section.), Sept., 1902. [VIII; 1399. (U.S. Weather Bureau Monthly Report (Mich. Section.), Sept., 1902.).]


1902 Sept 18 / 3:55 a.m. / San Francisco / one of the severest shocks in years / N.Y. Sun 19-1-6. [VIII; 1400. “Frisco Feels A Shock.” New York Sun, September 19, 1902, p. 1 c. 6.]


1902 Sept 18 / N.Y. Tribune, 8-1 / Smoke from the Copperas Mts, near Bainbridge, Ohio. [VIII; 1401. "Ohio Mountain Smoking." New York Tribune, September 18, 1902, p. 8 c. 1.]


1902 Sept 19 / q in S. Australia / C.R. 135-770 / N.M. [VIII; 1402. "M. le Ministre De l'Instruction Publique Et Des Beaux-Arts...." Comptes Rendus, 135 (1902): 770.]


1902 Sept 19 and 20 / q and rumbling sound / Victoria, Australia / Rept. Australasian Assoc Ad of Sci 10/appendix. / 19th., ab 8 p.m. / 20th, ab 7 p.m. and ab. 1:40 p.m. [VIII; 1403. (“Report of the Seismological Committee.” Report of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 10 (1904): Appendix, i-xvi, at iii.)]


1902 Sept 20 to Oct 27 / Jour Roy Met Soc 30/285 / Said that at Singapore from Se 20 to Oct 27 had been a strange phe that had not been explained. A dry haze so dense as sometimes to detain a steamerindependent of weather, extending as far as Java and Singapore. Rumors that came from a volcano in Sumatra, but nothing definite had been learned. [VIII: 1404.1, 1404.2. Knight, Arthur. “Dry Haze at Singapore.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (October 1904): 285-286.]


1902 Sept 21 / Kilauea, Hawaii, again active. / N.Y. Sun 26-1-6. [VIII; 1405. “Kilauea Volcano Active.” New York Sun, September 26, 1902, p. 1 c. 6. The Kilauea volcano.]


1902 Sept. 21 / 2:30 a.m. / Another violent q, Turkestan. / See Sept 9. [VIII; 1406. See: 1902 Sept 9, (VIII; 1386). Lysakowski, Charles. “Tremblement de terre de Kachgar.” Bulletin de la Société Belge d'Astronomie, 7 (1902): 306.]


1902 Sept 21 / Severe eruption / La Soufriere, St Vincent / N.Y. Sun 23-1-4. [VIII; 1407. “La Soufriere Again Active.” New York Sun, September 23, 1902, p. 1 c. 4. The Soufrière St. Vincent volcano.]


1902 Sept 21 / N.Y. Sun, 3-4 / Clay County, W. Va / Old woman killed by neighborsthey testified at trial of one of them that she was a witchhad often “ridden” them. That is, at night she'd call and one of them be ridden by herand yet, ac to their ideas it was a secondary self, or psychic self, that was so ridden. / Nevertheless these persons, though telling of some kind of a secondary self, told of pains of hard-riding and injuries to their bodies. [C; 534.1, 534.2. “What Witch Riding Is Like.” New York Sun, September 21, 1902, s. 2 p. 3 c. 4-5.]


1902 Sept 22 / 3 a.m. / Shock felt all over Jamaica. / Kingston D. Telegraph 24-11-3. [VIII; 1408. (Kingston Daily Telegraph, September 24, 1902, p. 11 c. 3.)]


1902 Sept 22 / Guam / 180 shocks in 24 hours / BA '11/44. [VIII; 1409. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 44.]


1902 Sept 23 / Serious q / Guatemala / Nature 66-553, 271. [VIII; 1410. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (October 2, 1902): 553-557, at 553. Rockstroh, Edwin. “Recent Earthquakes in Guatemala.” Nature, 67 (January 22, 1903): 271-272.]


1902 Sept 24 / Seismograph at Osaka indicated a very violent q. Supposed in the northeast. / Overland China Mail, Oct. 6 / N.M. [VIII; 1411. (Overland China Mail, October 6, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 25 / 180 shocks / Island of Guam / Nature 66-579. [VIII; 1412. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (October 9, 1902): 579-582, at 579.]


1902 Sept 25 / (Cut) / Ireland and Wales / brilliant flash in sky like lightning or meteor too swift to be seen / Observatory 25/392. [VIII; 1413. Denning, William Frederick. “Remarkable Meteors.” Observatory, 25 (1902): 392-394.]


1902 Sept 25, etc. / Destructive th. storms in North Borneo / Overland China Mail, Oct 28. [VIII; 1414. (Overland China Mail, October 28, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 26 / Modica / near Stromboli? / dispatch from Syracusepartly destroyed by a cyclone / Stromboli in eruption / Modica, south of Sicily, ab 140 miles south of Stromboli. [VIII; 1415. (Ref.???)]


1902 Sept. 26 / Tornado / Sicily / Hundreds perished. / N.Y. Sun 28-1-5. [VIII; 1416. “Devastation in Sicily.” New York Sun, September 28, 1902, p. 1 c. 5.]


1902 Sept 26 / Stromboli in full eruption / N.Y. Sun 28-1-5. [VIII; 1417. “Devastation in Sicily.” New York Sun, September 28, 1902, p. 1 c. 5. The Stromboli volcano.]


1902 Sept. 28 / Immense tidal wave, Northern Japan, after a typhoon. Villages swept away. / Auckland Weekly News, Nov 20, p. 52. [VIII; 1418. (Auckland Weekly News, November 20, 1902, p. 52.) “Typhoon Sweeps Over Yokohama.” New York Tribune, September 30, 1902, p. 4 c. 6. “Battleship Still On Shore.” New York Tribune, October 1, 1902, p. 3 c. 5.]


1902 Sept 28 / Typhoon and tidal wave in northern Japan. 200 dwellings swept away. / Overland China Mail, Oct 6 / 11ththat wall of water 30 to 50 feet high. [VIII; 1419. (Overland China Mail, October 6, 1902.)]


1902 Sept 29 / 10:16 p.m. / Earlsfield, Surrey / great meteor from Aquarius / Nature 66-557. [VIII; 1420. “A Remarkable Meteor.” Nature, 66 (October 2, 1902): 557.]


1902 Sept. 29 / (Trib), 1-5 / Terrific rainfall / Texas / July 26-4-4. [VIII; 1421. "Drowned in Texas Flood." New York Tribune, July 26, 1902, p. 4 c. 4. "Terrific Rainfall in Texas." New York Tribune, September 29, 1902, p. 1 c. 5.]


1902 / ab Oct 1 / Stone believed be meteoric sent from Shropshire to Nat Hist Museum, Londonsaid not be meteoric. / Nature 66-577. [VIII; 1422. Fletcher, Lazarus. “Fall of a Meteoric Stone Near Crumlin (Co. Antrim) September 13,” Nature, 66 (October 9, 1902): 577-579, at 577.]


1902 Oct 1 / L.T. of / A Central American q. [VIII; 1423. “Earthquake in Central America.” London Times, October 1, 1902, p. 3 c. 2.]


1902 Oct-Nov / q and volc / Guatemala. [VIII; 1424. (Ref.???) The Santa Maria volcano.]


1902 Oct 3-15 / Long dearth of sunspots broken by appearance bet Oct 3 and 6 of. [VIII; 1425. “Sunspots.” Popular Astronomy, 10 (no. 9; November 1902): 490-491.]


1902 Oct 3 / Eagle, 6-3 / Ghst / Hurling. [C; 535. "Flushing Has a Ghost That Frightens Coppers." Brooklyn Eagle, October 3, 1902, p. 6 c. 3. "Hurling" is more probably "Flushing."]


1902 Oct 4 / 2:30 a.m. / Tiflis / 3 violent shocks / Nature 66-579. [VIII; 1426. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (October 9, 1902): 579-582, at 579.]


[The following three notes were folded together by Fort. C: 536-538.]


1902 Oct 4 / Sea Myst / “On October 3, 1902, the German barque Freya cleared from Manzanillo [w. coast Mexico] for Punta Arenas; nothing more has been heard of the captain or crew, but the ship was found, twenty days later, partially dismasted and lying on its side. There was nothing to explain the condition of the ship, but a wall calendar in the captain's cabin showed that the catastrophe must have overtaken it on October 4, not long after leaving port, as was also indicated by the anchor being found still hanging free at the bow. Weather reports show that only light winds were experienced in this region from October 3 to October 5, but on the other hand, severe earthquakes were felt at Acapulco and Chilpanzingo on October 4 and 5, one of which probably caused the damage to the Freya, which led to its abandonment.” / Nature, Ap. 25, 1907 / But the crew missing. / Of records I have of a hundred q's at sea, some of severe shocks to ships when at sea, not one of damage done. [C; 536.1 to 536.5. “The Mexican Earthquake.” Nature, 75 (April 25, 1907): 610.]


1902 Oct. / BO / Nothing of Mexican q in Nature. [C; 537.]


1902 Oct / The Freya / See July 29, 1869. [C; 538. See: 1869 Aug 4, (A; 551).]


1902 Oct. 4 / Stonyhurst College, Blackburn / 7:45 p.m. / Clouded sky but a streak of lightmoved over sky and was followed by another. Othersat about 3-second intervals43 were countedthen slower and ceased at 8 p.m. / Nature 66/577. [VIII; 1427. Bailey, George Percy. “A Possible Meteor Shower on October 4.” Nature, 66 (October 9, 1902): 577.]


1902 / Oct., early / Columbo Comet visible but not conspicuous in Calcutta. / Friend of India, Nov 20-22-2. [VIII; 1428. (Friend of India, November 20, 1902, p. 22 c. 2.)]


1902 Oct, early / Comet near Cygnus. Seen at Columbo. / Hong Kong Telegraph, Oct 25-4-3. [VIII; 1429. (Hong Kong Telegraph, October 25, 1902, p. 4 c. 3.)]


1902 Oct 6 / Destructive q. / Ferghana / 72 E; 38 N / BA 1911-63. [VIII; 1430. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 63. Fergana, Uzbekistan.]


1902 Oct 11 / Dust storm / Gippsland / Nature 68-223. [VIII; 1431. Marshall, Patrick. “Dust Storms in New Zealand.” Nature, 68 (July 9, 1903): 223. Gippsland is in Victoria, Australia.]


1902 / ab. Oct 10 / (See Oct. 4.) / of Lambert, had inquired. Had seen a star-like point on the moonunfindable by Prof Pickering on 10th. / Pop Astro 10/497 / See 4th. [VIII; 1432. Pickering, William Henry. “Bright Star-like Point on the Moon.” Popular Astronomy, 10 (no. 9; November 1902): 497. See: 1902 Aug 12, (VIII; 1330), and, 1902 Oct. 4, (VIII; 1427).]


1902 Oct 17-21 / See Nov. 28. [VIII; 1433. See: (Nov. 28).]


1902 Oct. 14 / 5:25 p.m. / Sharp shock / Western Highlands, Scotland / L.T., Oct. 17. [VIII; 1434. “Earthquake Shock in the Western Highlands.” London Times, October 17, 1902, p. 8 c. 6.]


1902 Oct 15-16 / Volc St Vincent and ashes fell at Barbados. / Nature 67-36. [VIII; 1435. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (November 13, 1902): 35-39, at 36. The Soufriere St. Vincent volcano.]


1902 Oct 18 / The haze / See (Nov 14 / A). [VIII; 1436. See: (Nov 14).]


1902 Oct 19 / Comet “very fine” at 7:15 p.m. / Ceylon Observer, Oct. 20p. 1482 / On 20th, sun set 5:40 p.m., comet set 9:53 p.m. Approaching the sun ab 20 minutes per day. On Nov. 23, would set 53 minutes after the sun. [VIII; 1437. (Ceylon Observer, October 20, 1902, p. 1482.)]


1902 Oct 20 / On 18th, no sunspots. On 20th, a new group was visible northwest of the center. / Pop Astro 10-491. [VIII; 1438. “Sunspots.” Popular Astronomy, 10 (no. 9; November 1902): 490-491.]


1902 Oct. 20 / Overland China Mail of / Volc Kilauea, Hawaii, in eruption. [VIII; 1439. (Overland China Mail, October 20, 1902.)]


1902 Oct. 23 / moon / a changing thing like Linné and Hyginus N / Cosmos 58/503 / M Puiseux had found on a photographic plate, a round bright spot. Other plates examined, found on some and absent on others. [VIII; 1440. “Changements apparents sur la Lune.” Cosmos, s. 4 (n.s.) v. 58 (May 9, 1908): 503.]


1902 Oct 23 / (Trib), 4-5 / Mercury near Comet / also the Comet / Oct 3-5-4 / 19 (S)-13-2. [VIII; 1441. "New Comet May Be Seen Monday." New York Tribune, October 3, 1902, p. 5 c. 4. "Perrine's Comet." New York Tribune, October 19, 1902, supplement, p. 13 c. 2. "Perrine's Comet and Mercury." New York Tribune, October 23, 1902, p. 4 c. 5.]


1902 Oct-Nov. / That the whole zone affected. / See ab Nov. 22, supposed volc in Peru. / Suva. [VIII; 1442. See: (Nov 22).]


1902 Oct 24 / Volc eruption of Santa Maria in Guatemala. Ash fell 8 inches deep on area of 2000 sq. miles. / Nature 80-359. [VIII; 1443. “Societies and Academies.” Nature, 80 (May 20, 1909): 358-360, at 359. Ascoli, Walter Samuel. “The Guatemalan Earthquakes and Eruption of 1902.” Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 53 (no. 23; 1908-1909): 1-8. The Santa Maria volcano.]


1902 Oct 24 / Santa Maria, Guatemala, was believed to be extinct. / S. Amer Jour., Dec 13, p. 664. [VIII; 1444. (South American Journal, December 13, 1902, p. 664.)]


1902 Oct 23 and following / Afterglow at Bordeaux / C.R. 135-846. [VIII; 1445. Esclangon, E. "Sur les récentes lueurs crépusculaires observées à Bordeaux." Comptes Rendus, 135 (1902): 846-848.]


1902 Oct 24 / Afterglow / Exeter and then others / Nature 66-659. [VIII; 1446. “Notes.” Nature, 66 (October 30, 1902): 658-661, at 659.]


1902 Oct 25 / Hong Kong Telegraphof / That the haze that had been prevalent “lately” from a reported volcano in Sumatra. [VIII; 1447. (Hong Kong Telegraph, October 25, 1902.)]


1902 Oct 25, etc. / Ext. Afterglow / Athens / C.R. 135-1080. [VIII; 1448. Eginitis, D. "Sur les crépusculaires rouge observés à Athènes dans les mois d'octobre et de novembre 1902." Comptes Rendus, 135 (1902): 1080-1081.]


1902 Oct 25-Nov. 9 / Santa Maria / in Western Guatemala / more or less to Nov. 9 / Nat Geog. Mag. 13-461. [VIII; 1449. “Volcanic Disturbances in Guatemala.” National Geographic Magazine, 13 (no. 12; December 1902): 461-462.]


1902 (Oct 26) / Nov 6, dispatch of, from San Diego to San Francisco Chornicle, Nov. 7 / Experience of the steamship Luxor at San Benito, southern part of Mexicodarkness and fall of ashessteamer sailed 300 miles through this. Thought have come from a volc on the Guatemala border. [VIII: 1450.1, 1450.2. “Ashes Fell Amid an Inky Darkness.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 7, 1902, p. 3 c. 3.]


1902 (Oct. 26) / Nov 6 volc put at Oct 26, ac to report from Capt of another steamship, the Newport. / (S.F. Chronicle, Nov. 13) / Volc, Santa Maria, Guatemala. [VIII; 1451. “Volcano Does Great Damage.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 13, 1902, p. 14 c. 4-6.]


1902 Oct 27 / Persistent dry haze over Singapore / Jour. Roy Met. Soc 30/285. [VIII; 1452. Knight, Arthur. “Dry Haze at Singapore.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 30 (October 1904): 285-286.]


1902 Oct 27, etc. / Afterglow noted at the Bischoffscheim (where?) Observatory. / C.R. 135-725. [VIII; 1453. Perrotin. "Sur les lueurs crépusculaires récentes." Comptes Rendus, 135 (1902): 724-726. The Bischoffscheim Observatory is located on Mont Gros, at Nice, France, and is now identified as the Côte d'Azur Observatory.]


1902 Oct 28 and 29 / Sunsets like those of 1883 at Morges, Switzerland / Nature 67-36. [VIII; 1454. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (November 13, 1902): 35-39, at 36.]


1902 Oct 30 / 10 p.m. / Volc at Savaii, one of the larger of the Samoan Islands. In newspaper dispatches, said small eruption. [VIII; 1455. (Ref.???) The Savai'i volcano.]


1902 Oct 30 / Samoan volc / Brisbane Courier, Nov 14 / At village of Aopo, ashes fell but no lives lost. Neither history nor legend among the natives of a former eruption here. [VIII; 1456. “Eruption jn Samoa.” Brisbane Courier, November 14, 1902, p. 5 c. 6. The Savai'i volcano.]


1902 Oct 30 / 10 p.m. / Crater at Savaii, Samoa, in sudden eruption. / Syd Mail, 19th Nov. [VIII; 1457. “A Samoan Volcano.” Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, November 19, 1902, p. 1328 c. 1. The Savai'i volcano.]


1902 Oct 30 / (Samoa) / Otago Witness, Dec 3, p. 56 / “News from Samoa by the Sanoma shows that the reports of the eruptions on Savaii are greatly exaggerated. The island is smoking in the centre. Some ashes were emitted from the crater, but very little importance appears to be attached to the occurrence, in Samoa.” [VIII: 1458.1, 1458.2. “Eruption at Samoa.” Otago Witness, December 3, 1902, p. 56 c. 2. The Savai'i volcano.]


1902 Oct 30 / Sudden eruption of Savaii, Samoa. But shocks on 29th. / Fiji Times, Nov. 29 / No former eruption remembered. “So far there seems to be absolutely no loss of life or property, as the island is very sparsely populated. [VIII; 1459. (Fiji Times, November 29, 1902.)]


1902 Oct., last / Unusual sunsets noted at Nice, France. / C.R. 135-724, 847 / Attracted general attention at Bordeaux on 28th, before that sky clouded several days. / On 25th, extraordinary reddish twilight at Athens (p. 1080). [VIII; 1460. Perrotin. "Sur les lueurs crépusculaires récentes." Comptes Rendus, 135 (1902): 724-726. Esclangon, E. "Sur les récentes lueurs crépusculaires observées à Bordeaux." Comptes Rendus, 135 (1902): 846-848.]


1902 Oct and Nov / in south of New Zealand / After a rain a thick sediment ½ inch deep. / Symons Met 38-13. [VIII; 1461. “Meteorological News and Notes.” Symons's Meteorological Magazine, 38 (February 1903): 12-13, at 13.]


1902 Oct / Up to 1906, no volc found for the “dust fog” in the Malay Archipelago. In Science, N.S., 23/193, it is said in investigations the causes had been sought it deficient rainfall and extended forest fires in Borneo and southern Sumatra. [VIII; 1462. Ward, Robert DeCourcy. "Current Notes on Meteorology." Science, n.s., 23 (February 2, 1906): 192-194, at 193.]


1902 Oct-Nov. / Sarawak Gazette / nothing. [VIII; 1463.]


1902 Nov. / Volc Savaii / a minor outbreak / Nature, Feb 7, 1907, p. 351 / vol, 75 / if Savaii in Nov. [VIII; 1464. “The Eruption of Matavanu in Savaii, 1905-06.” Nature, 75 (February 7, 1907): 351. The Savi'i volcano.]


1902 Nov / BO / Balls of fire / See June 10, 1886. [VIII; 1465. See: 1886 June 10, (VI; 498).]


1902 Nov. / Great drought in Victoria. [VIII; 1466. (Ref.???)]


1902 Nov / Have Bendigo Advertiser / SydM. Herald, Telegraph, Mail / Meb. Leader, and Argus / Brisbane Courier. [VIII; 1467.]


1902 Nov. / Globes of elec. fire in a tornado / C. Rendus, vol. 111 / See Faye. [VIII; 1468. Faye, H. "Sur les boules de feu ou globes électriques du tornado de Saint-Claude, d'après le Rapport de M. Cadenat." Comptes Rendus, 111 (1890): 492-496. This fiery tornado was on August 19, 1890.]


1902 Nov. 1-22 / N.Y. Sun / Have. [VIII; 1469.]


1902 Nov. 1 / 6:30 a.m. / Shock in Manila / Overland China Mail, Nov 8 / (N.M.) [VIII; 1470. (Overland China Mail, November 8, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 4 / period / Myst assaults / Boston. [C; 539. (Refs.???)]


1902 Nov. 5-12 / Abnormal temperature on NS Walesas high as 107 degrees. / Sydney Mail, 12th. [VIII; 1471. “Weather, Pastures, and Crops.” Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, November 12, 1902, p. 1128 c. 1-2.]


1902 Nov 7 / q. / Portugal / Great number of houses destroyed. / La Nat Sup, Nov. 15. [VIII; 1472. “Tremblement de terre en Portugal.” La Nature, 1902 pt. 2, Nouvelles Scientifiques, (no. 1538, supplement; November 15): 96.]


1902 Nov. 8 / 1:30 p.m. / Hurricaneat Canowindraheaviest ever known there. Several inches of rain registered in 10 minutes. / Sydney Mail, Nov 12, p. 1227 / Dust and darkness from the west (19th Mail). [VIII; 1473. “Terrific Hurricane at Canowindra.” Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, November 12, 1902, p. 1227 c. 2. “Tornado at Canowindra.” Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, November 19, 1902, p. 1318 c. 1-4. Tho described as both a tornado and a hurricane, the storm's course “covered a width of about six or seven miles” and “lasted for about half an hour.”]


1902 Nov. 8 / Luzon, Philippines / “Terrific typhoon.” / Overland Mail, China., Nov 22, p. 1. [VIII; 1474. (Overland China Mail, November 22, 1902, p. 1.)]


1902 Nov. 8 / Tornado and “tremendous dust storm” / NS Wales, if Sydney there / Sydney M. H. 10-7-7. [VIII; 1475. “Terrific Hurricane.” Sydney Morning Herald, November 10, 1902, p. 7 c. 7. This was the storm, (not a “tremendous dust storm”), that struck Canowindra, (in New South Wales, and about 235 kilometers west of Sydney). See: 1902 Nov. 8. (VIII: 1473 & 1476).]


1902 Nov. 8 / Detail / Cyclone and great fall of hail, mutilating sheep at Canowindra. Detbloody-bodied sheepcrimson fleecestaggering through hail. / Bendigo Advertiser 12-3-2. [VIII; 1476. “Cyclone at Canowindra.” Bendigo Advertiser, November 12, 1902, p. 3 c. 2. At Carcoar, (about 45 kilometers east of Canowindra), a “duststorm” with winds of “hurricane force” struck on the same day.]


1902 Nov. 8 / BO / For several days dense volumes of smoke from Colima, Mexico. / N.Y. Sun 9-7-5. [VIII; 1477. “Colima Volcano Threatens.” New York Sun, November 9, 1902, p. 7 c. 5. The Colima volcano.]


1902 Nov. 9 / Guatemala eruption ceased then. / N.Y. Sun 22-1-2 / temporarily. [VIII; 1478. “7,000 Volcano Victims.” New York Sun, November 22, 1902, p. 1 c. 2. The Santa Maria volcano.]


1902 Nov 10 / at Port Darwin / See Nov. 14. [VIII; 1479. See: (Nov 14).]


1902 Nov. 10 / Most violent eruption of Kilauea in 20 years. A geyser of fire. / San Fran Chronicle 18-1-2. [VIII; 1480. “Kilauea Shows Great Activity.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 1902, p. 1 c. 2.]


1902 Nov 11 / Trib, 7-5 / 14-4-6 / 22-3-5 / 27-5-1 / 13-1-2 / (?) / Volc. Guatemala. [VIII; 1481. "Guatemalan Harbor Changed." New York Tribune, November 11, 1902, p. 7 c. 5. "Many Killed in Guatemala." New York Tribune, November 13, 1902, p. 1 c. 2. "Relief Needed in Guatemala." New York Tribune, November 14, 1902, p. 4 c. 6. "Thinks 5,000 Were Killed." New York Tribune, November 22, 1902, p. 3 c. 5. "Santa Maria Spreading Ruin." New York Tribune, November 27, 1902, p. 5 c. 1.]


1902 Nov. 11, 12, 13 / (+) / Victoria / Tasmania / New South Wales / Red Rain / Victorian Naturalist 20/21. [VIII; 1482. Chapman, Frederick, and, Grayson, Henry J. “On 'Red Rain,' with Special Reference to Its Occurrence in Victoria. With a Note on Melbourne Dust.” Victorian Naturalist, 20 (June 4, 1903): 20-32, at 21. “Recent Dust Storms in Australia.” Nature, 67 (January 1, 1903): 203.]


1902 Nov. 11 / Kilauea (Hawaii) / state of most violent eruption in 20 years / Nature 67-63. [VIII; 1483. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (November 20, 1902): 62-66, at 63. The Kilauea volcano.]


1902 Nov 11 / Volc Guatemala / See Ap. 23, “over”. [VIII; 1484. See: 1902 Ap. 23, (VIII; 1051).]


1902 Nov. 12 / Nova Puppis traced back to September. / Discovered on photo plate late in 1921. / Nature 109-217. [VIII; 1485. “Nova Puppis 1902.” Nature, 109 (February 16, 1922): 217. “Nova Puppis.” Harvard College Observatory Bulletin, no. 760, (1921), p. 1.]


1902 Nov 12 / See Nov 11. / Melbourne dust / 1868. [VIII; 1486. See: 1868 Nov 11, (III; 1617), and, 1902 Nov. 11, 12, 13, (VIII; 1482).]


1902 Nov. 12 / Aust / Nov 1902 / The Java met and sand. [VIII; 1487. (Refs.???)]


1902 Nov. 12 / Smoke in Java / heavy q / See (Nov 14 / A). [VIII; 1488. See: (Nov 14 / A).]


1902 Nov 12 / Atmospheric electrification during S. Af. dust storms. / Nature 91/31. [VIII; 1489. Rudge, William Arthur Douglas. “Atmospheric Electrification during South African Dust Storms.” Nature, 91 (March 13, 1913): 31-32.]


1902 Nov 12 / evening / A rain of reddish brown mud at Launceston. / Daily Telegraph (Launceton, Tasmania) 14-2-5said that stains from the substance difficult to remove and it was thought it was metallic, iron perhaps. Came from a huge copper-colored cloudnext day everything spotted. Flowers looked as if “smothered in red pepper”. [VIII: 1490.1, 1490.2. (Daily Telegraph, Launceston, Tasmania, November 14, 1902, p. 2 c. 5; not online.)]


1902 Nov. 12 / West Devonport, Tasmania / 5 to 6:50 p.m. / rain charged with brown earthy matter / M.W.R. 32/365. [VIII; 1491. Noble, Andrew. “Dust in the Atmosphere During 1902-3.” Monthly Weather Review, 32 (no. 8; August 1903): 364-365.]


1902 Nov 12 / Dust / Australia / Nov 11, 1868. [VIII; 1492. See: 1868 Nov 11, (III; 1617).]


1902 Nov 12 / (V2) / Telegraph, 15th, says this fall was upon a wide area. [VIII; 1493. (“Duststorm Off the Coast.” Sydney Daily Telegraph, November 15, 1902, p. 8 c. 8.) Not found in other Australian “telegraph” newspapers regarding a “wide area.”]


1902 Nov. 12 / Dusts back to Sept 14-18 / But see Iowa two day = Pelée. [VIII; 1494. See: (Sept 14-18), and, (Iowa).]


1902 Nov. 12 / See Nov. 15 / See the afterglows all over Europe, etc., last of Oct. [VIII; 1495. See: (Nov 15), and (Oct).]


1902 Nov 12-13 / Great dust / Jan 4, 1902 / Great meteor / Jan 7. [VIII; 1496. See: (1902 Jan 7).]


1902 Nov. 12 / See Nov 12, 1834. [VIII; 1497. See: 1834 Nov 12, (I; 1937).]


1902 Nov 12 / Dust followed by mets. / March 4, 1869. [VIII; 1498. See: 1869 March 3, (III: 1711, 1714, 1715, 1716, & 1718).]


1902 Nov. 12, etc. / Nothing in South American Journal. [VIII; 1499.]


1902 Nov. 12-13 / Great heat and th storms in Queenslandno dust reported in Brisbane Courier. [VIII; 1500.]


1902 Nov / (12Smoke and shock, Java) / Nov. 12morningAdelaide / Nov. 12eveningTasmania / 12thBendigo / 12similar dust, Port Darwin / 13thN. S Wales and Queensland / 13N Zealand / 14thSmoke, Port Darwin. [VIII; 1501. (Refs.???)]


1902 Nov. 12 / Melbourne Leader, Nov 15, Nov 15, p. 26 / At Wycheproof, “The whole air seemed on fire.” Allendalea house set on fire and destroyed by fireballs. Deniliquin“Red flames were seen in the air, and the fire balls destroyed a stable.” [VIII; 1502. “The Weather.” Melbourne Leader, November 15, 1902, p. 26 c. 2-4.]


1902 Nov. 12 / Planargued that dust from plains of Australia, but see smoke the same day. [VIII; 1503.]


1902 Nov. 12 / 18 / At this time a deep haze in Port Darwin attrib to volcanic dust from Martinique. “Color of the haze or smoke is bluish-grey.” Said that with rain fell a substance of “light, fluffy dust, color grey”. / Syd D. Tel. 18-6-4. [VIII; 1504. “The Great Haze.” Sydney Daily Telegraph, November 18, 1902, p. 6 c. 4.]


1902 Nov. 12 / det / near Deniliquin / Mobs of sheep lost and wild, swarming in darkness. “Unearthly glare from a brazen sky” at Melb. / Syd Mail, 19th. [VIII; 1505. “Weather, Pastures, and Crops.” Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, November 12, 1902, p. 1292 c. 1-2. “Melbourne Gossip.” Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, November 12, 1902, p. 1298, c. 2-3.]


1902 Nov 12 / Australia / The detonation and B. rain series and events are of this. Thence fall of sand. / The Iowa met and great. / The B. rain of Ireland. / Oct., 1907. [VIII; 1506. See: (Iowa met.), and, (1907 Oct).]


1902 Nov. 12 / So in St Vincent, Ap 30, 1812, globular incandescent objects from the volcano were seen, but Barbados, 90 miles away, these did not reach. / Phil Mag., 40-70. [VIII; 1507. “Description of the Eruption of Souffrier Mountain, on Thursday Night, the 30th of April, 1812, in the Island of St. Vincent.” Philosophical Magazine, 40 (1812): 67-71, at 70. “Vast globular bodies of fire were seen projected from the fiery furnace, and, bursting, fell back into it, or over it, on the surrounding bushes, which were instantly set in flames.” See: 1812 May 1, (I; 387).]


1902 Nov. 12, etc. / Make all this cosmic from Nov Pers 1901 to April, 1903. [VIII; 1508.]


1902 Nov 12 / bet 4:30 and 5 p.m. / Short heavy shock / Java / M.W.R. 32/365. [VIII; 1509. Noble, Andrew. “Dust in the Atmosphere During 1902-3.” Monthly Weather Review, 32 (no. 8; August 1903): 364-365.]


1902 Nov. 12 / 1 p.m. / Metite / Kamsagar, Mysore, India / RAp. 181838. [VIII; 1510. Refer to: 1838 Ap. 18, (I; 2306). Brown, John Coggin. "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Meteorites Comprised in the Collection of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta (On August 1st, 1914)." Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, 43 (1916): part 2, 149-287, at 214-215. This is the Kamsagar meteorite.]


1902 Nov 12, etc. / Nothing in Ceylon Observer. [VIII; 1511.]


1902 Nov 12 / Extremist drought Australia this time. / N.Y. Sun 15-6-3. [VIII; 1512. “Dust Cloud Over Australia.” New York Sun, November 15, 1902, p. 6 c. 3.]


1902 Nov 12 / Devastating floods began to fall at Bentang, and, until morning of 13th. / Strait Times 21-5-1. [VIII; 1513. (Straits Times, November 21, 1902, p. 5 c. 1.)]


1902 Nov 12 / Bendigo Advertiser, 13th / At Bendigo, dust cloud after cloud hour after hour until the great culmination, which should rank as the greatest dust storm since Bendigo was settled. At noon a bush fire broke out near Castlemaine. In an editorial (14) said that nothing like the climax, with many communities in darkness from 5 to 15 minutes, had never been heard of before in the Colony. / Always the local wise man. This time Mr Baracchithat wind had swept over drought-stricken lands. Editor says that the wind was not extraordinary, although it was a gale. [VIII: 1514.1, 1514.2, 1514.3. “The Weather.” Bendigo Advertiser, November 13, 1902, p. 3 c. 2-3. “Wednesday’s Duststorm.” Bendigo Advertiser, November 14, 1902, p. 2 c. 2-3.]


1902 Nov 12, etc. / With the November phe of each year, the meteors. [VIII; 1515.]


1902 Nov 12 / Red mud at Launceston (Tasmania) / Melbourneodor of smokesaid from bush fires. Boorttown in total darknesssmall balls of fire falling into the streets[At Boort:] There was a red glow as of a large fire close at hand." At Castlemaine, dust and smoke attributed to a definitely placed bush fire. / Melb Argus, 13p. 6. [VIII: 1516.1, 1516.2. “A Terrific Duststorm.” Melbourne Argus, November 13, 1902, p. 6 c. 5-6.]


1902 Nov 12 / House at Langdale (Victoria) set on fire by fireballs and destroyed. Balls of fire set fire to constructions at a mine at Chilternfrom many places “people stumbling around trying to find their way by aid of lanterns”. / Syd. Daily Telegraph, Nov. 13. [VIII: 1517.1, 1517.2. (Sydney Daily Telegraph, November 13, 1902.)]


1902 Nov 12 / Victoria / Nov. 13Sydney, etc, N.S.W. [VIII; 1518.]


1902 Nov. 12 / 9 p.m. / Steamship from Port Pirie to Sydney. Wind shifted to s.w. and fine red dust fell, covering the vessel. / Syd D. Tel 15-9-8. [VIII; 1519. (Sydney Daily Telegraph, November 15, 1902, p. 9 c. 8.)]


1902 Nov. 12 / near Adelaide, north of / In South Australia / Gawler and Petersburg / morning / Sevre dust storm / Adelaide Advertiser 13-7-2/4. [VIII; 1520. (Adelaide Advertiser, November 13, 1902, p. 7 c. 2-4.)]


1902 Nov. 12 / West Devonport, Tasmania / At 5 p.m. began “rain of med. / Nature 67-203. [VIII; 1521. “Recent Dust Storms in Australia.” Nature, 67 (January 1, 1903): 203.]


1902 Nov 12 / Torrents and floods at Bentong7 bridges carried away. / Pinang Gazette, Nov. 22. [VIII; 1522. (Pinang Gazette, November 22, 1902.)]


1902 Nov 12 / At Adelaide in the morning / Adelaide Advertiser 13-5-1. [VIII; 1523. (Adelaide Advertiser, November 13, 1902, p. 5 c. 1.)]


1902 Nov 12, etc. / Detonations missing / (unless Java) / but see March 28, 1903. [VIII; 1524. See: (1903 March 28).]


1902 Nov 13 / evening / 21 / “Terrific dust storm / Highfields, Queensland / B. Courier 17-8-4. [VIII; 1525. (Brisbane Courier. November 17, 1902, p. 8 c. 4.)]


1902 Nov 13-14 / Explosion / ab midnight / Brisbane Courier, 15th and 20th / Residents of Toowoomba startled by a terrific explosion. A four-room cottage found to be the scene. In One room slept Mr. and Mrs. Christy Miller. Two grown sons and three younger children. Miller was “blown to atoms”. At the foot of the bed, a large hole in the floor. Others in the family injured in other room. Parts of Miller's body found 100 yards away/ The roof was destroyed. Police thought it explosion of dynamite. Miller had, in digging a well 3 weeks before, used dynamite. Ac to the survivors, no dynamite was stored in the house. About the same time, a vacant cottage near Roma, Queensland, burst into flames and was destroyed. “The origin of the fire has not been discovered.” 15th, page 6. The ext. thing is that Mrs Miller was unhurt, except by a rafter that fell upon her. [C; 540.1 to 540.5. (Brisbane Courier, November 15, 1902, p. 6.) (Brisbane Courier, November 20, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 13 / Stromboli / S.F. Chronicle 14-1-6. [VIII; 1526. “Volcanoes Active in Samoa and Stromboli.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 14, 1902, p. 1 c. 6-7.]


1902 Nov 13-14 / Stromboli detonating and discharging ashes. / Simplyvolcs Stromboli, Guatemala, etc., and “somewhere else” all in sympathy. [VIII; 1527.]


1902 Nov 13 / Mets and dust / Rhodes / March, 1863. [VIII; 1528. See: 1863 March 12, (III: 374, 375, & 376), and, 1863 March 13, (III; 377).]


1902 Nov 13 / Eruption in Guatemala continues. / S.F. Chronicle, 15th. [VIII; 1529. “Many Hundreds Killed by Eruption of Santa Maria.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 15, 1902, p. 1 c. 1-3. The Santa Maria volcano.]


1902 Nov 13 / BO / Volc Savaii, Samoa / La Nat Sup, Nov. 22. [VIII; 1530. “Informations.” La Nature, 1902 pt. 2 (no. 1539; November 22): 97.]


1902 Nov. 13 / At Murrumborrah a huge fireball hovered over the houses for a considerable time and then disappeared. / Nature 67/345. [VIII; 1531. Jensen, Harald Ingemann. “Remarkable Meteorological Phenomena in Australia.” Nature, 67 (February 12, 1903): 344-345.]


1902 Nov. 13 / At Parramatta, near Syndey, fireball exploded over a garden, knocking a man unconscious. / Syd Daily Telegraph 15-11-4. [VIII; 1532. (Sydney Daily Telegraph, November 15, 1902, p. 11 c. 4.)]


1902 Nov. 13 / Sydney Herald, 14th / Reports from about 50 towns in N.S. Wales. Dense volumes of dust. Business suspended. “Objects a hundred yards away invisible150 or 200 other places. Mail coach 9 hours late. [VIII; 1533. (Sydney Herald, November 14, 1902.)]


1902 Nov 13 / Syd D. Tel. 28-6-4 / At Port Darwin, in Report sent to Sir Charles Toddhaze appeared on 13th. On 14th a bank of smoke rolled up from the northwestlasted till 17thstrong odor like that of coal smokeobjects to seaward visible only ¼ to ½ mile. / (Weather cleared somewhat until 22nd, When a smoke again.) [VIII: 1534.1, 1534.2. (Sydney Daily Telegraph, November 28, 1902, p. 6 c. 4.)]


1902 Nov 13 / BO / Sand in Queensland / Nature, Feb 12, 1903. [VIII; 1535. Jensen, Harald Ingemann. “Remarkable Meteorological Phenomena in Australia.” Nature, 67 (February 12, 1903): 344-345. The letter mentions dust-storms, (not sand).]


1902 Nov. 13 / For North Island, NZ / Nothing in Auckland Weekly News. [VIII; 1536.]


1902 Nov. 13, etc. / Nothing in North Queensland Herald (Townesville). [VIII; 1537.]


1902 Nov 13 / Bush fires in every district in Victoria. / Auckland Weekly News, 19th / But ac to all papers. [VIII; 1538. (Auckland Weekly News, November 19, 1902.)]


1902 Nov 13 / 2 sharp shocks / 5:30 a.m. / Jamaica / (Daily Telegraph) (Kingston), 18th. [VIII; 1539. (Daily Telegraph, Kingston, Jamaica, November 18, 1902.)]


1902 Nov 13 / See May, 1883, especially the 24th electric. / See N.Z. volc, June 9 or 10, 1886. [VIII; 1540. See: (1883 May), and, (1886 June 9 or 10).]


1902 Nov 13 / D. fog and mets / See Jun 4-6, 1850. / June 12. [VIII; 1541. See: 1850 June 4, (II: 1392, 1393, & 1394); 1902 June 12-20, (VIII; 1259); 1902 June 12, (VIII; 1260); and, 1902 June 13, (VIII; 1261).]


1902 Nov 13 / See first of meteoric dusts of Australia, Dec. 15, 1880. [VIII; 1542. See: (1880 Dec 15).]


1902 Nov 13 / D. fogs and mets / June 4-6, 1850. [VIII; 1543. See: (1850 June 4-6; many notes).]


1902 Nov 13 / In newspaper, Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer calls attention to the similarity between the fireballs with dust in Australia and same phe earlier in year at Martinique and St. Vincent. [VIII; 1544. (Refs.???) Fireballs in Australia.” Melbourne Leader, November 22, 1902, p. 25 c. 5. Prof. Gregory at Melbourne University suggested the volcanic fireballs that Lockyer described were similar to those produced by cyclonic dust “producing electricity, and the electricity expressing itself in globular form.”]


1902 Nov. 12 / Samoan / not much / no loss of life/ Explosion  of a fireball in Parramatta, NSW / Syd Her. 15-11-5 / On the 13th in Queensland. / Syd H. 17th / Sir Norman Lockyer quoted that th e fireballs and globular lightning seen in Sydney were similar to phe noticed in the eruption of Pelee and Soufriere. [VIII; 1545.1, 1545.2. (Sydney Herald, November 15, 1902, p. 11 c. 5.) (Sydney Herald, November 17, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 13 / Dust / Aust., 1876, Oct 12 / and Fr., Oct 9 / Said meteoric in Fr. [VIII; 1546. See: 1876 Oct. 9, (IV: 1919 & 1920), and, 1876 Oct 12, (IV: 1921, 1922, 1923, & 1925).]


1902 Nov. 13 / See Australian dust, Dec 12, 1896. / Opinion that was volcanic or meteoric. [VIII; 1547. See: 1896 Dec. 12, (VII: 1638 to 1641).]


1902 Nov 13 / SimilarSchomburgkHistory of Barbados, p. 70 / Ap. 27, 1812La Soufrière, St Vincent. On May 1, Barbados. At noon, heavens obscured. A sandy grit began to fall, later turning to ashessqualls and rain. Meteors resenbling globes of fire. Ten or 12 in the N.E. and N.N.E. / At night, glare in sky and effect like of aurora. [VIII: 1548.1, 1548.2. Schomburgk, Robert Hermann. The History of Barbadoes. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848, 69-70. “ From six to eight a.m., light breezes, with squalls of ashes and rain, of the same description and duration as mentioned before. During these last two hours, meteors resembling globes of fire, about the size of a 13-inch shell, appeared in the north-east and north-north-east, to the amount of ten or twelve, crossing each other in every direction, occasionally appearing and disappearing for the space of an hour and a half; so incessant a falling of ashes, as to render it impossible to face the eastward. At nine a.m. the sky to the northward assumed a purple, torrid appearance, greatly resembling a vast town at a distance on fire, accompanied by a tremulous motion resembling the Aurora Borealis; the horrid glare of this sky made the surrounding darkness more awfully dreadful; the sky to the southward, in the direction towards Bridgetown, had occasionally the same colour, only the tinge much fainter, attended with no motion....” See: 1812 May 1, (I: 383, 384, 386, & 387).]


1902 Nov. 13 / (also electric flashes) / Straits Times (Singapore), Sept 20, 1883 / Account of a vessel considerable distance from KrakatoaAug 27—darkness, fal of ashes, and of “fireballs falling and bursting into sparks”. / (Many accounts—of course, upon vessels very far away, fireballs did not fall.)    [VIII: 1549.1, 1549.2. (Straits Times, Singapore, September 20, 1883.)]


1902 Nov 13 / afternoon / Great clouds of dust / Oakey, Q-land / B. Courier, 17th. [VIIIl 1550. (Brisbane Courier, November 17, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 13 / That this = q-phe. / q somewhere in ocean near Australia, as shown by the tidal wave, [VIII; 1551.]


1902 Nov 13-14 / night / Myst explosion / Toowoomba, Queensland / Sydney Morning Herald 15-11-5. [VIII; 1552. "A Mysterious Explosion." Sydney Morning Herald, November 15, 1902, p. 11 c. 5. An explosion destroyed a small cottage, and the father was "blown to atoms," (with only his head and feet found intact, "and parts of the body were found in the road a hundred yards away"). The police thought the explosion was caused by dynamite, but the survivor said no explosives were kept about the place.]


1902 Nov. 13, etc. / Otago Witness, Nov 29, that, ac to N.Y. Herald, Mt Chullapata, 18 miles from Celendin, Peru, had for a fortnight been throwing out dust and smoke. This mt had never before been supposed to be volcanic. [VIII; 1553. (New York Herald, ca. Nov., 1902.) “Omnium Gatherum.” Otago Witness, November 26, 1902, p. 12 c. 4-5. No volcanic eruption at Cerro Chullapata has been recorded.]


1902 Nov 13 / interviews in all papers with Russell, the Govt. Astronomer. For instance (as to the fireballs), Syd. Daily Telegraph, Nov. 14. He“Have you ever been to sea?” “Yes.” Then you have probably heard of what sailors call St. Elmo's fire. It's exactly the same kind of thing they seem to have had in Victoria.” / SelfBut not exactly. No instance of St E's setting fire to anything. [VIII: 1554.1, 1554.2. (Sydney Daily Telegraph, November 14, 1902.)]


[The following six notes were clipped together by Fort. VIII: 1555-1560.]


1902 Nov 13 / Volc and meteors / June 9, 1886. [VIII; 1555. See: (1886 June 9).]


1902 Nov. 13 . See March 14, 1818. [VIII; 1556. See: (1818 March 14).]


1902 Nov. 13 / Mets and dust / See Rhodes, March, 1863. [VIII; 1557. See: (1863 March).]


1902 Nov 13, etc. / See May 24, etc, 1883. [VIII; 1558. See: (1883 May 24).]


1902 Nov. 12 / Similar in China / Nov. 12, 1834. [VIII; 1559. See: (1834 Nov 12).]


1902 Nov 13 / Great fall mets / Nov 27, 1872 / after April phe on earth / like 1902. [VIII; 1560. See: (1872 Nov 27).]


[The following nineteen notes were clipped together by Fort. VIII: 1561-1579.]


1902 Nov. 12-13 / See Jan, 1903, etc. / See March 27, 1902. [VIII; 1561. See: (1903 March 27), and, (1903 Jan., etc.).]


1902 Nov 12, etc. / q and tidal wave and dust / June 11, 12, etc., 1897 / Same, Nov., 1902, Australia. [VIII; 1562. See: (1897 June 11, 12, etc.).]


1902 Nov. 13 / A dust storm and silent electric flashes in Oklahoma / Jan 20, 1895 / MWR 23/13. [VIII; 1563. “Notes by the Editor.” Monthly Weather Review, 23 (no. 1; January 1895): 13-19, at 13. See: (1895 Jan 20).]


1902 Nov 12-13 / See meteors and dust, Rhodes, March, 1863. [VIII; 1564. See: (1863 March).]


1902 Nov 12 / See dust, Australia, time of Geminids, Dec 12, 1883. [VIII; 1565. See: (1883 Dec 12).]


1902 Nov. 12 / Dust at time of Nov. meteorsChina / Nov. 12, 1834. [VIII; 1566. See: (1834 Nov 12).]


1902 Nov. 12 / Dust in south, time of mets / Dec 12, 1862. [VIII; 1567. See: (1862 Dec 12).]


1902 Nov 12 / See Dust and Met, Jan 4, 7, 1902, to 21. [VIII; 1568. See: (1902 Jan 4, 7, to 21.).]


1902 Nov 12 / For an Antarctic volc—Mt. Erebus / 75 S / 168 E / discovered Jan 28, 1841, by Sir James Ross / A.J. Sci 2/7/328. [VIII; 1569. (American Journal of Science, s. 2 v. 7 p. 328.) See: (1841 Jan 28). The Erebus volcano.]


1902 Nov 12 / See d. fog and meteors, Ap. 4, 1854. / See Jun 6-7, 1858. [VIII; 1570. See: (1854 Ap. 4), and, (1858 June 6-7).]


1902 Nov 12 / India / dust, May 24, 25, 1865 / metite, May 23. [VIII; 1571. See: (1865 May 24, 25), and, (1865 May 23).]


1902 Nov 13 / Stones and a dry fog, 1834 / early. [VIII; 1572. See: (1834).]


1902 Nov 12 / Meteoric dust, Australia, time of stream / Dec 12, 1896. [VIII; 1573. See: (1896 Dec 12).]


1902 Nov 12-13 / New star in Puppis in symph with Leo—Then q and affected Australia. [VIII; 1574. (Ref.???)]


1902 Nov. 12 / No doubt at time of a stream other radiants too. For instance Nov 12, 1918. / “Companion radiants” / June 28, 1916. [VIII; 1575. See: (1916 June 28).]


1902 Nov 12-13 / Looks as if volc stream from a southern star, which was affected by Leo or symph with Leo. See star maps. [VIII; 1576. (Refs.???)]


1902 Nov. / Buenos Ayres Standard / Nothing. [VIII; 1577.]


1902 Nov. / Have S.F. Chronicle, Nov 20-30. [VIII; 1578.]


1902 Nov 12, etc. / Nothing in Madras Mail. [VIII; 1579.]


1902 Nov 13 / 01 / (+) / In the Otago (N.Z.) (Dunedin) Witness, a weekly paper, of Nov. 19 / The dust reported from [Saint] Bathans and Waitati, but date not given. / (+) / Reported from Ratanui on the 13th, afternoon. Peculiar atmospheric effects. “Just as though one were gazing through green glass.” During the night of 13th fell a “peculiar colored water, resembling nothing so much as the sediment of a rusty tank.” Said that in some places there were ashes or flat roofs, extreme heat, and a sulphurous odor. Said that most of the residents attributed the phe to the eruption in Samoa. At Wetherstones a chalky or milky substance fell; date not given. / Night of the 13th, In Lake County, th storm and vivid lightning. “A veritable mud shower” the color of thin coffee. He thought it was something hanging over from Martinique eruptions. / Warm weather and snow melting fast from the mountains. Nov 14 / Night—bet 9 and 10, over Dunedin. Clouds of dust drifting over D. On 15th—at Waipawa—“extraordinarily dense dust, apparently coming from the sea” upon the East Coast. Hot winds and the snow disappearing quickly. [VIII: 1580.1 to 1580.6. “The Country.” Otago Witness, November 19, 1902, p. 49 & 54 c. 2-5. “Dust in the Atmosphere.” Otago Witness, November 19, 1902, p. 61 c. 5.]


1902 Nov 14 / Ac to dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, volc or the Island of Savan, Windward Islands, in eruption. / S.F. Chronicle 15-1-1. [VIII; 1581. “Many Hundreds Killed by Eruption of Santa Maria.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 15, 1902, p. 1 c. 1-3. The Soufrière St. Vincent volcano.]


1902 Nov 14 / The dust reported in extreme south of the South Island (N.Z.). / 9 a.m. on Nov. 15 for several hours in N. Island, / Nature 68/223. [VIII; 1582. Marshall, Patrick. “Dust Storms in New Zealand.” Nature, 68 (July 9, 1903): 223.]


1902 Nov. 14 and 23-24 / Few mets in England / Nature 67-103. [VIII; 1583. Herschel, Alexander Stewart. “The Leonid and Bielid Meteor-showers of November, 1902.” Nature, 67 (December 4, 1902): 102-104.]


1902 Nov 14 / evening / Slight shock several places in Fiji Islands / Fiji Times, Nov. 19. [VIII; 1584. (Fiji Times, November 19, 1902.)]


1902 Nov 14-15 / A dense haze at Degilbo, Queensland / Brsibane Courier 17-6-6. [VIII; 1585. (Brisbane Courier, November 17, 1902, p. 6 c. 6.)]


1902 Nov. 14 / Dust reported from Invercargill, extreme south of South Island, N. Zealand. / At Waipawa, near E. coast of North Island, heavy dust began 9 a.m. [on Nov. 15] / Nature 68-223. [VIII; 1586. Marshall, Patrick. “Dust Storms in New Zealand.” Nature, 68 (July 9, 1903): 223.]


1902 Nov 14 / Inhabitants lighting lanterns. All just like in the Barbados on May 7. See D. Mail, May 26. [VIII; 1587. (London Daily Mail, May 26, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 14 / B / 10 p.m. / Slight shock / Fiji / Fiji Times, 19th. [VIII; 1588. (Fiji Times, November 19, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 14 / Severe dust storm but only a few minutes / Marburg, Queensland / B.Courier 17-8-3. [VIII; 1589. (Brisbane Courier, November 17, 1902, p. 8 c.3.)]


1902 Nov. 14 / (+) / (A) / In Adelaide Advertiser 15-6-8 / “On Friday (14th) word was received in Adelaide from Port Darwin that the sky was overcast by a thick cloud supposed to be smoke and ashes from a volcano. Sir Charles Todd on Friday evening stated that he had received a telegram confirming the information but that he was unable to explain the phenomenon.” Ad. Advertiser of 17th says that on 10th the steamer Gutherie had arrived at Port Darwin from China, having had difficulty in picking up the land; this smoke had been met all way from the Philippines. / Heavy smoke in Javano known eruption but on 12th ab 5 p.m. a heavy shock there18-4-5. In Ad. Advertiser 26-4-6extracts from log of the steamer Tsinan which left Port Darwin for Hong Kong, Oct. 17on Oct 18 was met a “thick haze, possibly volcanic. It lasted from Lat 8.16 S and 129.9 E to 6.34 N and 123.22 E. / On return it was from Lat 1.18 S and Long 125.27 E to Port Darwin. [VIII: 1590.1 to 1590.5. (Adelaide Advertiser, November 15, 1902, p. 6 c. 8.) (Adelaide Advertiser, November 17, 1902.) (Adelaide Advertiser, November 18, 1902, p. 4 c. 5.) (Adelaide Advertiser, November 26, 1902, p. 4 c. 6.)]


1902 Nov. 15, etc. / See Feb, 1903, Aust and Europe / and March 27, etc., detonations and sand. [VIII; 1591. See: (1903 Feb), and, (1903 March 27).]


1902 Nov 15 / Meteors and dust / Australia / March 4, 1869. [VIII; 1592. See: (1869 March 4).]


1902 Nov. 15 / Bath Furnace, Kentucky / (F). [VIII; 1593. Fletcher, 107. This is the Bath Furnace meteorite.]


1902 Nov 15 / 6:48 p.m. / Lexington, Kentucky / Meteor of intense light / S.F. Chronicle 16-1-7. [VIII; 1594. “Brilliant Meteor in Kentucky.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 16, 1902, p. 1 c. 7.]


1902 Nov. 15 / [LT], 7-e / 18-5-f / Volc. eruptions. [VIII; 1595. “Volcanic Eruptions.” London Times, November 15, 1902, p. 7 c. 5. “Volcanic Eruptions.” London Times, November 18, 1902, p. 5 c. 6. The Kilauea, Savai'i and Stromboli volcanoes.]


1902 Nov 15-22 / For this week weather conditions “splendid” in Fiji but “fierce winds”. Also such gales at sea reported that one vessel postponed sailing, / Fiji Times, Nov. 22. [VIII; 1596. (Fiji Times, November 22, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 15 / [LT], 7-e / 18-5-f / Volc. eruptions. [VIII; 1597. “Volcanic Eruptions.” London Times, November 15, 1902, p. 7 c. 5. “Volcanic Eruptions.” London Times, November 18, 1902, p. 5 c. 6. Duplicate of 1902 Nov 15, (VIII; 1595). The Kilauea, Savai'i and Stromboli volcanoes.]


1902 Nov. 15 / Ext afterglow / Switzerland / La Nat Sup, Nov. 22. [VIII; 1598. “Informations.” La Nature, 1902 pt. 2 (no. 1539; November 22): 97.]


1902 Nov. 15 / L.T., 7-e / 18-5-f  / Volc. eruptions.  [VIII; 1599. “Volcanic Eruptions.” London Times, November 15, 1902, p. 7 c. 5. “Volcanic Eruptions.” London Times, November 18, 1902, p. 5 c. 6. Another duplicate of 1902 Nov 15, (VIII; 1595). The Kilauea, Savai'i and Stromboli volcanoes.]


1902 Nov. 15 / Aust Series dates from Jan 22, 1902. [VIII; 1600.]


1902 Nov 15, ab / Tremendous discharge of ashes from the Guatemala volc. [VIII; 1601. (Ref.???)]


1902 Nov. 16 / Dense clouds of dust / Townsville, Queensland / Brisbane Courier 17-6-6. [VIII; 1602. (Brisbane Courier, November 17, 1902, p. 6 c. 6.)]


1902 Nov. 16 / Stromboli / Nature 67-63. [VIII; 1603. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (November 20, 1902): 62-66, at 63. The Stromboli volcano.]


1902 Nov 17 / A flame that went up from volc Santa Maria, Guat., was seen hundreds of miles. More violent than before. Every living thing, 20 miles around, had been killed. / S.F. Chronicle 18-1-1. [VIII; 1604. “Santa Maria's Crater Again Belches Fire.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 1902, p. 1 c. 2.]


1902 Nov. 17 / S.W. Utah / shock / BA '11/44. [VIII; 1605. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 44.]


1902 Nov 17, etc. / Blue haze and dust / Malay Archipelago and Australia / Met Zeit 22-363. [VIII; 1606. "Kleinere Mittheilungen." Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 22 (1905): 354-384, at 362-365.]


1902 Nov 17 / Destructive q. / Batangas / 121 E; 14 N / BA 1911-63. [VIII; 1607. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 63.]


1902 Nov. 17 / New eruption from Stromboliflames illuminated all northern Sicily. / S.F. Chronicle 18-1-2. [VIII; 1608. “Kilauea Shows Great Activity.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 1902, p. 1 c. 2.]


1902 Nov 17 / 22 / Shocks / Manila / O.C. Mail, Dec 1. [VIII; 1609. (Overland China Mail, December 1, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 17 / 8:38 a.m. / Shock at Manila and considerable damage / Hong Kong Telegraph 22-4-2. [VIII; 1610. (Hong Kong Telegraph, November 22, 1902, p. 4 c. 2.)]


1902 Nov 17 / 9:30 p.m. / Loud rumbling sound and vibrations / Oran, Algeria / Nature 67-63. [VIII; 1611. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (November 20, 1902): 62-66, at 63.]


[The following three notes were clipped together by Fort. VIII: 1612-1614.]


1902 Nov 18 / "An eye witness of the fireball that fell near Carcoar on Tuesday [18th] reports that he was about a quater of a mile away when the fireball fell. He said it was a marvellous sight. It was as large as a good-sized room. When it hit the ground it exploded with terrific force and sent large pieces of fire in the air to a great height." / Syd. Morn. Herald 22-12-4. [VIII: 1612.1, 1612.2. "Fireballs." Sydney Morning Herald, November 22, 1902, p. 12 c. 4.]


1902 Nov. 18 / afternoon / near an iron mine / Fireball fell at Carcoar, N.S.W. / Syd Herald 20-8-5 / And dust storms reported from half a dozen places. [VIII; 1613. "The Weather." Sydney Morning Herald, November 20, 1902, p. 8 c. 5.]


1902 Nov 18 / storm at Murrumborrah, N. South W / large fire balls / Melb. Leader, Nov. 22/25. [VIII; 1614. “Fireballs in Australia.” Melbourne Leader, November 22, 1902, p. 25 c. 5.]


1902 Nov. 19 / If phe not from Puppis, = activity at same time. [VIII; 1615.]


1902 Nov 19 / 5 p.m. / At Serendah, sudden rise of the river, and disastrous floods / Straits Times 24-5-2. [VIII; 1616. (Straits Times, November 24, 1902, p. 5 c. 2.)]


1902 Nov 19 / Tidal wave 6 feet in five minutes on Coast of South Australia / Syd Herald 20-7-5. [VIII; 1617. "Tidal Wave in South Australia," and, "Interview with Mr. Russell." Sydney Morning Herald, November 20, 1902, p. 7 c. 5.]


1902 Nov 19 / morning / Tidal wave / S. Australia / Adelaide Advertiser 20-4-5. [VIII; 1618. (Adelaide Advertiser, November 20, 1902, p. 4 c. 5.)]


1902 Nov. 19 / nova / Nova Puppis 7th mag for ab 17 daysthen to the 10th and after and then fainter, In Oct, 1902, fainter than 10.3. Discovered late in 1921 by Miss Woods. / Harvard photos / Pop Astro 30-60. [VIII; 1619. “Nova Puppis.” Popular Astronomy, 30 (no. 1; January 1922): 60.]


1902 Nov. 20 / night / Violent shock / Algeria / Nature 67-86. [VIII; 1620. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (November 27, 1902): 85-90, at 86.]


1902 Nov 20 / (obj) / Reported by Sir Charles Todd, witnessed by Mr. Griffiths, the assistant astronomer, Observatory of Adelaide, South Australiabrilliant globular object, seemed meteoric but moved slowly, visible 4 minutes and then lost to sight by glare of sun. / from s.s.e. moved northward / Syd. Herald 21-5-5appeared like Venus at time of greatest brilliance, but“When it was near to the prime vertical it became elongated and took on an elliptical form." [VIII: 1621.1, 1621.2, 1621.3. "Remarkable Astronomical Phenomenon." Sydney Morning Herald, November 21, 1902, p. 5 c. 5. The light was observed from 9:27 to 9:31 A.M. and travelled "about 20 degrees of an arc in that time."]


1902 Nov 20 / At Port Darwin arrival of the steamer Gutherie delayed by smoke all the way from the Philippines to Australia. / Hobert Mercury, Nov. 21. [VIII; 1622. (Hobart Mercury, November 21, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 20 / Violent shock at Oued Marsa, Algeria / Nature 67-86. [VIII; 1623. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (November 27, 1902): 85-90, at 86.]


1902 Nov 21-22 / midnight / Corowa / Whole town lighted up by a meteor. / 26-7-4, Syd. Her. [VIII; 1624. "Agricultural and Pastoral." Sydney Morning Herald, November 26, 1902, p. 7 c. 4.]


1902 Nov. 21 / (meteor) / 11 p.m.—at Towitta (Adelaide) / Advertiser, Nov 27, p. 4 / A globe of fire, size of sun, travelling e to w, shining with great brilliancy. [VIII; 1625. (Adelaide Advertiser, November 27, p. 4.)]


1902 Nov. 21 / (Aust.) / Shortly before midnight / Brilliant meteor / Mt Hope and Albury / came from the northeast / Syd Herald (ev. Edition) 24-1-4. [VIII; 1626. "Meteors." Sydney Morning Herald, November 24, 1902, p. 8 c. 5.]


1902 Nov. 22 / Callarenebri / Terrific dust storm—thunder and lightning and a few drops of rain. / much rain other places / Syd. M. Her (Ev. Ed 24-1-4 / In N.S.W. terrific dust storm at Moree and “a few drops of rain”. [VIII; 1627. "Thunderstorms in Queensland." Sydney Morning Herald, November 24, 1902, p. 8 c. 5.]


1902 Nov. 22 / dispatch dated / Violent q. at Noumea / Otago Witness, Nov 26-21-4. [VIII; 1628. “Eruptions and Earthquakes.” Otago Witness, November 26, 1902, p. 21 c. 4.]


1902 Nov. 22 / ab 11 p.m. / Large meteor that for a second illuminated the town of Nyngan / Ev Ed., 24th. [VIII; 1629. "Thunderstorms in Queensland." Sydney Morning Herald, November 24, 1902, p. 8 c. 5.]


1902 Nov. 23 / Severe shock / Jamaica / Straits Times, 24th. [VIII; 1630. (Straits Times, November 24, 1902.)]


1902 Nov. 23 / rod of fire / electric / At Cowan creek——during the storm. “The thunder was the loudest they ever heard and shook the whole surroundings.” Then fell a “rod of fire in appearance about 4 feet long and 2 feet thick”, striking a tree and tearing off the bark. / Syd M. Her 26-10-3. [VIII: 1631.1, 1631.2. "A Rod of Fire." Sydney Morning Herald, November 26, 1902, p. 10 c. 3. "A remarkable sight was witnessed at Cowan Creek during a violent thunderstorm on Sunday morning

last by a party of campers One of the members of the company thus describes the scene:"Two or

three tremendous claps of thunder were heard followed by a number of flashes of lightning. Then a

rod of fire, in appearance about 4 ft. long and 2 ft. thick, descended This struck a tree on the opposite

side of the stream. The bark was stripped from the trunk like a peeled banana, and one large branch was

snapped off. After the bolt struck, a flame shot from the tree like a Roman candle or flowerpot, and

in a few moments this was followed by a volume of smoke which lasted for half an hour. The episode

somewhat scared the onlookers. The thunder was the loudest that they had ever heard, and shook the

whole surroundings."]


1902 Nov. 23 / Syd M. Her (Ev. Ed.) 24-1-4 / at Nyngan / “A unique spectacle was witnessed here yesterday"—“what appeared to be an enormous volume of white and black smoke, with an apparent red glare showing through, coming from the southeast. The whole sky in that quarter was obscured." Darkness for an hour and rumbling thunder. No lightning—great fall of water from half to 2 miles from the town. / On 24th—violent dust storm at Ny. / Her. 25-10-3. [VIII: 1632.1, 1632.2. "A House Struck by Lightning." Sydney Morning Herald, November 25, 1902, p. 10 c. 3-4.]


1902 Nov. 23 / aerolite? / Syd. Morn. Herald 25-10-4 / “During a storm at Ipswich [Queensland] yesterday [23rd], a house occupied by a man named Grace narrowly escaped destruction. An aerolite fell near the house, scorching one of the walls and piercing a tub full of water in two places. The aerolite exploded with a reverbration whch caused great consternation in the immediate neighborhood." [VIII: 1633.1, 1633.2. "Fall of an Aerolite." Sydney Morning Herald, November 25, 1902, p. 10 c. 4.]


1902 Nov. 23 / 10 h., 14 m / Strong shock / Smyrna / others Nov 24, Dec 4 and 5 / C.R. 136-67. [VIII; 1634. Yung. "Tremblements de terre à Smyrne." Comptes Rendus, 136 (1903): 66-68.]


1902 Nov. 23 / Second myst murder in a factory / Cincinnati / S.F. Chronicle 24-2-4. [C; 541. “Second Mysterious Murder in a Factory.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 24, 1902, p. 2 c. 4.]


1902 Nov 24 / London. / Severe shock, Jamaica / Auckland Weekly News, Nov. 27 / N.M. [VIII; 1635. (Auckland Weekly News, November 27, 1902.)]


1902 Nov 24 / Coonamble / “terrific duststorm” in afternoon / Her 25-10-3 / also Warren. [VIII; 1636. "A House Struck by Lightning." Sydney Morning Herald, November 25, 1902, p. 10 c. 3-4.]


1902 Nov. 24 / In all districts where now dust, there had been “terrific th. storms”. [VIII; 1637.]


1902 Nov. 25 / at daylight in morning / Nyngan / heavy dust storm followed by heavy rain / Syd Her 26-10-3. [VIII; 1638. "Thunderstrom at Bourke." Sydney Morning Herald, November 26, 1902, p. 10 c. 3.]


1902 Nov. 26 / La Soufriere, St. Vincent, violent. / S.F. Chronicle, 27th. [VIII; 1639. “La Soufriere Crater Again Belching Fire.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 27, 1902, p. 1 c. 2.]


1902 Nov. 26 / La Soufrière, St Vincent, violent / Nature 67-111. [VIII; 1640. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (December 4, 1902): 110-114, at 111. The Soufrière St Vincent volcano.]


1902 Nov. 26 / Pelée violent / Nature 67/111. [VIII; 1641. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (December 4, 1902): 110-114, at 111. The Pelee volcano.]


1902 Nov. 27 / Condobolin / A heavy dust stormthen rainthen "a rain of mud". / Syd M.H. 28-4-3 / Dust and darkness at Brewarrina. Terrific thunderstorms from a score of towns, / Dust in several. / All these towns, not others, were struck. Places are in Queensland, or are if Sydney is. [VIII: 1642.1, 1642.2. "The Weather." Sydney Morning Herald, November 28, 1902, p. 4 c. 3-4. Condobolin, Brewarrina, and Sydney are in New South Wales, (not in Queesnland).]


1902 Nov. 27 / Nyngan / "A terrific duststorm" all day ("from the west"). The rain on 25th “heaviest in years”. / Syd M.H. 29-12-3. [VIII; 1643. "The Weather." Sydney Morning Herald, November 29, 1902, p. 12 c. 3-4.]


1902 Nov 28 / Syd M.H., 8-7/ “Volc haze.” “Supposed to be caused by volcanoes in Sumatra.” Reported by Capt Lindburgh of S.S. Tsinan from Port Darwin to Hong Kong. / N of Australia. [VIII; 1644. "Volcanic Dust or Haze." Sydney Morning Herald, November 28, 1902, p. 8 c. 7.]


1902 Dec / Metite / Cullison, Kansas / Nature 91-253. [VIII; 1645. “Meteorite from Kansas.” Nature, 91 (May 8, 1913): 253. The Cullison meteorite.)]


1902 Dec 5 / Town of Hay, S. Australia, in darkness from dust clouds. Also heavy th storms other places, S.A. / Syd M.H., Dec 6-12-5. [VIII; 1646. "The Weather." Sydney Morning Herald, December 6, 1902, p. 12 c. 5.]


1902 Dec 7 / N.Y. Times of / That at time of news of Australian phe came news of the Savaii Volcano in Samoa in a violent state of eruption and that neighboring villages covered with ashes to depth of 2 inches. / Then said small eruption. [VIII: 1647.1, 1647.2. “Phenomena in Australia.” New York Times, December 7, 1902. p. 5 c. 3.]


1902 Dec 7 / (volc and met) / NY Times / That in recent eruptions in West Indies, fireballs had been seen constantly, ac to Sir Norman Lockyer. [VIII; 1648. “Phenomena in Australia.” New York Times, December 7, 1902. p. 5 c. 3.]


1902 Dec 9 / Eagle, 6-6 / Mist phe / N.Y. Bay. [VIII; 1649. "A Berber on the Bay." Brooklyn Eagle, December 9, 1902, p. 6 c. 6.]


1902 Dec 15 / Volc Santiago in Nicaragua, and Volc Izalco in San Salvador in eruption. / Times, Jan 5-4-c. [VIII; 1650. “Volcanic Eruptions.” London Times, January 5, 1903, p. 4 c. 3. The Izalco, Masaya, Motocombo, and Villarrica volcanoes.]


1902 Dec 16 / Andijan / See 1903, Feb. 22-25. [VIII; 1651. See: (1903 Feb 22-25).]


1902 Dec 16 / q / Andijan / Nature 67-208 / 10,000 deathsp. 324. [VIII; 1652. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (January 1, 1903): 207-210, at 208. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (February 5, 1903): 324-329, at 324.]


1902 Dec 16 / Destructive q. / Andijan / 75 E; 42 N. / BA 1911-63. [VIII; 1653. Turner, H.H., et al. "Seismological Investigations." Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1911, 30-67, at 63.]


1902 Dec. 16 / Great q's begin at Andijan (Russian Central Asia). / Times, Jan 8-9-d / 5,000 dead / See Jan 7. [VIII; 1654. “The Earthquake at Andijan.” London Times, January 8, 1903, p. 9 c. 4. Andijan, Uzbekistan. See: (1903 Jan 7).]


1902 Dec 18 / La Soufriere, St Vincent / Eruption / Nature 67-208. [VIII; 1655. “Notes.” Nature, 67 (January 1, 1903): 207-210, at 208. The Soufriere St. Vincent volcano.]


1902 Dec 18 / [LT], 3-d / 19-3-c / Rains in Australia. [VIII; 1656. “Rains in Australia.” London Times, December 18, 1902, p. 3 c. 4. “The Rains in Australia.” London Times, December 19, 1902, p. 3 c. 3.]


1902 Dec 18 / Trib., 1-1 / 19-1-3 / 23-2-5 / 24-2-6 / 26-1-4 / 28-4-4 / 1903, [note cut off] 10-2-2 / Q's / Russian Turkestan. [VIII; 1657. "Town Destroyed by Earthquake." New York Tribune, December 18, 1902, p. 1 c. 1. "Many Victims of Earthquake." New York Tribune, December 19, 1902, p. 1 c. 3. "Earthquake Killed 2,500." New York Tribune, December 23, 1902, p. 2 c. 5. "Four Thousand Dead." New York Tribune, December 24, 1902, p. 2 c. 6. "Russian Earthquakes Continue." New York Tribune, December 26, 1902, p. 1 c. 4. "Eleven Villages in Ruins." New York Tribune, December 28, 1902, p. 4 c. 4. "Andijan Shaken Again." New York Tribune, January 10, 1903, p. 2 c. 2.]


1902 Dec 23 / Dense clouds of dust / Victoria / Bendigo Advertiser, Dec 24. [VIII; 1658. “The Weather.” Bendigo Advertiser, December 24, 1902, p. 3 c. 2.]


1902 Dec 23 / [LT], 9-f / 27-9-f / 31-10-e / q or traction engine / 25-2-e. [C; 542. Morris, Henry. “Earthquake or Motor-Car.” London Times, December 9, 1902, p. 9 c. 6. Berkeley, Comyns. “Earthquake or Motor Car or Traction Engine?” London Times, December 27, 1902, p. 9 c. 6. “Earthquake or Motor Car or Traction Engine?” London Times, December 31, 1902, p.  10 c. 5. Ford, R. Moffat. “Earthquakes and Motor-Cars.” London Times, December 25, 1902, p. 2 c. 5.]


1902 Dec / Metite said to have fallen in Kansas, near Cullison, Pratt Co.said been found in 1911. / Nature 91-253 / 18 / 58 / 76 / B. [VIII; 1659. “Meteorite from Kansas.” Nature, 91 (May 8, 1913): 253. The Cullison meteorite.]


1902 Dec 27 / morning / Pelée / Nature 67-208. [VIII; 1660.“ Notes.” Nature, 67 (January 1, 1903): 207-210, at 208. The Pelee volcano.]


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

1902 Dec 30 / Trib, 2-3 / Q. / Ecuador, France, Russia. [VIII; 1661. "Earthquakes All Around." New York Tribune, December 30, 1902, p. 2 c. 3.]

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