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1915


1915:


1915 / Except Jan, when Cap-Ac, Jupiter in Pisces. [X; 397. (Ref.???)]


1915 / May '12 to July '16 / Saturn in Taurus. [X; 398. (Ref.???)]


1915 / near Shipton, Oxon / E. Mech, Oct. 3, 1919that for 20 years a moving light been seen here occasionally. [D; 793. (English Mechanic, October 3, 1919.)]


1915 / About this time James Brandon, occultist, left Nashville, to live and practice in India. / See Dec 21, 1930. [D; 794. See: (1930 Dec 21).]


1915 / H.H. / Kingston, England / See 1909. [D; 795. See: 1909, (D: 262).]


1915 / Evil Eye in Kalamazoo, Mich / See July 18, 1929. [D; 796. See: (1929 July 18).]


1915 / Disap. / See NY Times Index, 1915. [D; 797. (See: 1915, New York Times Index.)]


1915 Jan 9 / N.Y.T., 1-2 / Venus in daylight in Washington, [X; 399. (New York Times, January 9, 1914, p. 1 c. 2.)]


1915 Jan 9 / 1:20 a.m. / Great det met over Cradock and Queenstown, S. Africa. / Nature 95-17 / Thought by many to be a q. [X; 400. (Nature, 95-17.)]


1915 Jan 12 / before midnight / All things now in war-terms. / Aeroplane reported over mouth of Thames "disappeared seaward. / Trib 14-1-2. [X; 401. “Submarines Driven Away From Dover.” New York Tribune, January 14, 1915, p. 1 c. 2.]


1915 Jan 13 / q / Italy / D. Mail for period / Reported 12,000 killed. 20 towns in ruins. / more violent than Messina in 1908 / Province of Aquila / not in Calabria nor in Sicily / from Rome and nor. east, east, and s. east / centerAvezzano. Next 2 days, 164 shocks registered. [X: 402.1, 402.2. (London Daily Mail, January 1915.)]


1915 Jan 13 / 7:56 a.m. / Great q, Southern Italy. Avezzano levelled. / Trib, etc. , 15-1-7 / 45,000 dead. / 20 towns destroyed. [X; 403. “Central Italy Vast Charnel House....” New York Tribune, January 15, 1915, p. 1 c. 5-8 & p. 2 c. 1-4.]


1915 Jan 13 / Shocks and avalanches in Alps. / Trib 15-1-6 / One town in Valais buried in av. [X; 404. “Avalanches Wreck Alpine Forests.” New York Tribune, January 15, 1915, p. 1 c. 6. “Block St. Gothard Line.” New York Tribune, January 16, 1915, p. 2 c. 3.]


1915 Jan 14, 18 / Rome / q's / Nature 94-623. [X; 405. (Nature, 94-623.)]


1915 Jan 23 / Feb 12, 21 / March 1, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22 / Eruptions / Lassen / Bull-Amer 5-56. [X; 406. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-56.)]


1915 Jan 20 / NYT, 1-4 / 21-5-2 / qs / France. [X; 407. (New York Times, January 20, 1915, p. 1 c. 4.) (New York Times, January 21, 1915, p. 5 c. 2.)]


1915 Jan 21 / NY Times, 5-1 / q / Spain / severe. [X; 408. (New York Times, January 21, 1915, p. 5 c. 1.)]


1915 Jan 24 / NY Times, (II)-15-4 / March 21 (II)-1-2 / Lassen Peak, Cal. [X; 409. (New York Times, January 24, 1915, s. II p. 15 c. 4.) (New York Times, March 21, 1915, s. II p. 1 c. 2.)]


1915 Jan 27 / Violent q registered / England and Italy / Nature 94-622. [X; 410. (Nature, 94-622.)]


1915 Jan. 27 / Destructive q. / Greece / Nature 103-473. [X; 411. (Nature, 103-473.)]


1915 Jan 31 / E Mec 101/47 / Moon / On dark floor of Littrow, 6 or 7 white spots arranged like Greek letter [illustration] (Gamma). [X; 412. (English Mechanic, 101-47.)]


1915 Feb. 3 / NY Times, 5-2 / Central States / great storm. [X; 413. (New York Times, February 3, 1915, p. 5 c. 2.)]


1915 Feb 3 / N.Y.T., 9-5 / q / Yorkshire, Eng. [X; 414. (New York Times, February 3, 1915, p. 9 c. 5.)]


1915 Feb 4 / 10 h., 12 m / Leander McCormick Observatory / "Very remarkable fireball / Pop Astro 23-189. [X; 415. Olivier, Charles Pollard. "A Remarkable Fireball." Popular Astronomy, 23 (no. 3; March 1915): 189.]


1915 Feb 10 / Comet 1915a / 9th mag in Ophiuchus. To Serpens, Sagittarius, etc. / M. Notices, 1916-334. [X; 416. "Notes on some Points connected with the Recent Progress of Astronomy." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 76 (February 14, 1916): 332-383, at 334.]


1915 Feb. 12 / See 15th. [X; 417. See: (Feb 15).]


1915 Feb. 13 / [LT], 5-b / New comet. [X; 418. (London Times, February 13, 1915, p. 5 c. 2.) Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke.]


1915 Feb 13 / Steep Island / Chusan Archipelago / Lighthouse keeper complained to Capt N.F. Tyler, R.N.R., that a man-of-war had fired a projectile at the highthouse in forenoon. / Said been a meteor. / Nature 97/17. [X; 419. (Nature, 97-17.)]


1913 Feb 13 / Feb 13 and met displays in other years / Shanghai / Nature 97/17. [X; 420. (Nature, 97-17.) ("A Daylight Meteor." Nature, 97 (March 2, 1916): 17. The Chusan Archipelago is now known identified as Zhoushan Qundao, China. [Steep Island is identified as "Hou-Chu-Hsia Shan" (Wade-Giles), which is not listed in the Gazetteer for Pinyin.)]


1915 Feb 15 / qrain / 1915 (?) / Central Italy / q's and torrential rain / Herald 16-10-5. [X; 421. (New York Herald, February 16, 1915, p. 10 c. 5.)]


1915 Feb. 20 / bet. 9:20 amd 10 p.m. / Mass. q. / Bull-Amer 5/55. [X; 422. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-55.)]


1915 Feb. 20 / night / Lawrence, Mass, etc. / Q / Trib. 21-1-2. [X; 423. “Quake Hits Bay State.” New York Tribune, February 21, 1915, p. 1 c. 2.]


1915 Feb. 21 / German aeroplane / Colchester, etc. / Trib 22-1-5. [X; 424. “German Aero Drops Bombs Near London.” New York Tribune, February 22, 1915, p. 1 c. 5. This raid was conducted by the German floatplane Friedrichshafen FF 29.]


1915 March 9 / Strang, Nebraska / met trail long duration / Sc Am. 112/433 / 6:30 p.m. [X; 425. Hickman, J.C. “Persistent Trail of a Meteor.” Scientific American, n.s., 112 (May 8, 1915): 433.]


1915 March 11 / near Spurn Head, Eng / Met near ship. Or from a zeppelin. / Trib 12-1-6 / Chat to H / 75. [X; 426. “Zeppelin Drops Bomb Near Ship.” New York Tribune, March 12, 1915, p. 1 c. 6.]


1915 / ab. middle of March / Parabolic-shaped object or luminous wisp preceding sun. / Eng Mec 101/141 / (?) (Ch). [X; 427. (English Mechanic, 101-141.)]


1915 March 17 / Woonsocket, R.I. / Stigmata case of Rose Ferron begansee March 26, 1928. [D; 798. See: (1928 March 26).]


1915 March 18 / Alta, Canada. / vast path of light beginning almost at moon [illustration] / E Mec 100/385. [X; 428. (English Mechanic, 100-385.)]


1915 March 19 / Leonore Cohn child / Ripper cases, N.Y., begin. [D; 799. (Ref.???)]


1915 March 30 / [LT], 12-e / Met. [X; 429. (London Times, March 30, 1915, p. 12 c. 5.)]


1915 Mar 31 / N.Y.T., 1-2 / Met by daylight / N.Y. City. [X; 430. (New York Times, March 31, 1915, p. 1 c. 2.)]


1915 Ap. 2 / NY Times, 6-8 / Alton, Ill / Powder explosion. [X; 431. (New York Times, April 2, 1915, p. 6 c. 8.)]


1915 Ap. 9, 15, 27 / May 14, 19, 23 / Lassen / Bull Amer 5-168. [X; 432. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-168.)]


1915 Ap 17 / NY Times, 20-1 / May 22-6-5 / 23(II)-5-5 / 26-14-3 / June 17-20-2 / Lassen Peak. [X; 433. (New York Times, April 17, 1915, p. 20 c. 1.) (New York Times, May 22, 1915, p. 6 c. 5.) (new York Times, May 23, 1915, s. 2 p. 5 c. 5.) (New York Times, May 26, 1915, p. 14 c. 3.) (New York Times, June 17, 1915, p. 20 c. 2.)]


1915 Ap. 22 / A brilliant object crossing sun's disk in about one second, / Salvador Raurie / Barcelona / Eng Mec 101/311. [X; 434. (English Mechanic 101-311.)]


1915 May 1 / No record in Nature of a q in Japan. [X; 435. ]


1915 May 1 / unknown q recorded. / U.S., Spain, China, etc. / Bull Amer 5/155. [X; 436. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-155.)]


1915 May 1 / Somewhere else / 5 a.m. / Great q. recorded at W. Bromwich. Oscillation so great that one the recording needles was dismounted. / Center, as deduced, was in the Kurile Islands, near Japan. / Nature, 95-269. [X; 437. (Nature, 95-269.)]


1915 May 3 / [LT], 7-e / Great q. recorded. [X; 438. (London Times, May 3, 1915, p. 7 c. 5.)]


1915 May 14 / Conj Venus and Mars. [X; 439. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1915.)]


1915 May 19 / "Terrific outburst of Mt Lassen. / See May 30, 1914. [X; 440. See: 1914 May 30, (X: 314 & 315).]


1915 May 21 / Flood of mud from Lassen Peak. / Trib 22-3-4. / St Cyr / several miles from—Paris. [X; 441. “Lassen Peak Mud Deluges Valley.” New York Tribune, May 22, 1915, p. 3 c. 4.]


[1915 May 26 /] 1914 / Shower frogs / Gibraltar / D. Chronicle, May 21, 1921. [X; 232. (London Daily Chronicle, May 21, 1921.) Date of this frog shower was May 26, 1915. "Showers of Frogs" Hull Daily Mail, May 27, 1915, p. 5 c. 7. See: 1915 May 28, (X; 442).]


1915 May 28 / Frogs / Gibraltar / Nature 95/378 / See May, 1901. / Times, May 27. [X; 442. (Nature, 95-378.) (London Times, May 27, 1915.) Date of this frog shower was May 26, 1915. See: 1901 May, (VIII; 806).]


1915 June and July / Mars, Saturn, and Venus in Taurus. [X; 443. (Ref.???)]


1915 June 3 / q / Munich, Germany / Bull Amer 5-155. [X; 444. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-155.)]


1915 June 3 / NYT, 10-6 / 10-10-8 / "Night suns." [X; 445. (New York Times, June 3, 1915, p. 10 c. 6.) (New York Times, June 10, 1915, p. 10 c. 8.)]


1915 June 5-11 / Sun's surface disturbed but free from spots. / Nature 95-451. [X; 446. (Nature, 95-451.)]


1915 June 6 / 9 p.m. / At the Eskdalemuir Observatory, Scotland—a large q recorded—center computed to be in Brazil. / Nature 95-405. [X; 447. (Nature, 95-405.)]


1915 June 10 / Hottest day recorded in Germany. / D. Chronicle, June 7, 1921. [X; 448. (London Daily Chronicle, June 7, 1921.)]


1915 June 12-18 / Group of spots appeared on eastern limb—not very large—but 17-18, there were 7 groups. Passed Contreal Meridian on 17th and 18th. / Nature 95-451. [X; 449. (Nature, 95-451.)]


1915 June 13 / Severe q / Wurtenburg, Germany / Bull-Amer 5-156. [X; 450. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-156.)]


1915 June 16 / Great aurora / U. / Canada / Nature 95-536, 561, etc. [X; 451. Barnard, Edward Emerson. “The Great Aurora of June 16, 1915.” Nature, 95 (July 15, 1915): 536-537. Chree, Charles. “The Magnetic Storm of June 17, and Aurora.” Nature, 95 (July 22, 1915): 561. Barnard, Edward Emerson. “The Great Aurora of June 16, 1915.” Nature, 95 (August 26, 1915): 703.]


1915 June 17 / New Zealand / aurora / From 7:30 p.m. till midnight, glow "in the southern horizon". / Nature 96-114. [X; 452. Cortie, Aloysius Laurence. “The Aurora Australis of June 17, 1915.” Nature, 96 (September 30, 1915): 114.]


1915 June 17 / New Zealand / Macquarie island / 55 South / A brilliant red aurora—looked like a Japanese fan opening and closing. Center or base a little north of the zenith; spread out from about E.S.E. to W.N.W. / Nature 97/421 / 9 p.m. [X: 453.1, 453.2. (Nature, 97-421.)]


1915 June 17 / Most violent solar disturbance since Sept 25, 1909. Magnetic storm, too. / Nature, etc., 95-450, 480, 537, 561. [X; 454. Cortie, Aloysius Laurence. “The Magnetic Storm and Solar Disturbance of June 17, 1915.” Nature, 95 (June 24, 1915): 450-451. Chree, Charles. “The Magnetic Storm and Solar Disturbance of June 17, 1915.” Nature, 95 (July 1, 1915): 480. Cortie, Aloysius Laurence. “The Magnetic Storm and Solar Disturbance of June 17, 1915.” Nature, 95 (July 15, 1915): 537. Chree, Charles. “The Magnetic Storm of June 17, and Aurora.” Nature, 95 (July 22, 1915): 561.]


1915 June 17 / Aurora in Australia / Nature 96-114. [X; 455. Cortie, Aloysius Laurence. “The Aurora Australis of June 17, 1915.” Nature, 96 (September 30, 1915): 114.]


1915 June 17 / The aurora in N. Zealand / Nature 97-421. [X; 456. Hunt, Henry Ambrose. “The Great Aurora of June 17, 1915.” Nature, 97 (July 20, 1916): 421-422. Hunt's letter concerned the aurora, wireless, and meteorological observations in Australia, (not New Zealand).]


1915? June 17 / A. Australis in the N / 9 p.m. /Macquarie Island, Lat 55 degrees S. Brilliant red aurora like a Japanese fan opening and closing. Center or base a little north of the zenith—at 10 p.m. had worked to the N.N.W. / Nature 97/422. [X; 457. Hunt, Henry Ambrose. “The Great Aurora of June 17, 1915.” Nature, 97 (July 20, 1916): 421-422.]


1915 June 17 / 1:50 a.m. / at Stonyhurst / Magnetic disturbance begins. / Nature 95-450. [X; 458. Cortie, Aloysius Laurence. “The Magnetic Storm and Solar Disturbance of June 17, 1915.” Nature, 95 (June 24, 1915): 450-451.]


1915 June 17 / Aurora (exceptional) and magnetic storm. / Nature 97/421. [X; 459. Hunt, Henry Ambrose. “The Great Aurora of June 17, 1915.” Nature, 97 (July 20, 1916): 421-422.]


1915 June 22 / 11 a.m. / Drifton, Pa. / Great lightning strike 10 hours after a th. storm. / Sc Am 113-141. [X; 460. Coxe, E.J.D. “Lightning Without Rain.” Scientific American, n.s., 113 (August 14., 1915): 141.]


1915 June 22 / pebbles in hail / Maryland / (D-169) / (93). [X; 461. The note copies information from page 169 of The Book of the Damned. Fassig, Oliver Lanard. "A Remarkable Fall of Hail in Maryland." Monthly Weather Review, 43 (no. 9; September 1915): 446-448, at 447.]


1915 June 26 / (Ch) 30+ / Obj near sun / Smith Observatory, Geneva, NY / Pop Astro 23/449. [X; 462. Brooks, William Robert. "Brilliant Object Seen near the Sun." Popular Astronomy, 23 (no. 7; August-September 1915): 449.]


[1915 July] / after July, 1915 / The “madman” who shot J.P. Morgan, Jr., found dead in jailhead smashed. Said to have jumped or fallen. [MB-I; 318. (Ref.???) (Blum, Howard. Dark Invasion 1915: Germany’s Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America.) Erich Muenter, an instructor of the German language at Harvard, murdered his wife in 1906 and re-appeared in 1915 under several names, including Frank Holt. Muenter was part of a German espionage group sabotaging American support of the Allies during the First World War. His campaign of terror culminated in a bombing at the U.S. Capitol building, (on July 2, 1915), an attempted murder of J.P. Morgan, Jr., (on July 3), and bombing of a munitions ship, (on July 7). His death, (on July 6), was reported as a suicide, having leaped head-first from a height onto the concrete floor of a jail corridor.]


1915 July 4 / Malmesbury / 3 p.m. / hailstones 6½ inches circumference / Field, July 10. [X; 463. (Field, July 10, 1915; not at BNA.)]


1915 (July 6) / Edmonton / Lightning hit ground. Fountain of water seen. / Symons 50/98. [X; 464. Dines, J.S. "Unusual Effects of Lightning Flash in North London." Symons's Meteorological Magazine, 50 (July 1915)" 97-98. "During the storma fountain of water some three or four feet high was observed at the spot after a lightning flash...."]


1915 July 17 / 10:57 p.m. / Meteor / England / Nature 95-571. [X; 465. (Nature, 95-571.)]


1915 July 30 / NYT = Times, 9-1 / Sunspot great. [X; 466. (New York Times, July 30, 1915, p. 9 c. 1.)]


191 Aug 3 / Erie, Pa., ab. 6 p.m. / Great cloudburst. 25 lives lost in floods. / Trib 4-1-4 / On Lake Ontario worst gale in several years. / great gale. Great gale on Jersey coast. [X; 467. “25 Lives Lost in Cloudburst in Erie, Penn.” New York Tribune, August 4, 1915, p. 1 c. 4 & p. 9 c. 6.]


1915 Aug 12 / dispatch / London / Steamer from Holland reporting heavy firing in North Sea. / Trib 13-1-2. [X; 468. “London Hears Of Sea Battle.” New York Tribune, August 13, 1915, p. 1 c. 2.]


1915 Aug 12 / Meteor of / See NY Times, Aug 19-8-6. [X; 469. (New York Times, August 19, 1915, p. 8 c. 6.)]


1915 (Aug 13) / Hurricane / Jamaica / Trib 15-3-2 / 16th, Galveston, Texas. [X; 470. “Many Jamaicans Killed In Storm.” New York Tribune, August 15, 1915, p. 3 c. 2. “Gulf Hurricane Hits Galveston.” New York Tribune, August 17, 1915, p. 1 c. 2.]


1915 Aug 16 / ab 1 p.m. / During th. storm off Dymchurch, coast of Kent, 2 waterspouts. / Nature 95-710. [X; 471. (Nature, 95-710.)]


1915 Aug 23 / (right) / Great explosion. 242 miners killed. / Willenberg, Prussia / NY Times, Sept. 30-1-6. [X; 472. (New York Times, September 30, 1915, p. 1 c. 6.)]


1915 Aug 24 / early / Cl. burst / New Brunswick, N.J. / Trib 25-1-5. [X; 473. “Jersey Lashed By Cloudburst.” New York Tribune, August 25, 1915, p. 1 c. 5.]


1915 Aug 24 / "Mysterious gun booms several times near Coney Island. No target practice at Fort Hancock. Might have been from a British cruiser. / Trib 25-1-2. [X; 474. “Coney Hears Firing At Sea.” New York Tribune, August 25, 1915, p. 1 c. 2.]


1915 Aug 29 / Acton, Mass / With shock felt 40 miles around, a mill of the Amer Powder Co blew up. / Trib 30-14-5. [X; 475. “Explosion Wrecks Two Powder Mills.” New York Tribune, August 30, 1915, p. 14 c. 5.]


1915 Aug (29) / near Wilmington, Del. / Explosion duPont Powder Co. mill. 2 terrific reports heard more than a dozen miles away. / Trib 30-14-5. [X; 476. “Explosion Wrecks Two Powder Mills.” New York Tribune, August 30, 1915, p. 14 c. 5.]


1915 Sept 4 / Torrential rains several days in the Vesuvian region. / NY Times 5-1-2. [X; 477. (New York Times, September 5, 1915, p. 1 c. 2.)]


1915 Sept. 7 / 1 a.m. / Observatory of Eskdalemuir, Scotland / Large q recorded. Computed position in Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica. / Nature 96-46. [X; 478. (Nature, 96-46.)]


1915 Sept. 7 / q in San Salvadorrecorded in N. Zealand / E. Mec 112-47. [X; 479. (English Mechanic, 112-47.)]


1915 Sept 7 / Somewhere else / "Ocean" / 1 a.m. / Large q recorded at the Seismological Observatory, Scotland. Computed position ab 70 miles from Cape Blanco, in Costa Rica. "With a possible error of 10 degrees." A circle of ten degrees drawn around the center ("epicentre") includes part of Central America and Isthmus of Panamabut one notices how many of these calculated q's are placed somewhere in the ocean. / Nature 96-46. [X: 480.1, 480.2, 480.3. (Nature, 96-46.)]


1915 Sept 7 / Ocean / See / 1 a.m. / Severe q. recorded at Eskdalemuir, Scotland. / Computed epicentre in Pacific Ocean ab 70 miles from Cape Blanco, Costa Rica. / LT 8-9-d / (S.F. q. then?) [X; 481. (London Times, September 8, 1915, p. 9 c. 4.)]


1915 Sept 13 / Comet 1915d / Boundary of Leo and Leo Minor. / M Notices 1916-335 / Southward to Virgo. [X; 482. "Notes on some Points connected with the Recent Progress of Astronomy." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 76 (February 14, 1916): 332-363, at 335.]


1915 Sept 16 / [LT], 7-e / Vesuvius. [X; 483. (London Times, September 16, 1915, p. 7 c. 5.)]


1915 Sept 22 / See Jan, 1913. / 9:15 p.m. / Einmart of the most unusual light. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1918-85. [X; 484. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1918-85.) See:1913 Jan, (MB-I: 273 & 274).]


1915 Sept 27 / Ardmore, Okla. / great explosion / gasoline tank-car / NY Times 28-1-4. [X; 485. (New York Times,September 28, 1915, p. 1 c. 4.)]


1915 Sept 29 / Louisiana, etc. / Hurricane / A W. Bureau prediction. / NY Times 30-1-4. [X; 486. (New York Times, September 30, 1915, p. 1 c. 4.)]


1915 Sept 29 / 11:03 p.m. / Essex / fireball / LT, Oct 2-7-e. [X; 487. (London Times, October 2, 1915, p. 7 c. 5.)]


1915 Oct / to July, 1916 / Mars in Leo or Leo-Virgo. [X; 488. (Ref.???)]


1915 Oct 2 / L.T., 7-e / Met. [X; 489. (London Times, October 2, 1915, p. 7 c. 5.)]


1915 Oct 2 / At least 3 sharp q's / Utah, Idaho, Nevada / Bull-Amer 5-160. [X; 490. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-160.)]


1915 Oct 2 / 3:15 / Cumberland q / like hammering on a pipe / Nature 96/208, 228. [X; 491. (Nature, 96-208, 228.)]


1915 Oct. 2 / 3:15 a.m. / q. / Cumberland / Nature 96-229. [X; 492. (Nature, 96-229.)]


1915 Oct 2 / [LT], 7-c / Fireball. [X; 493. (London Times, October 2, 1915, p. 7 c. 3.)]


1915 Oct 2 / N.Y. Times, 5-5 / 3-II-3-8 / 4-1-4 / 8-3-7 / q. / Cal. [X; 494. (New York Times, October 1915:  2-5-5 / 3-II-3-8 / 4-1-4 / 8-3-7.)]


1915 Oct 3 / q / Cal, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Idaho / seismologist wrong / ? / N.Y. Times4-1-4. [X; 495. (New York Times, October 4, 1915, p. 1 c. 4.)]


1915 Oct 3 / (+) / Seismograph / ab. 7 a.m. / A great q recorded in observatories of Gt. Britain. Epicenter calculated to be in one of the Western States of U.S. "Now appears must have been the one in Pleasant Valley, Nevada, at 10:54 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on Oct2. See Bull. Seis. Soc 5-190. / Nature, 97-107 / "If it had occurred in a populous district, it would have ranked as one of the most destructive earthquakes of the world." [X; 496.1, 496.2. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-190.) (Nature, 97-107.)]


1915 Oct 5 / 10:56 p.m. / near Falmouth / Large met / Train for ab 17 minutes. / Nature 96-179 / Also in S.W. Wales. [X; 497. (Nature, 96-179.)]


1915 Oct. 15 / Bexley Heath, England / 22 h, 6 m / Met train in Great Bear. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1916-70. [X; 498. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1916-70.)]


1915 Oct 5 to 28 / Scientific Australian 22-1 / Over a large area in Western Australia. So dense in some places as to suggest light falls of snow. In it, found fragments of small spiders, tiny petals of flowers, etc. Seems two falls. Oct 5-10; 25-29. [X; 499. (Scientific Australian, 22-1.)]


[The following two notes were clipped together by Fort. X: 500-501.]


1915 (Oct 5) / In Western Mail, Jan 21, Dr. J. Burton Cleland, of the Bureau of Microbiology, Sydney, quoted: that no official record of anything of the kind before in Australia. [X; 500. (Western Mail, Perth, January 21, 1916???)]


1915 Oct 5 / In Western Mail (Perth), Oct 29, Editor says that he had received a letter from a cor at Lowden, Preston Valley, of ext. fall from the sky and had written for particulars which had been forwarded to him. That it was seen falling from the sky from 10 a.m. of 5th until 6 p.m., clinging to whatever it fell upon so that it was hard to remove. It had been seen for 12 miles along the Preston River. Editor says examined it under microscope. When magnified 50 diameters it looked like cotton wool. "Under a higher power some of the threads appear to be furnished with regular joints or nodes, each furnished with barbs, which will account fo the way it clings. / Mail, Nov. 5, cor in Capel River writes that upon Oct 5, his son had brought him a piece with white fibrous material with a "cobweb-like feel", which he said was "falling about everywhere", sometimes in masses two feet long and two or three inches wide. Two other cor writeto one, it was like swan's down or wadding. / Mail of 12th Nov, are 8 letters from places far apartoneit crumbled when handled. One cor says that in one piece he found a lot of little live spiders. / Nov 19th, Editor writes that more letters had arrived , all showing that the fall had occurred over an area from Albany in the south 300 miles with a width of 200 mile miles. Also said that a fall of minute spiders had occurred near Claremont. / Fell at Lower Kalgan on 7th of ovember. Many write that such a substance had never been seen before. When burned, "gave off an odor like feathers". [X: 501.1 to 501.8. (Western Mail, Perth), October 29, 1915.)]


1915 Oct 24 / Falmouth, Cornwall / mirage in sky of identified town. / Knowledge, NS, 12/152. [X; 502. (Knowledge, n.s., 12-152.)]


1915 Oct 29 / 12:25 a.m. / Asheville, Nor. Car. / (q) / Bull Amer 5-238. [X; 503. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-238.)]


1915 Oct 30 / Mirage effect (common) / London / Knowledge, NS, 13/41. [X; 504. (Knowledge, n.s., 13-41.)]


1915 Oct 30-31 / Lassen Peak / eruption / Bull Amer 5-238 [X; 505. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 5-238.)]


1915 Nov 2-8-9 / q's / not said where. [X; 506. (Ref.???)]


1915 Nov 5 / Aurora / Yorkshire / Nature 96-314, 342. [X; 507. (Nature, 96-314, 342.)]


1915 Nov. 9 / Bridgeport, Conn. / 3rd mysterious explosion" in 2 weeks at Union Metallic Carbide Co factory / Trib 10-14-7. / 1920 / Nov / (China) / Rained upon three villages, in one of which the substance “covered the ground completely.” Also that in several places at 40 miles away the substance had fallen. [X: 508.1, 508.2. “Powder Explosion Kills 1.” New York Tribune, November 10, 1915, p. 14 c. 7. The 1920 reference to China refers to a substance that fell in 1917. "Another Strange Thing From The Sky." Literary Digest, 70 (no 10; September 3, 1921): 55. See: 1917 Nov. 17, (X; 1180).]


1915 Nov. 13 and 22 / Auroras in Iceland / details / Sc Am 114-401. [X; 509. (Scientific American, n.s., 114-401.)]


1915 Nov. 22 / Comet 1915e / at Cape Town / near d Orionis / 10th mag / M Notice 1916/335. [X; 510. "Notes on some Points connected with the Recent Progress of Astronomy." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 76 (February 14, 1916): 332-363, at 335. Comet 69P/1915 W1.]


1915 Nov. 22 / Th storm / Malta / 7.24 inches of rain / Nature 96-574 / Deluge / Malta / Oct 16, 1913. [X; 511. (Nature, 96-574.) See: 1913 Oct 16, (X: 184 & 185).]


1915 Dec. / A new formation something like a black wall from the center to rampart of Aristillus. / Bull Soc Astro de F 30/383 / Observatory of Paris. [X; 512. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 30-383.)]


1915 Dec 1 / Iowa City, Iowa / satellite of Jupiter occulted as if by a bird / Pop Astro 24-264. [X; 513. Truman, O.H. "Peculiar Disappearance of Jupiter's Satellite, III." Popular Astronomy, 24 (no. 4; April 1916): 263-264.]


1915 Dec 7 / 12:45 p.m. / q / Cairo, Ill / St Louis / Cape Girardeau, Mo / Trib 8-1-6 / Bull Amer 6-48 / Ill / Ark / Temm / Ky / Mo / N.Y. Times 8-12-5. [X; 514. (New York Times, December 8, 1915, p. 12 c. 5.)]


1915 Dec 11 / moon / "Particularly bright spot on moon, by Bernard Thomas of Glenorchy, Tasmania. / E Mec 103-10 / Very bright spot on north shore of the Mare Crisium. "It looked almost like a star." It was the rim of a small crater. / Seems Unser thought it was brightened by the sun. [X: 515.1, 515.2. (English Mechanic, 103-10.)]


1915 Dec 11 / Bristol / Geminids not above normal. / Nature 96-466. [X; 516. (Nature, 96-466.)]


1915 Dec. 19 / 8:05 a.m. / Strong shock, Scotland, around Loch Long and Loch Lomond. / Nature 96-485. [X; 517. (Nature, 96-485.)]


1915 Dec 20, etc., / qs / Cent. Amer. / Bull-Amer 6-48. [X; 518. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 6-48.)]


1915 Dec 26 / Small spot on sun in the extraordinary high latitude of 56.6° S. Highest before recorded was by Peters in 1846that 50.4 deg. / Nature 97-490. [X; 519. (Nature, 97-490.)]


1915 Dec 27 / 150 miles from the sea in Bakhtiari Country, Persia, a land "waterspout". / Met. Mag. 61-290. [X; 520. (Meteorological Magazine, 61-290.)]

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