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1917


1917:


1917 / except Jan, Feb, March / Jupiter in Taurus. [X; 639. (Ref.???)]


1917 / July '16 to Aug '18 / Saturn in Gemini. [X; 640. (Ref.???)]


1917 / Vacant house / Portslade, near Brighton / See July 4, 1922. [D; 815. See: (1922 July 4).]


1917 / H.H. / Kingston, England / See 1909. [D; 816. See: 1909, (D: 262).]


1917 / Evil Eye / Kalamazoo, Mich / See July 18, 1929. [D; 817. See: (1929 July 18).]


1917 / stigmatic girl of Woonsocket, R.I. / See March 25, 1928. [D; 818. See: (1928 March 25).]


1917 / Phe house in Lymm, near Warrington, Cheshire / See Sept 19, 1926. [D; 819. See: (1926 Sept 19).]


1917 Jan 2 / 4:30 a.m. / q reported from Knoxville, Tennfound that been a dynamite explosion near McMillan, Tenn. / M.W.R., '17-32. / See March 4. [X; 641. (Monthly Weather Review, 1917-32.) See: (March 4).]


1917 Jan 3 / Mets unusuallu abundant. / Bristol / Nature 102-334. [X; 642. (Nature, 103-334.)]


1917 Jan / Quadrantids unusually abundant. / Nature 102-334. [X; 643. (Nature, 102-334.)]


1917 Jan 4 / moonJupiter / met / Oxford auroraat 10:15 p.m., finest display. / 10:15, a brilliant fireball from the direction of the moon to 2 or 3 degs past Jupiter, bursting 15 degs from Jupiter. / Nature 98-397, 379. [X; 644. (Nature, 98-379, 397.)]


1917 Jan 4 / obj / (Cut) / 6:55 p.m. / Limerick / "Rigel", in E. Mec., 104/492 / Luminous obj. that blazed up twice size of Venus, stationary several seconds, was seen to be moving, faded away in seconds. [X; 645. (English Mechanic, 104-492.)]


1917 Jan 8 / 1 a.m. / Ec of moon begins. [X; 646. (Confirm. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1917.)]


1917 Jan. 11 / 3:50 p.m. / Kingsland, N.J. / Explosion munitions plant / Herald 12-3-1+. [X; 647. (New York Herald, January 12, 1917, p. 3 c. 1+.)]


1917 Jan 12 / night / Great explosion munitions plant / Haskell, N.J. / Herald 13-10-2, etc. / In Troy, N.Y., supposed to be a q. [X; 648. (New York Herald, January 13, 1917, p. 10 c. 2.)]


1917 Jan 15-17 / Lassen Peak / Bull-Amer 7-39. [X; 649. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 7-39.)]


1917 Jan 16 / Herald, 5-6 / 18-2-3 / Aviators lost in California? [X; 650. (New York Herald, January 16, 1917, p. 5 c. 6.) (New York Herald, January 18, 1917, p. 2 c. 3.)]


1917 Jan 19 / Great explosion munitions plant / London / Herald 21-3-1. [X; 651. (New York Herald, January 21, 1917, p. 3 c. 1.)]


1917 Jan 24 / Polts / NY TimesJan 29-5-2 / Home of Stanislaus Lysaj, 46 Tyler Street, Newarkm N.J. Photographs and othe rornaments mysteriously dropping from the parlor mantel. Stove lifter jumping up from its place on stove; flat iron jumping from shelf. Combs and hairpins flying from Mrs. L's head. [D: 820.1, 820.2. (New York Times, January 29, 1917, p. 5 c. 2.)]


1917 Jan 26 / afternoon / Montreal and Ottawa / q / Bull Amer 7-39. [X; 652. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 7-39.)]


1917 Feb / Mars and Venus in Cap. Aq. [X; 653. (Ref.???)]


1917 Feb 3-9-12 / One of the largest groups of spots (sun) ever photographed at Greenwich. / Nature 98-479. [X; 654. (Nature, 98-479.)]


1917 Feb. 5 / a Lake Mich. met / N.E. Ill. and S.E. Wis. / 8:25 p.m. / det met / Pop. Astro. 25-254 / Sci Amer 116-543. [X; 655. (Popular Astronomy, 25-254.) (Scientific American, n.s., 116-543.)]


1917 Feb. 7 / Bologna, Italy / det met / 1917-90 / 0 h., 20 m / Bull Soc Astro de F 1917-90. [X; 656. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1917-90.)]


1917 Feb 9 / [LT], 3-f / 13-8-d / 2 great Sunspots. [X; 657. (London Times, February 9, 1917, p. 3 c. 6.) (London Times, February 13, 1917, p. 8 c. 4.)]


1917 Feb 9 / Great sunpot / central / Nature 98-479. [X; 658. (Nature, 98-479.)]


1917 March / Mars and Venus in Pisces. [X; 659. (Ref.???)]


1917 March 4 / 9:07 p.,. / knoxville, Tenn / q / 2nd within 10 days / MWR '17-134. [X; 660. (Monthly Weather Review, 1917-134.)]


1917 March 8 / Ostgalizien / dustfall . Met. Zeit. 34/368. [X; 661. (Met. Zeit., 34-368.)]


1917 March 11 / Tornado / Ill and Ohio / Herald 12-2-1. [X; 662. (New York Herald, March 12, 1917, p. 2 c. 1.)]


1917 March 14, 15, 19, 27 / Meteors / England / Nature 99-112. [X; 663. (Nature, 99-112.)]


1917 March 19 / Flashes in sky and detonations. Riverside Drive. Said been fireworks. Italians' fireworks in Hackensack, N.J. / Herald 20-2-2. [X; 664. (New York Herald, March 20, 1917, p. 2 c. 2.)]


1917 March 27 / [LT], 5-f / Aeroplane in a tree. [X; 665. (London Times, March 27, 1917, p. 5 c. 6.)]


1917 April / Mars and Venus in Pisces. [X; 666. (Ref.???)]


1917 April 5 / (obj) / 6:10 p.m., G.M.T. / Jour BAA 27/188 / Col. Markwick writes that he saw a spot on the sun which differed from all sunspots in his 43 years' experience, which always give some indication of their character, either by at least a slight irregularity or by the presence of faculae or other markings. "As far as I could make out, this spot was absolutely solitary on the disc." Having communicated with Mr Maunder of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, he says that in photographs taken on April 5, at 11:17 and another at 11:20, there was no sign of a sunspot on either photo. [X: 669.1, 669.2, 669.3. Markwick, Ernest Elliott. "Note on a Solar Observation." Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 27 (1916-1917): 188-189.]


1917 Ap. 9 / Shock / Middle Mississippi Valley / Nature 100-312. [X; 667. (Nature, 100-312.)]


1917 Ap. 9 / 5:36 p.m. / St. Louis / q / Bull-Amer 7-73, 90 / and Iowap. 122 / M.W.R. '17-187 / NYT 10-22-4. [X; 668. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 7: 73, 90, 122.) (Monthly Weather Review, 1917-187.) (New York Times, April 10, 1917, p. 22 c. 4.)]


1917 Ap 20 / [LT], 5-f / May 3-3-c / 9-3-b / 29-3-d / (Comet). [X; 670. (London Times, April 20, 1917, p. 5 c. 6.) (London Times, May 3, 1917, p. 3 c. 3.) (London Times, May 9, 1917, p. 3 c. 2.) (London Times, May 29, 1917, p. 3 c. 4.)]


1917 Ap. 21 / Maximum of Lyridsmore than usually plentiful. / Nature 99-172. [X; 671. (Nature, 99-172.)]


1917 Ap 25 / First ap. of a nova, mag 6.5, found by Miss Woods upon a photo plate. (R.A. 16-48-24 / Dec 29-27-8 (1900) / Pop Astro, March, 1920 / Not on plates after June 13, 1919. / (Hercules). [X; 672. (Popular Astronomy, March, 1920.)]


1917 April 26 / Troup, Texas / Stone meteorite / Pop. Astro 38-360. [X; 673. (Popular Astronomy, 38-360.) This is the Troup meteorite.]


1917 Ap. 26 / Great q / Umbria, Italy / more shocks on 30th / Bull-Amer 7-74. [X; 674. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 7-74.)]


1917 Ap. 26 / 9:40 a.m. / Destructive q, Upper Tiber Valley, Italy. / Little heard of it at the time. / Nature, March 27, 1919. [X; 675. (Nature, March 27, 1919.)]


1917 Ap. 27 / 2:30 p.m. / Another violent shock. / See 26th. [X; 676. (Ref.???) See: 1917 Ap. 26, (X: 674 & 675).]


1917 May / Mars, Venus, and Jupiter in Taurus. [X; 677. (Ref.???)]


1917 May 1 / Somewhere else / Nature 99-211 / evening. / A great earthquake registered in European Observatories. In Italy, seismographs were in motion 3½ hours. At Florence, estimated to be ab. 7000 away. The Pacific coast of S. Amer suggested as the center. / See June 9. [X: 678.1, 678.2. (Nature, 99-211.) See: (June 9).]


1917 May 1 / Great unknown q registered in European observatories. / Nature 99/211 / (See May 1, 1915.) [X; 679. (Nature, 99-211.) See: 1915 May 1, (X: 436 & 437).]


1917 May 10 / q. / Dhurm Salla, India / Nature 100-371. [X; 680. (Nature, 100-371.)]


1917 May 22 / 4 a.m. / Ogdensburg, NY / q / MWR '17-253 / BSA 7-74. [X; 681. (Monthly Weather Review, 1917-253.) (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 7-74.)]


1917 May 22 / late in day / Kansas / Series of tornadoes followed by hail. / Herald 26-2-6. [X; 682. (New York Herald, May 26, 1917, p. 2 c. 6.)]


1917 May 26 / late in day / Greater tornado, Ill. / funnel-shaped (like sunspot?) / Herald 27-3-1 / and Ind. [X; 683. (New York Herald, May 27, 1917, p. 3 c. 1.)]


1917 May 31 / 9:55 p.m. / Iowa / very loud det met / Pop. Astro 25-483. [X; 684.1. (Popular Astronomy, 25-483.)]


1917 June / large flight of May beetles / Ill, Wis, Mich, Ohio, Pa, N.Y., N.J. / Sci Amer. 118-127. [X; 684.2. (Scientific American, n.s., 118-127.)]


1917 June 7 / 450 tons of explosives exploded in north of France. / D Mail, 1922, Oct 30. [X; 685. (London Daily Mail, October 30, 1922.)]


[1917 June 7 /] 1914 June 7 / City San Salvador destroyed by q and volc eruption of volc San Salvador. San S. is cap. of Salvador. / L.T. 9-6-d. [X; 322. (London Times, June 9, 1917, p. 6 c. 4.) The San Salvador volcano.]


1917 June 9 / q and "torrential rain" / San Salvador / 20,000 homeless / Herald 10-5-3 / 14-2-4. [X; 686. (New York Herald, June 10, 1917, p. 5 c. 3.) (New York Herald, June 14, 1917, p. 2 c. 4.)]


1917 June 10 / morning / 4 violent shocks at Terni, Italy. / D. Chronicle, 12th. [X; 687. (London Daily Chronicle, June 12, 1917.)]


1917 June 11 / Numerous shocks / Terni, Italy / L.T. 12-5-f. [X; 688. (London Times, June 12, 1917, p. 5 c. 6.)]


1917 June 14 / throughout East / "Worst storm in 50 years. / Herald 15-3-3. [X; 689. (New York Herald, June 15, 1917, p. 3 c. 3.)]


1917 June 24 / Etna / MWR, '17-425. [X; 690. (Monthly Weather Review, 1917-425.)]


1917 June 26 / somewhere else / between ab 1 and 3:30 a.m. / 12 severe shocks registered by seismograph, Amer. Museum Nat Hist, N.Y. City. / Herald 27-4-1. [X; 691. (New York Herald, June 27, 1917, p. 4 c. 1.)]


1917 June 29 / at Bruton, Somerset / Greatest rainfall ever reported in one day, England—9.56 inches. / Weekly Dispatch, Aug. 24, 1924 / See this date. [X; 692. (London Weekly Dispatch, August 24, 1914.) See: (19124 Aug 24).]


1917 June-July / Mars and Jupiter in Taurus. [X; 693. (Ref.???)]


1917 July 4-5 / Remarkable bolide during eclipse of the moon. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1917-299 / Ab. 10 p.m. in France. / See Sept number. [X; 694. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1917-299, and. September, 1917.)]


1917 July 4 / Cold met, at Colby, Wisconsin. "So cold," ac to the man who dug it out of a field, that frost immediately formed on its surface when exposed to air. / Science, Sept. 141917. [X; 695. Ward, Henry Levi. "A New Meteorite." Science, n.s., 46 (September 14, 1917): 262-263. This is the Colby meteorite.]


1917 July 5 / q in Burma during total eclipse of the moon. / Nature 100-265 / See Jamaica / Jan, 1907 / Jan 3, 1908. [X; 696. (Nature, 100-265.) See: 1907 Jan 2 and 3, (X; 548); 1907 Jan (IX; 559); 1907 Jan 14, (IX: 574, 576, 584, 596, 598, 599, 602, 605-609); 1908 Jan 3, (IX: 928, 929, & 932-934).]


1917 July 9 / Enormous solar protuberance. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1921-42. [X; 697. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1921-42.)]


1917 July 19 / nova / In Cygnus / by Mr. Ritchie / Nature 99-472. [X; 698. (Nature, 99-472.) George Willis Ritchey.]


1917 July 19 / New star by Mr. Ritchey, as announced in Times, Aug 6, in nebula N.G.C. 6946—this in Cygnus. / Nature 99-472. [X; 699. (Nature, 99-472.) George Willis Ritchey.]


1917 July 25 / afternoon / Boom of guns in Flanders heard in London. / Nature 99-450. [X; 700. (Nature, 99-450.)]


1917 July 26 / q recorded, seis Amer Museum Nat Hist. / Slight q felt in Argentine. / 9:05 p.m., N.Y. / Herald 28-3-4 / Ab. 10:30, Argentine. 9::05 p.m., N.Y. [X; 701. (New York Herald, July 28, 1917, p. 3 c. 4.)]


1917 Aug 8 / sunspots, and telegraph and telephone wires leading out of NY City out of commission 2 hours. / Herald 9-3-7 / 10-3-3 / A q. in New Zealand? [X; 702. (New York Herald, August 9, 1917, p. 3 c. 7.) (New York Herald, August 10, 1917, p. 3 c. 3.)]


1917 Aug 9-10 / Large magnetic storm recorded at Kew Observatory. / Nature 99-489. [X; 703. (Nature, 99-489.)]


1917 Aug 9 and 10 / Large magnetic disturbances at Melbourne. / Nature 100-112 / Evening, Aug 9, an aurora. [X; 704. (Nature, 100-112.)]


1917 August / Nova Persei / Sudden increase in brightness (1½ magnitudes) reported by Belopolsky. / Nature 101-12 / (See Dec 20, 1916.) [X; 705. (Nature, 101-12.) See: 1916 Dec. 20, (X; 636).]


1917 Aug 11 / See brightening of Perseus. / In 4 hours, at Bristol, 190 Perseids counted. 4 were equal to Venus, 9 to Jupiter. Many of first mag. Ac to Mr. Denning, "On the whole, the shower was decidedly brighter than the average, both in point of numbers and in the brilliancy of the meteors. / Nature 99/493. [X: 706.1, 706.2. (Nature, 99-493.)]


1917 [Aug] / (Aug) no. of Pubs of Astro Soc of the Pacific / Dr Curtis calls attention to the sixth nova that had been discovered in a spiral nebula. Thinks beyond the range of probability that all could be so exactly in line. So I think they were in these nebulae. [X: 707.1, 707.2. (Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, August, 1917.) (NGC 6946??? 10th supernova detected in 2017, most in any galaxy, starting with 1917, known as "fireworks" galaxy.)]


1917 Aug 19 / 12 h., 30 m to 45 m / Paris / Cloud effect / Bull Soc Astro de F 1918-147. [X; 708. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1918-147.)]


1917 Aug. 22 / Vast bursts of flame on horizonsaid be lightning. / London / Nature 99-529. [X; 709. (Nature, 99-529.) (Last daylight bombing raid over England???)]


1917 Aug 25 / (+) / (Fires) / “Idaho, Montana, Oregon are swept by Incendiary Fires.” / Herald 26-4-1. [D; 821. (New York Herald, August 26, 1917, p. 4 c. 1.)]


1917 Aug 29 / (Augs ascending) / afternoon / HullE.A. Witt / Large number of slow moving objects seen near sunseemed as if they were scending from this earth. / E Mec. 106/65 / See precedinglight mirage. [X; 710. (English Mechanic, 106-65.)]


1917 / Aug 29 / Luminous point on the moon. / Bull Soc Astro de France 31/439. [X; 711. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 31-439.)]


1917 Sept / Unknown body mistaken for Encke's Comet. / Nature 100/332 / (3). [X; 712. (Nature, 100-332.)]


1917 Sept to Aug 1918 / Mars in Leo, Leo-Virgo, or Virgo. [X; 713. (Ref.???)]


1917 Sept 3 / 3:30 p.m. / q / Minnesota / MWR 1917/556, 467 / Bull Amer 8/138. [X; 714. (Monthly Weather Review, 1917: 467, 556.) (BBulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 8-138.)]


1917 Sept 11 / Nova (+) / On photo by Shapley, new star, 17th mag, in nebula of Andromeda. / Bull Soc Astro de F., 1918-180 / On Oct 16, one found by Prof Ritchie in A Neb. In 1889, Prof Ritchie found 2 in the neb, ab 17th mag. / See June 69. [X; 715. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1918-180.) See: (June 69???). (George Willis Ritchey???)]


1917 Sept 23 / Bristol / fireball / Nature 100-116. [X; 716. (Nature, 100-116.)]


1917 (Oct) / A correspondent sends to Popular Astronomy, 25-690, a newspaper clipping and his commentBillings, Montana, Nov 1 (1917)"West side resident [note crumbling] of what they believe is an airplane carrying a powerful searchlight in the western sky, at an angle of about 25 degrees above the horizon. [Note crumbling] ..., declare [note crumbling] they have [note crumbling] the same spectacle every night for at least three weeks at about the same hour, 7 o'clock. The light tonight first made its appearance in the sky at a point south of due west west. It appeared to soar and glibe for about a quarter of an hour, and then seemed to volplane [sic, Pabst's error???] to the earth." H[note crumbling] Side citizens [note crumbling] would [note crumbling] had they known the great searchlight [note crumbling]. [X: 717.1 to 717.5. (Popular Astronomy, 25-690.)]


1917 Oct / Cheriton phe / last Oct and Nov. [D; 822. See: 1917 Nov., (D: 823 & 824).]


1917 / early in Oct / E Mec 106/131 / Eccles / Cor saw a "mighty mass of dark texture towering far above the surrounding edges of craters of the moon. [X; 718. (English Mechanic, 106-131.)]


1917 Oct 1 / Somewhere else / Munitions explosion in Englandfelt in Holland, rattling windows, etc. / Nature 107-216. [X; 719. (Nature, 107-216.)]


1917 Oct 1 / 6:37 p.m. / North of England to Somerset / brilliant fireball / Nature 100-116, 126. [X; 720. (Nature, 100-116, 126.)]


1917 Oct 1 / 6:37 p.m. / 10:46 / 2 fireballs / same raidant / Eng / Nature 100-126. [X; 721. (Nature, 100-126.)]


1917 Oct 1 / 10:30 p.m. / Great met / Central Texas / Science, NS, 46-616 / Cloud 40 minutes. [X; 722. Udden, Johan August. "A Texas Meteor." Science, n.s., 46 (December 21, 1916): 616-617.]


1917 Oct. 4 / Japan—typhoon of unprecedented violence. / Nature 100-112. [X; 723. (Nature, 100-112.)]


1917 Nov. / Comet in Leo radiant / See Dec 1, 1885. [X; 724. See: (1885 Dec 1).]


[The following two notes were folded together by Fort. D: 823-824.]


1917 Nov. / At Cheriton, near Folkstone, investigated by Sir William Barrett, F.R.S. His findings published in Jour. S.P.R., April-May, 1918. It was in a dugout, being made for a refuge, during air raidsan underground, bricked-in chamber, ab. 16 feet long, 4½ wide, 7 long, about 12 feet below ground level. / A workman and a youth, aged about 16, were employed. Phe started when the work started, and continued several weeks. At first a candle was put out by puffs of sand. If candle was then too well shielded, a stone knocked it over. A few days, stones began to fly about, and the workmen was struck on the head, repeatedly, and injured. The boy, close to him, was struck only once or twice. The workman was sometimes struck by stones when on the surface and well away from the dugout. Sometimes stones struck without hurting him, and several times seemed to hover in the air. The work of construction was often pulled down. A heavy oak plank was thrown up the 15 feet of stairway. Mr. Thomas Hesketh, M.I.E.E., an electrical engineer of Folstone, visited the place. He told of seeing 3 pieces of rock from 12 to 15 inches longet diameter, come hurtling down the stairs. He saw a stone strike and bruise the workman. It is said that the boy was caught, once or twice, while visitors were present, slyly throwing sand. [D: 823.1 to 823.7. (Barrett, W.F., and, Hesketh, Thomas. "The Folkestone Poltergeist." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 18 (April-May, 1918.): 155-182. Tyrrell, G.N.N. "Folkestone Poltergeist." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 18 (April-May, 1918.): 196-198.)]


1917 (November) / The phe in the dugout. Stones flying and injuring diggers, at Cheriton, near Folkstone. / Full account in Jour SPR, Ap-May, 1918. [D; 824. (Barrett, W.F., and, Hesketh, Thomas. "The Folkestone Poltergeist." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 18 (April-May, 1918.): 155-182. Tyrrell, G.N.N. "Folkestone Poltergeist." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 18 (April-May, 1918.): 196-198.)]


1917 Nov 4 / (Cut) / Met train? / Bromley / E Mec 109/171. [X; 725. (English Mechanic, 109-171.)]


1917 Nov. 5 / New Kensington, Pa / Explosion / Herald 6-12-4. [X; 726. (New York Herald, November 6, 1917, p. 12 c. 4.)]


[1917 Nov. 17 /] 1920 Nov. 17 / In the Literary Digest, Sept 3, 1921, is published a letter from Carl G. Gowman, of Detroit, Mich, upon the fall from the sky in southwest China, Nov 17 (1920?), of a sustance that resembled blood. Mr. Gowman accepts that the substance did fall from the sky, because it was found on roofs as well as on the ground. He rejects the red-dust explanation, because the spots did not dissolve in several subsequent rains. [X: 1180.1, 1180.2. "Another Strange Thing From The Sky." Literary Digest, 70 (no 10; September 3, 1921): 55. The date given by Fort as "(1920?)" was guesswork, but the letter from Gowman, a member of the China Inland Mission in Yunnan province, only gives the date of the fall as Saturday, November 17th, and the Chinese lunar calendar date of the 3rd day of the 10th moon. The only year from 1860 to 1921 on which November 17th falls upon a Saturday and on the 3rd day of the 10th moon was 1917. “On Saturday morning, November 17th (3rd of the 10th Chinese moon or month), a very peculiar thing happened at Cheh Shae, both upper and lower villages. When the villagers got up, they found what appeared to be spots of blood, like rain-drops, all over their courtyards and in the fields and on the stones, etc. The following day was Communion Sunday, but no one said anything of it, all being fearful and afraid of ridicule if they mentioned it. Almost a week later, the thing leaked out and Mrs. Gowman heard of it. She immediately sent schoolboys and Evangelist Yen Teng long to investigate the matter. They brought back a number of vegetable leaves, on which the spots were still to be seen quite plainly. They appeared a dark red and looked as if it had rained just a few drops.” “Just at the time, the wildest rumors were going the rounds concerning the calamities supposed to take place on the 23rd of the 11th month, as predicted by the Buddhists. At our Christmas festival, Evangelist Yang in warning them against placing credence on these supposed prophecies, also told of this 'rain of blood.' He also said that it now appears that the 'rain of blood' was not confined to the two villages mentioned but was also seen at the Ning Ch'ae villages (three miles away). There, the red rain covered the ground completely. A Nosu tribesman, when he got up in the morning, found his courtyard all red with what he supposed was blood. He thought 'Robbers must have been there during the night and have killed one of my cows.' But upon counting the animals in the stalls, all were in their usual places.” “When Yang told this, a group of Lisu Christians from Szechwan who were in the audience, gave the additional information that the 'rain of blood ' was also experienced in several places over in Szechwan (about 40 miles away) at the same time.” Szechwan is now identified as Sichuan province.]


1917 Nov. 26 / Aden / 3 bolides in a line from la Grue to Le Tareau where Jupiter was. / Bull Soc Astro de F 1918-146. [X; 727. (Bulletin de la Societe Astronomique de France, 1918-146.)]


1917 (Dec 3) / Sound like thunder and stone fell at Couper Angus, 12 miles NE of Perth. / Nature 100/291. [X; 728. (Nature, 100-291.)]


1917 Dec 6 / 8:30 a.m. / Explosion munitions at Halifax. 2000 dead. [X; 729. (Ref.???)]


1917 Dec 7 / Eruption, Popocatepetl / smoke and ashes falling / Mexico / Herald 8-2-4. [X; 730. (New York Herald, December 8, 1917, p. 2 c. 4.)]


1917 Dec. 12 / Lassen Peak / Bull Amer 8-141. [X; 731. (Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 8-141.)]


1917 Dec. 25 / night / Shocks in Guatemala, afternoon of 26th. On 29th, City of Guatemala virtually destroyed. 125,000 persons homeless. / The Field, Jan. 5, 1918. [X; 732. (Field, January 5, 1918; not at BNA.)]


1917 Dec 25 / Great qs begin and continue. / Guatemala / Herald, Jan 1-2-6 / 3-2-2 / 5-2-2. [X; 733. (New York Herald, January 1, 1917, p. 2 c. 6.) (New York Herald, January 3, 1917, p. 2 c. 2.) (New York Herald, January 5, 1917, p. 2 c. 2.)]

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