Picture No | 10007711 |
Date | 9 April 1628 |
Description | Fall of meteorites at Hatford, Berkshire, UK |
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When meteorites fall at Hatford, Berkshire, Mistress Greene, a witness, has one dug up, though one of the diggers swoons in terror. Before the fall, sounds were heard resembling thunder, or a cannon firing, followed by a drumbeat.
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Source | contemporary broadsheet |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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