A Detonating Daylight Fireball

Abstract

THE following may be of interest to some of your readers. On the morning of February 10, at about 6 a.m., the manager and some of the employees of a sheep farm which is situated on the Coyle River, about seventy miles from its mouth, were working close to the settlement when they were suddenly startled by an almost deafening noise which resembled the explosion of a huge gun or a violent peal of thunder close at hand. This was followed by a humming sound, such as would be produced by a motorcar, which lasted for about twenty seconds, after which interval there was another explosion, less violent than the first, which in turn was followed by further hummings and explosions, the latter gradually dying away in about a minute or so.