Bismarck Tribune, 3/24/1882
A Meteor Which Shook the Earth.
An enormous meteoric stone fell recently southeast of Fort Assiniboine, Montana, lightning up the surrounding country with the glare. The time which elapsed between its striking the earth and the report reaching here was nearly five minutes. The shock was like the report of a cannon, and the earth was shaken. Careful search to-day for a distance of several miles from the post reveals nothing. Taking into consideration the fact that sound travels one thousand one hundred and twenty feet in a second, it is esimated that the meteorite must have fallen fully fifty miles distant from Assiniboine. The shock frightened the people at Fort Benson and at Coal Banks.
Los Angeles Herald, 3/29/1882
The Helena Herald says of the recent meteor seen throughout northern Montana: "The swift passage through the northern heavens of a great meteor was seen by a number of citizens of Helena who were up and out at the hour of 10 o'clock Wendesday night. Among other witnesses to the wonder spectacle were Thomas Fallon, and James Thom, who state that it appeared nearly the size of the moon as seen at its full, of intense glow, lightning up valley and mountain as by a sudden dash of daylight. The meteor was also seen at Benton, Coal Banks and at Assinnaboine. It struck somewhere near the latter point, where the blow was like an earthquake and the report loud as a cannon.
Bismarck Tribune, 3/24/1882
