The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-11-17, Page 9ID
A meteorite believed to be a
fragment of the .g ;antie meteor
which streaked across eastern
Cahada and nine U.S. states
on the night of 'Sept, 17, has
been found 'by Murray McIntoshk,
nine -year -Old son of 1Ir. and
Mrs. Roy Mcltltosh, on• his
father's farm three tniles west
of Listowel.
Dr. W. il. A_Wilde of the Uni=
v'ersity cnf cluelph who has sent
the fragment to the Geological
Survey of Canada said it is the
only piece of the meteorite
found to date. Dr. Wilde re-
ceived the fragment .from Cyril
Bamford, editor of The Listowel
Banner.
A
'Murray found It on the morn-
ing of Oct. 8 when: he went to
get the cows," said Mr. 1VIel.n-
tosh. "Ile gave it to me and I
thought 'it looked odd. I'd read
Mr. Bamford's column in the
paper about the Listowel vicinity
being a fallout , area and I
thought nra;,vbe I'di batter bring
it in. 1 true; I cyarried It around
to .niy pcacicet for a few days."
"At first I thought it was just
a piece of metal but then I no -
heed how heavy it was so I took
my jack-knife and 'scraped the
black surface. It looked like
metal underneath but . it was
really shiny; it hadn't rusted or
anything so I knew it wasn't
iron." he said,
According to Dr. Wilde, the
black, bubbly fragment which is
about an inch long, somewhat
irregular shaped and very heavy
for its- size, is probably mostly
nickel with some iron and co
ragment
Wilde assures it is a large piece
for a meteorite. "It's one of the
largest I've seen. This is really
a find."
Dr. Wilde became convinced
that the Listowel area was a
"pritne fallout area" of the huge
meteor after he and a number
of other witnesses of the met-
eor's path over Guelph got to-
getaer to plot its course.
iMr. Bamford reported Dr.
Wilde's thepry : in his "Street
Talk," which resulted in Mr.
McIntosh bringing the fragment
into the office.
"If 'I hadn't read that column,
1 probably would have just tos-
sed the rock away," said Roy
Vl'clntoath .
After he received the frag-
ment, Dr Wilde, with David
Barney, and Fred Gismondi, both
_of Guelph who helped plot the
course of the meteor, along with
their wives and children jour-
neyed to the McIntosh farm to
talk to Murray and. to look for
more fragments.
Wheh Murray pointed out
where he found the meteorite,'
Dr. Wilde said it was "just iphen-
omena1" that he'd seen it and
picked it up.
"Were you looking for it Mur-
" ray?" asked eDr. Wilde. "What
made you pick it up:"
"No I wasn't really looking for ,
it," replied Murray. "My dog,
Tiger, was with me and he was
sniffing aroundfor groundhogs
and 1 just happened ,to look
down and .there it was. I just
picked it up."
A grade four pupil at Wallace
I.aublic School, Murray,- accord-
ing to his parents, is the kind
of boy who is always picking up
something.
"Last Year I found a funny
looking rock and 1 thought it
was a meteorite," said Murray.
"I took it to school but it wasn't
anything:justa rock."
Although no more fragments
were Loud Dr. Wilde said he
hoped people would keep look-
ing. He also said he would like
to see the field gone over with
a metal detector. Also helping
'in the search were Mr. and Mrs.
McIntosh and their other child-
ren, Marie and Howard,. Bill
Mann, R.R. 1, Mon:kton, who wit='
nessed the meteor as it passed
over the Listowel -area, and Mrs.
Harold Roberts of Listowel.
"But even . if no other frag-
ments are found, there's nothing
to be disappointed about," said
Dr. Wilde. "We're very fortun-
ate that Murray picked t.t,p this
piece. This is a significant find.
. What makes it so wonderful is
that it is the only piece that has
been found."
While searching the McIntosh
pasture field for more frag-
ments, the professor 'suggested
that the piece found by Murray
Tight have struck the limbs of
one of the large elm trees bord-
Discovered
axing the, field, "That would
have slowed it down enough to
keep it from burying itself in
the ground," he said.
Roy McIntosh recalled seeing
the trail of the hinge meteor as
it passed overlbead. "Murray and
were in the mill -house and we
saw the light. I rushed outside
and I could see the glow where .
it had gone and It .appeared to
have pasted right over this field,
it was certainly in this area,"
he said.
i
halt. Shift
1 ,l, -r;; of the Geology int?
Feil at the univers-
e
ity tested it,' reported Dr. Wil-
de. "It has a specific gravity of
•. _ ti Zfi _lx th,Y hokeh, ran .. � -- .....
+s.^ '•'iir9'1'f'<x�'.ss;�ra�cca r -�:�._ �. t' 'p'.., .
= c-. ...-na,a:t rile'
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I'UI.ta'
'11.011d 1)c' W'a've sent We`
the 'fra ;went to the Geological
Surrey ' f Canada; it "will be
about a sue ck before the results
of the t,. ,s are known."
Dr. ;A' i I rle also noted that the
Ira �tru ..
was; very hard. • >`It -
marks < ;;,,. very easily," -he said.
"It's a is ;•y hard substance,"
Althtru -ir the fragment looks
small to In, casual observer, Dr.
Tapter, -I.O.D.E, me:
at tit, ip,.:��,' r'1' '_.illias :McVicar
lo'„.. 7. c Regent, Mrs. Hen-
tersen 1;'e. icjed and the flag
was pre ' ntc d by Mrs. -C. Ruffle,
Mrs f c i hborne read the
speretar report. 'The trea-
rirer, .o! ,. Gibbons, reported -
the c ,;: i . he Variety. Sale
. and ,also;,the monthly finan-
cial sta°' meld -
Thank
Thank, were reported from
hlr:;. :,' ,,.:c for flowers re-
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horne, Mr-, Emerson, Mrs. Wal-
kout and lir:.. Gibbons are the
con-unittc,"tu'make all the plans
for the ! -br•r:,tmas luncheon.
f)rseu„ie , followed re the
card patty at the Legion Hall on
Nov. 29. i''ach member is re-
que.ced t., ,-,-runt at least. one
table. To, party, is in aid
of t,oshit.i1 :.Inds and during
the ei'c•O•;:7' a-rior;aton of $1,000
will !be orc;a-ut,-d to the chair-
man of the hospital board.
read an
article,r �.; cd ' from Con-%
federation.' letiog the outstand-
ing evento of the 100 years. Mrs.
D. McMillan and Mrs.° Ruffle
served lnrch. Mrs. G. Dustow
thanked the 1:,viPs.
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Thi warden, thieve of Mc-
Killop 'I'nwri: h:p ou'lined the
highlights of the year in county '
activities.
He said the accomplishments
of 1966 could not have beery'
completed without -co-operation
of county eo,rncil rnembsrs and
thanked theel' for their help.
. Speaker for the evening was
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