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The Book of the Damned
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Charles Fort
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"The
foreman
of
the
Novelty
Iron
Works,
of
this
city,
states
that
in
two
large
hailstones
melted
by
him
were
found
small
living
frogs."
But
the
pieces
of
ice
that
fell
upon
this
occasion
had
a
peculiarity
that
indicates--though
by
as
bizarre
an
indication
as
any
we've
had
yet--that
they
had
been
for
a
long
time
motionless
or
floating
somewhere.
We'll
take
that
up
soon.
Living
Age,
52-186:
That,
June
30,
1841,
fishes,
one
of
which
was
ten
inches
long,
fell
at
Boston;
that,
eight
days
later,
fishes
and
ice
fell
at
Derby.
In
Timb's
Year
Book,
1842-275,
it
is
said
that,
at
Derby,
the
fishes
had
fallen
in
enormous
numbers;
from
half
an
inch
to
two
inches
long,
and
some
considerably
larger.
In
the
Athenaeum,
1841-542,
copied
from
the
Sheffield
Patriot,
it
is
said
that
one
of
the
fishes
weighed
three
ounces.
In
several
accounts,
it
is
said
that,
with
the
fishes,
fell
many
small
frogs
and
"pieces
of
half-melted
ice."
We
are
told
that
the
frogs
and
the
fishes
had
been
raised
from
some
other
part
of
the
earth's
surface,
in
a
whirlwind;
no
whirlwind
specified;
nothing
said
as
to
what
part
of
the
earth's
surface
comes
ice,
in
the
month
of
July--interests
us
that
the
ice
is
described
as
"half-melted."
In
the
London
Times,
July
15,
1841,
it
is
said
that
the
fishes
were
sticklebacks;
that
they
had
fallen
with
ice
and
small
frogs,
many
of
which
had
survived
the
fall.
We
note
that,
at
Dunfermline,
three
months
later
(Oct.
7,
1841)
fell
many
fishes,
several
inches
in
length,
in
a
thunderstorm.
(London
Times,
Oct.
12,
1841.)
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