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In May 1849, a fall of black rain occurred in Ireland. –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 52 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about 1849 is notable for extraordinary falls

The Intellectual Observer, 3-468, notes that on May 1, 1863, a red substance that proved to be a red meal mixed with fine sand fell with rain at Perpignan and various points along the Mediterranean. –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 65 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about As to suggest lost cargoes

On May 14, 1864, twenty masses, some as large as a human head, fell at Montauban, France. They were composed of a substance that “resembled a dull-colored earthy lignite,” according to Dr. Walter Flight in Eclectic Magazine, 89-71. –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 76 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about Carbonaceous matter

According to Monthly Weather Review, May 1878, a barn and a horse were “carried completely away” in a Wisconsin tornado on May 23, 1878. Neither the horse nor the barn, the report says, were ever found, either in whole or in part. –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 88-89 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about If ever anything did go up and stay up

The New York Times of June 18, 1880 reported that a woman in Rochester, NY, was found dead in her bed, the bedpost hacked as if with a hatchet. No one had entered the room, and there was no sign of entrance or exit. Her death occurred during a thunderstorm. She had been killed by lightning. –Charles Fort, Wild Talents, p. 1050-1051 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, … [Read more...] about Doings in closed rooms