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WITH reference to Mr. M. A. R. Khan's letter in NATURE of October 12, p. 607, on the above subject, I would point out that Col. G. H. Saxton's letter1 regarding the Nedagolla meteorite of January 23, 1870, states that of the people in the village, who were greatly alarmed, ” some received violent shocks and a man near to whom it fell, was stunned”. Apparently the man was not hit, but was stunned by the air pressure.
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Edin. J. Sci., 9, 172; 1828.
Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind., 62, 444–451; 1930.
J. Osmania Univ. Coll., 2, 22–23; 1934.
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HERON, A. Records of Fatalities from Falling Meteorites. Nature 136, 1030 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/1361030a0
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