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Volume 22, 1889
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[Waipawa Mail, 5th May.]

A very brilliant meteor fell here last night. Its track across the sky was marked by a magnificent blaze of light, illuminating the whole heavens, and lighting the interior of the houses. After the light disappeared, a shock, as of an earthquake, was felt, and some say the meteor must have struck the earth close to Waipawa.