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22 verified quotes so far, each with the crop of the original scan. Amber means the AI's web search found no modern record of it.
A captain recounts a wreck whose 250 survivors were taken off a Caribbean shore
Remarkable shipwrecks;, 1813 · Internet Archive
Captain Archer's first-hand account of HMS Phoenix foundering, then grounding, in 1780
Remarkable shipwrecks;, 1813 · Internet Archive
Schooner Columbia of Bremen, Maine, a total wreck in the December 1839 gale
Awful calamities: or, The shipwrecks of December, 1839, 1840 · Internet Archive
Schooner Walrus lost with all hands at Pigeon Cove in December 1839
Awful calamities: or, The shipwrecks of December, 1839, 1840 · Internet Archive
A schooner was smashed to splinters on Nahant in the December 1839 gale
Awful calamities: or, The shipwrecks of December, 1839, 1840 · Internet Archive
Schooner Amethyst sank off Wellfleet with all lost in the December 1839 gale
Awful calamities: or, The shipwrecks of December, 1839, 1840 · Internet Archive
Brig Rideout, bound from Bath to Matanzas, capsized on Cape Cod with all hands in 1839
Awful calamities: or, The shipwrecks of December, 1839, 1840 · Internet Archive
Two unnamed schooners broke up behind Wellfleet with all hands lost in 1839
Awful calamities: or, The shipwrecks of December, 1839, 1840 · Internet Archive
![Crop of the original scan: A history of American manufactures from 1608-1860 [microform] : exhibiting the origin and growth of the principal mechanic arts and manufactures, from the earliest colonial period to the adoption of the constitution, and comprising annals of industry of the United States in machinery, manufactures and useful arts, with a notice of important inventions, tariffs and the results of each decennial census](/crop/find-15.webp)
A Rockford preacher's steam-filled safe was said to survive 16 hours of fire
A history of American manufactures from 1608-1860 [microform] : exhibiting the origin and growth of the principal mechanic arts and manufactures, from the earliest colonial period to the adoption of the constitution, and comprising annals of industry of the United States in machinery, manufactures and useful arts, with a notice of important inventions, tariffs and the results of each decennial census, 1868 · Internet Archive
A gasoline traction engine from Sterling, Illinois was already working fields by 1895
Scientific American 1895-05-11: Vol 72 Iss 19 (72), 1895-05-11 · Internet Archive
A witnessed 1833 stone fall near Blansko, Moravia, was chemically analysed by Berzelius
The American journal of science and arts (v. 30 1836), 1820 · BHL
A 12-seer stone fell during thunder near Hissar, India, in 1834
The American journal of science and arts (v. 30 1836), 1820 · BHL
A Florida family searched for a falling meteorite 25 years before the stone turned up
The American journal of science (ser. 4 v. 45 1918), 1880 · BHL
A 700-gram stone from a Wisconsin fall was analysed by J. L. Smith in 1876
The American Journal of Science and Arts 1876-09: Vol 12 Iss 69 (12), 1876-09 · Internet Archive
A meteorite seen falling in Wisconsin in 1865 went unnoticed until 1876
The American Journal of Science and Arts 1876-09: Vol 12 Iss 69 (12), 1876-09 · Internet Archive
A 4-pound Maryland meteorite was analyzed and described in an 1826 journal
The American Journal of Science and Arts 1826-02: Vol 10 (10), 1826-02 · Internet Archive
A chemist analyzed a Maryland meteorite stone in 1826, weighing it and splitting it with a magnet
The American Journal of Science and Arts 1826-02: Vol 10 (10), 1826-02 · Internet Archive
A stone seen falling in Linn County, Iowa, was picked up on a named farm in 1848
The American Journal of Science and Arts 1848-11: Vol 6 Iss 18 (6), 1848-11 · Internet Archive
Villagers heard a bullet-like whistle before a stone fell at Piprassi, India, in 1863
The American Journal of Science and Arts 1863-07: Vol 36 Iss 106 (36), 1863-07 · Internet Archive
![Crop of the original scan: Messengers from the skies [microform] : read before the Hamilton Association, February 25th, 1892](/crop/find-4.webp)
A fireball with a loud report crossed Lévis, Quebec, at midnight, leaving no trace
Messengers from the skies [microform] : read before the Hamilton Association, February 25th, 1892, 1892 · Internet Archive
![Crop of the original scan: Messengers from the skies [microform] : read before the Hamilton Association, February 25th, 1892](/crop/find-3.webp)
A large meteor over Portland, Maine, was thought to have landed in Franklin County, 1891
Messengers from the skies [microform] : read before the Hamilton Association, February 25th, 1892, 1892 · Internet Archive
![Crop of the original scan: An extraordinary meteoric display [microform]](/crop/find-2.webp)
Two huge meteors and an 'airship' seen near Marshall, Michigan, in February 1913
An extraordinary meteoric display [microform], 1913 · Internet Archive