* Astronomy

Tuesday 19 October 1954: Fireball Panics Sydney

Pandemonium broke out in the Sydney suburb of Belmore yesterday when a fireball shot across three closely settled streets during a severe electrical storm.
Bursting directly over homes, it snapped electric wires, strewing them into the street, and set gas mains on fire. Dozens of screaming women and children had miraculous escapes from injury and death.
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