An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)
"I was then going down the hill adjoining to the south side of Hornsey-church, and was not a little surprised to find myself suddenly surrounded by a light equal to that of the full moon, though the moon (which was then four days old) had been set about fifty minutes."
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Apr 9, 2012
