about ten o'clock
The brilliant light streamed from the pit for about ten minutes ; then like a snuffed-out candle flame , it vanished . The second of the strange meteors landed on the evening of March 13th , in the city of Peking , China . It demolished several buildings , and buried itself beneath the ruins . The Chinese , unaware of the tragedy at El Paso , gathered in the vicinity , and when the meteor exploded at about ten o'clock that night , were instantly destroyed . As in Texas , the great pit emitted a cloud of dazzling light for about ten minutes , throwing a brilliant glow over the city and its surroundings ; then was extinguished . The people of the world awoke to the fact that events worthy of more than passing interest were occurring . The press of every nation begin giving the strange meteors more and more publicity .