A PREDICTION.
An Amefican paper predicts a terrible dieaster m the oil regions of the United Stateß if the tapping of gas wells is allowed to go on at its present rate without check or supervision of any sort. A fearful expljhion of. natural gas took pi ice m China some 200 years ago, it apoears. tearing up a id destroying a largo Ujatr.ot . an<l lea^ng a large liiland sea— ? that now known on ' tha •* maps as ■ u» Ob-mg. : Should B'foh an accident occur m tha Unitrtd' States, there wilt be such an. upheaval, thef Herald" 1 baliavea, as'will dvvarf tue moat terrible eaethq'iaka cy <r known. The coniitry a-qng tl^e g*s b^t fro m 'Toledo through Ohio, Cuiiiana^ a KrfUiucky, will bo r ppa i up to the u^piQ Ji fpoui 1,200 ft to 1,400Et, leaving a chism through wbioh :ho waters of Like si i^ wiii ootno howling do urn, fi. ing toe Ohio and MisslsHippi Valleys, aud blotting th jra out for ever
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1786, 10 March 1888, Page 2
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166A PREDICTION. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1786, 10 March 1888, Page 2
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