EXPLOSION AT OIL WELL
TEN PERSONS KILLED ST. GEORGE (Utah). March 7. Ten persons were killed and 20 injured while watching the "shooting in" of a new oil well. A heavy charge of nitro-glycerine which was dropped into the hole exploded prematurely, ripped the derrick from its moorings, and hurled it among the spectators. The blast rocked Hie countryside for a radius of five miles.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21418, 9 March 1935, Page 13
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65EXPLOSION AT OIL WELL Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21418, 9 March 1935, Page 13
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