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"BLOW OUT" OF OIL
h'BR PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NKW PLYMOUTH, March 20. One of the most violent "blowouts" ever experienced on the Tara"aki oilfield occurred to-day, when mud and oil Mere thrown fully fifty feet above No. 3 derrick, from a depth of 3GBO foot, the derrick itself being GOl't high. This is regar led as distinctly encouraging, and'a. j-.>-tifieation of the company's policy in continuing this bore to a greater depth. At No. 2 bore oil .still flows h'oelv.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 March 1911, Page 2
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79"BLOW OUT" OF OIL Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 March 1911, Page 2
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