OIL WELLS AFIRE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. [United Press Association—By Electrh Telegraph.—Copyright.] (Received this day at 9.25 a.m) , BUCHAREST, June 4. A wide area around the old refinery at Mainesthi was speedily converted into a sea. of flames, when lightning exploded and set fire to u group of oil reservoirs. The inferno r rns so sudden tljat it is feared many oil workers were burned to death. The panic striken populace evacuated the town and firemen were powerless.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1931, Page 5
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77OIL WELLS AFIRE Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1931, Page 5
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