TOYING WITH DISASTER
SPARK WOULD DESTROY OKLAHOMA CITY OIL FLOODS COUNTRYSIDE Reed. 9.40 a.m. United P .A.- — By Telegraph— Copyright OKLAHOMA CITY, Wed. One of the greatest fire hazards was created here when a new gusher, which was brought in near the city, began spouting, and has been issuing daily for six days as much as 200,000 barrels of oil, under the impetus of 2,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas. Workers are unable to control the well, which is one of the most sensational gushers in American petroleum exploitation. The entire area within a mile and a-half radius, including many valuable farms, has been abandoned. People were waist - deep in oil, streams of which are floating as far as 10 miles away. All efforts to collar the well have failed, and a spark would imperil the city, and create a floating fire. The inhabitants are fleeing from the area, and 100 other wells nearby have been abandoned, the losses running into millions of pounds.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 938, 3 April 1930, Page 11
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164TOYING WITH DISASTER Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 938, 3 April 1930, Page 11
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