PETROLEUM.
d QUEENSLAND PLANT DESTIiIA . : t', Brisbane, October 2S. Tile .Mineral Oil Company's bore at ■. Room strut!; g.ts which immediately 0 'became ignited. Tim flames 10-e io a •height of a hundred foot. The plant was destroyed. 'i'lio roaring of the escaping was heard miles away. The lafr-L report is Ilia I oil is now issuing from the bore but the flames are increasing. The . heat is int'ensb and it is impossible to approach the bore. Af tempts are to be nitidis to smother the flames.
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(By Cable,—Press Association.—Copyright.)
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 262, 29 October 1908, Page 2
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91PETROLEUM. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 262, 29 October 1908, Page 2
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