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KEROSENE EXPLOSION.

The Russian papers recently publibhed particulars of the explosion of lqoo,tuns of kerosene oil at T&artsin, enthe river Volga, resulting in the loss of 3o lives. The oil was stored in a " popofFka/a floating reservior of the circular round-boat description, and containing oil from Baku, awaiting shipment by railway to Central Russia. The explosion was caused by a Tartar entering the reservoir with a naked, light, which ignited the gas, and led to an explosion heard many miles arouud. In a moment a vast pillar of blazing oil rose towards the sky, and, in subsiding again, flowed flaming down the river on the surface of the water. A barge, containing several hundred barrel's of oil, rapidly caught fire and increased the conflagration. Ail the men on board were burnt alive. Farther down the stream a wood barge was moored with 15 men on board. Their only boat was tied to the bank of the river, and it was impossible for it to return in time to save them. As the sheet of flame advanced towards them they screamed loudly for help, but it was impossible to send them assistance, or for them to swim ashore. After a few minutes' time the flames closed round them, and it is believed that all must have perished. Not far from the barge f two rafts were destroyed. In course of \ time the oil began to grow exhausted,; and at length the flames died out. Had ; the wind been blowing from the north the oil would have heen carried direct towards Tsartsin, and the town must have been burnt to the ground. The exact loss is not yet known, but at least 3o persons are believed to have perished. The price of oil rose the next day at Tsarisia.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TEML18801123.2.12

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Temuka Leader, Issue 320, 23 November 1880, Page 2

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297

KEROSENE EXPLOSION. Temuka Leader, Issue 320, 23 November 1880, Page 2

KEROSENE EXPLOSION. Temuka Leader, Issue 320, 23 November 1880, Page 2

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