OIL WELLS ON FIRE
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(United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.)
IN ROUMANIA FOREIGN CAPITALISTS LOSE HEAVILY. (Received May 20, 9 a.m.) BUKHAREST, May 19. In the petroleum district of Moreni, ten oil wells, seven of which are Amer-ican-owned, were ignited through an electric short circuit. Foreign capitalists interested in the wells have suffered enormous losses. Two clerks employed on the field were burnt to death.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10641, 21 May 1912, Page 5
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68OIL WELLS ON FIRE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10641, 21 May 1912, Page 5
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