TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH IN OIL FIELD
SPARK IGNITES WELL, A N D TANK EXPLODES; OUT OF CONTROL
At least two men were burned to death and ten were injured and taken to a local hospital in a fire that swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of Beaumont, Texas.
BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 2. (AP) - At least two men were burned to death, and ten injured who are now in a local hospital, and damage reported to exceed $500,000 was caused by a fire which swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of here. The fire was started by a friction spark in a well. The spark spread over the field when an oil tank exploded and raged out of control for hours. Lack of equipment proved a very serious handicap to fire fighters.
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TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH IN OIL FIELD
SPARK IGNITES WELL, A N D TANK EXPLODES; OUT OF CONTROL
At least two men were burned to death and ten were injured and taken to a local hospital in a fire that swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of Beaumont, Texas.
BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 2. (AP) - At least two men were burned to death, and ten injured who are now in a local hospital, and damage reported to exceed $500,000 was caused by a fire which swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of here. The fire was started by a friction spark in a well. The spark spread over the field when an oil tank exploded and raged out of control for hours. Lack of equipment proved a very serious handicap to fire fighters.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 2, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 2, 1926, page 1.
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TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH IN OIL FIELD
SPARK IGNITES WELL, A N D TANK EXPLODES; OUT OF CONTROL
At least two men were burned to death and ten were injured and taken to a local hospital in a fire that swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of Beaumont, Texas.
BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 2. (AP) - At least two men were burned to death, and ten injured who are now in a local hospital, and damage reported to exceed $500,000 was caused by a fire which swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of here. The fire was started by a friction spark in a well. The spark spread over the field when an oil tank exploded and raged out of control for hours. Lack of equipment proved a very serious handicap to fire fighters.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 2, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 2, 1926, page 1.
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TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH IN OIL FIELD
SPARK IGNITES WELL, A N D TANK EXPLODES; OUT OF CONTROL
At least two men were burned to death and ten were injured and taken to a local hospital in a fire that swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of Beaumont, Texas.
BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 2. (AP) - At least two men were burned to death, and ten injured who are now in a local hospital, and damage reported to exceed $500,000 was caused by a fire which swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of here. The fire was started by a friction spark in a well. The spark spread over the field when an oil tank exploded and raged out of control for hours. Lack of equipment proved a very serious handicap to fire fighters.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 2, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 2, 1926, page 1.
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TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH IN OIL FIELD
SPARK IGNITES WELL, A N D TANK EXPLODES; OUT OF CONTROL
At least two men were burned to death and ten were injured and taken to a local hospital in a fire that swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of Beaumont, Texas.
BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 2. (AP) - At least two men were burned to death, and ten injured who are now in a local hospital, and damage reported to exceed $500,000 was caused by a fire which swept the Sour Lake oil fields, 25 miles west of here. The fire was started by a friction spark in a well. The spark spread over the field when an oil tank exploded and raged out of control for hours. Lack of equipment proved a very serious handicap to fire fighters.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 2, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, November 2, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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