OIL WELL ON FINE.
NARROW ESCAPE OF TARANAKI PETROLEUM CO.’S BORE. IPicn Purrs Association.! j NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 14. By some means the gas escaping from No. 2 bore of the Taranaki Petroleum Company was ignited ;at l.so this afternoon while boring opsrations, at a denth of nearly 3000 feet, were in progress. The whole structure was m imminent danger for some hours, but eventually the Are -was suppressed by steam. Large gangs of men worked continuously in smothering the bore with clay. The oil wells wore later visited by the Hon. G. Fowlds. ■ The damage was ultimately very trifling.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2711, 15 January 1910, Page 5
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100OIL WELL ON FINE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2711, 15 January 1910, Page 5
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