BIG “BLOW-OUT”
INCIDENT'AT BLENHEIM OIL BORE SHOWER OP MUD AND STONES, New Plymouth, March 2 A terrific “blowout” occurred, at the Blenheim oil bore yesterday afternoon, mud being forced to a great height by a strong pressure' of gas. The derrick was flooded with oil and mud and the locality to leeward was drenched for several chains. The residents in the district and large numbers of visitors to H.M.S. Dunedin at the wharves were startled by the roar of the gas that accompanied the blow-out. Mud small stones, and debris fell on roofs of houses several chains away and gave the impression that a heavy downpour of rain had commenced.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVII, Issue 10016, 4 March 1929, Page 3
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