CALIFORNIA'S OIL FIRES
QUITE BEYOND CONTROL
LOSSES MILLIONS OVER FIRST
ESTIMATES,
(United Press Association.—Copyright.)
(Sydney Sun Cable.)
(Received 10th April, 12.15 p.m.)
VANCOUVER, 9th April.
A message from San Luis states that with an area of three miles square burning fiercely, California's two great oil fires continue altogether beyond control, with a likelihood of 26 tanks all exploding and their contents being destroyed.
losses run to millions beyond the first estimates. Orange groves in the vicinity are flooded with boiling liquid, and a veritable river of oil has over-
wed on to the nearby ■ highways, blocking taffic.
The Union Oil Company has issued a statement to the effect that the losses are fully covered by insurance, evidently ait effort to stay the declines in the stocluin Wall Street.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 85, 10 April 1926, Page 7
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