AWFUL DISASTER IN TEXAS
:■ "» : LIGHTNING fires OIL. . MANY HOUSES DESTROYED. THE LOSS OF LIFE. By Telegraph Press Association.—Copyright. New York,.July 25. A flash of lightning set lire to 11 tanks containing 25,000,000 barrels of oil at Humble, Texas, on Sunday. The flames spread with great speed, and raged for 24 hours. Immense quantities of oil were burned and. scores of. houses were destroyed. Hundreds of people in consequence are ' homeless. Twelve negroes lost their lives. Sixty mules were burned to death. Humble is a small place in Harris County, Texas, near to the town of Houston, which is the centre of the cotton -seed oil industry.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12929, 27 July 1905, Page 5
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