FIRE IN AN OIL BORE
PKEE'S ASSOCIATION. NE'W PLYMOUTH, January 14. Bv *>me mean* ga» eswpisg from the Tttftinaki PatroleKia CosipanV» >'o- - bore waj ignited at I.SO thii afternoon, whilo bqrinp operationfi at a depth of nearly. 3000 foot .were; in. progress. The
■'..: whole &&ncture vras in imminent danger ■ for some .hours, but the fire wa« eTen-
. taally. suppressed by ateam. Large gangs 'of" men. worked strenuously , smothering the bore with clav. The oil wells wero liter visited by the Hon. G. Fowids. The damage ultimately found to 5 be yery-trifling, ; f : Steel rails Mere first used for railway* i ait Chalk Farm, London, in 16G2. ■
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7027, 15 January 1910, Page 7
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