BORING PLANT DESTROYED
IGNITION OF ESCAPING GAS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright BRISBANE, October 28. The .Mineral Oil Company's bore at Horn a. struck gas, which immediately ignited, the ilames to 109 ft. The firci destroyed tlie plant. Tho roaring of tho escaping gns could be beard. miles sway. The latest report is that- oil is now issuing from the bore, but the ilames and increasing heat arc so intense that it is impossible to approach. ' Attempts will be made to smother the Ranie.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14357, 29 October 1908, Page 7
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