BURNED TO DEATH.
THIRTEEN FATALITIES. , By Telegraph—Proas Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cablet Association. NEW YORK, May 10. j At Keren* (Texas! thirteen men wera I burned to death by an explosion at a j newly-sunk oil well, which a worker I attempted to close when the oil bej gan to gush. The friction ignited the i gas and oil, resulting in a vast pillar jof flame, a hundred feet high. Atj tempts to extinguish the flames were j unsuccessful.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17038, 11 May 1923, Page 11
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