GAS FUMES
PETROLIFEROUS BORE INTEREST IN N.S.W. SYDNEY, May 5. A party of Sydney businessmen returned to the city by aeroplane today from an inspection of a petroliferous gas bore fit the Grafton racecourse. The bore was originally put down to 3700 feet for the purpose of locating artesian water, but when the drill broke on hard rock it was abandoned. Quite recently gas fumes were detected rising from the bore. A cylinder was placed over the bore and the gas impounded, and when, a light was applied a brilliant flame shot many feet into the air. It is estimated that the pressure of gas is about 15001bs. to the square inch.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 107, 7 May 1936, Page 7
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112GAS FUMES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 107, 7 May 1936, Page 7
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