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OIL RESERVOIRS EXPLODE. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. PANIC-STRICKEN POPULACE. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright, (Received Juno 5, 11.45 a.m.) BUCHAREST, June 4. A wide area around the oil refinery at Molnesthi was speedily converted Into a sea of flames, when lightning exploded and set fire to a group of oil reservoirs. The Inferno was so sudden that It Is feared many oil workers have been burned to death. The panic-stricken populaoa have evacuated the town. Tho firemen are powerless to cope with the catastrophe.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18347, 5 June 1931, Page 7
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