OLEAN. N. Y., July 11.
Lightning struck a four-thousand-barrel oil tank two miles north of here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. A cannon was procured
and shots fired at the surrounding tanks to allow the oil to escape and prevent other tanks from exploding. The escaping oil
became ignited and now twenty acres of oil is burning. Booms are being built to prevent the spread of the burning oil and
keep it out of the river. The loss will be large.
[News Of the Week Current Events (News Article) Date: 1897-07-14; Paper: Indiana State Journal. submitted by Barbara]
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