Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-01
SHE'S A WHALE.
cIXTY BARRELS IN THE TANK
AND MANY WASTED AND
DISTRIBUTED
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE WORKS FROM
FIRE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

FIRE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
As we stated last week in the lnjunc-
ted the pump was quickly placed in
position but as the seed-bag required
some little time to assume the proper
consistency to effectually shut off the
flow of water, the pump could not be
got rea DIV until Sunday afternoon,
when it was started for a. slIorJ Time
to test it when it was found to work
all right. iionday, on starting they
found it was impossible TO pump into
barrels SO tank had to be procured.
1t was given out that as tank could
be procured from Mrs. Mercier or at
the Pierson Mill. pumping would be
commenced ia earne NJ )ndi y after
noon.
The tank. from Mrs. Mercier's, cap
able of holding 81 barrels was placed
speedily in position, and about $3.50
Monday afternoon, q lars" number of
people being present. tile pump was
started and run about two hours, oil
and water
POURING IN A STEADY STREAM
into the tank, amid great excitement,
the alternate spurtS of almost clear
Grade oil eli iting deafening cries of
'She's Whale" "She's q Dandy, >"
"Big as your arnl," etc. This con
tinued for about two hours, and dur
ing this time all sorts of speculations
were made "a to the capacity of the
well, the universal verdict being that
in would be better than thirty barrels.
One gentleman who is well versed in
oil matters, being willin.; to guarantee
a 80 barrel we'll.
Tuesday the pump was ruu about
two hours as further test and the
decision as to capacity was that it
would yield still larger number o!
; barrels.
Notwithstanding the good result
and it WIS resolved TO still further test
. the we'll.
On Wednesday morning about Z o.
> clock, the water having been drawn
of. the pump was again started and
, kept running continuously for about
u 20 hours. IL would have been contin
ued longer, but the wOrkmen were
u com pelled te suspend operations and
fight the fire of which we make men
: tiois III another place. At the time o
suspending work the pump was calcu
lated to have been in operation. alto
y grther. about 81 hours, and there wa
estimated to be
SIXTY BARRELS OF OFF.
in the tank with several barrels distri
u buted. wasted and burned, while th'
:! we'll was getting Setter all the time
This settled the besiness' and shares
ID were eagerly sought at S75 with onl.
one sale reported.
ie Wednesday night large party wen
out to see the oil as it lay in. the hug
u tank, and noticed that there was
leak in the tank, the escaping oil al,
u water having made little course 70
/ itself through the sand for consider
II able distance from the tank. One o
~ III the party questioned the ignition of thi
IL waste material, so a stick was dippet
" in the ditch a match applied, and il
II an instant the blazing oil droppin
er from the stick into the ditch cemmun
" Gated and with the iniiamed stuff and
," HUGE BLAZE REACHING THE TREE
IT, TOPS
started up the ditch rapidly nearin
" the well. The fire burned for tw
or hours with intense heat and the hue
o' tank was only saved by the utmo
10 exertions. The party known from Il
A' hard labor experienced in subduir
Oh the flames that it will burn. Herea
ter precautions will be taken TO pr
oi vent like experience, and no mo
careless use Of fire will be allowed
proximity 90 he works.
'i fAe eompapy have now taken Il
we'll OIL Mr ics : hands. cOncludiI
no that he has fulfilled his contrac
- Thcy have shut down the well for Il
t-..f TItt