Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-04-19
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MANNINGroN. April lS.-About
2:5O p IN. to-day z vas heavy thu1-
der storm here, ,enied by hard,
dashing rain, whic.. lasted about thirty
minutes. Two or three heavy claps Of
thunder. a vivid flash of lightning, and the
next moment the tanks of the Watson
I McGraw Co.'S Blackshere No. + were
ablaze One tank contained about 25O bar
+ rels. and the other perhaps 100. When the
fire first started the men in charge tried to
I blow 10 out with steam but failed. Ihey
then turned their attention 10 the rlg and
put in their best efforts 20 Saveit The tanks
/ oursted and the oil flowed down the hill TO
/ the creek and spread out all aOlaze. The
creek for 200 wards was for half an hour
lake of fire, and the scene TO spectators
was grand, but disastrous 20 the owners Of
the well The fo0t-bridge across the
creek was SO badly burned that when
three men attempted 20 cross il after the
subsistence of the hre, it collapsed and let
the pedestrians into the creek.
The hre continued 10 burn until about
$50 when 10 was eNtiuguished and conuec-
tiou was made with the tanks OF No. /,
where $50. As production will now 30 until
her tanks are replaced The entire outnL
derrick and all, Was burned. Total loss
about 81. 500 90 5000.
% So week have produced very beneficial
effect unou fhe general condition of things
here Several rigs have been begun, some
completed and drilling started, the
number of new buildings under
headway or contracted for surpass
the expectations of any last year $
+ resident. The buildings include both
dwellings and business houses and are not
/ the sIp-sh0i. shautv style SO characters
|tcof many booming towns, Out are
good. substantial. handsome structures.
There have been uO new wells brought
/ iu since the South Peuu's Is. h. Black
s1ere No 5. nor is 10 likely that more than
ouevii come iu iu the next few weeks, Tor
|tueuew wells have only started drilling,
except the South Penn well on the hdu
urougrtv which IS expected 100 next week.
The production holds up remarkably
well here and those who are ln positions TO
know saw that the aggregate yield now Is
I fust about what DO was three months ago.
Altl0ugs the old wells are falling some
what vet the production from the new
wells is sufficient 90 maintain about the
same aggregate.
The coming summer promises 20 be a
bright one for Warrington and vicinity,
So far as active operations are concerned.
There is considerable interest being
taken iu the Fairview field, which Is
about SIX miles air linel northeast from
here. It's claimed that the South Penn
/ Co. have some splendid wells there with
excellent shOwings for more. This field IS
on Paw Paw creek, about half way be
tween here and Mt. Morris, Pa. and on a
direct line between those points.
McCuriysvl.le MouOngalia county, near
the Marion county line on Little Paw Paw
creek. about I'D miles northeast from here,
or 90 miles north from Fairm0nt, IS new
feld, bur has "a producer which was brought
ia last "Wednesday. with good indications.
The Burts' have located a gas well about
Two miles east of here, just across the
creek from the mouth of Woods Run, and
f., ou line with the Hibbs well, which
uow supplies the town with gas. The rig
ysiu be put lp next week, and the contract
is let for the boring IL they get gas IN
sufficient quantities they Will put up q
brick plant capable of turning out 100000
I brick a day. The deposits of hre clay here
are very r,ch and IT the gas is found 20
burn them with. oric6 can oe made here al
/ less cost thau almost any other place.