The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-09-17
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Sill IL Raging.

;iVie' aho ti3yhecfaeaehIack, with Its, Amer
:, .SAn nas, was W. 3WFaccked. A moment
taler' an an explosIon occurred, shaking
.ne country Tor many miles aruands
~ !. ws's CTS d4lst y as far away an
80 a =. ana lnf Tamiahua IT was
.nouen. i !,9 y ~ In Am1e that an eartf44
auake mad SGcs tlf The workmen
s ss'o.e manLuly sp y. well and made
evefy enort PAP out the fire under
forth IN sn6h 49,, a,,d" VS.
that the denreaatan around ~ .,S.,,,>
was quickly f,1aIsto denth -. - 49, 49,
or fonr faat i " 00p'N - -, NY" ts'7
/. ca, ~ & M nj. .. % .. .g@s
,ita,,.s,,I I, tt S sas,s VI on was lg-
.nd !, - - me 9Qller,
,,,nnnt 81 ~. Z AZ hsones instantly
man seJ 80 - = ravens b., me WORK
!, ~ t.,e e' 1hey nad 10
a $50 an 81 .at se poor waist deeps
aro ~ MA. i roar names as
Nh .1s,t nv sssstns me surface or
the great Are ~ WV 'oe' $. " u,
..... :
goinaa - t ~ any netpers .,
othar +err,o saleSy ,Wnen IN an.
a., 80 az envS'eion oScurrea ana
~, s4rs ,,S,,, 5; 1ut ny s. = le:
tnto ~ 49, tn', su aal-oisappeared
q =, -, $500 ,s = 'ne earth: ms
aaia ~ w. u s.sSH on impetus py me
dctS, $500 ). - ~ Vince tnat tep'
us.. ~ tns s"uDterrane "a reser7$
sl,vw.rd &C. sss.S'n, ~ ~ ~, ~
.reach Z1sHs$ - sno ~ : : W " w ~,
IS ...' .@. ~; y gs5 I
over on Lake Tamiahua, within.
Ten niles ts OF Inc 81 fire, a number OF
americans An 81 st we're ~ work dredging the
!, 81 canal under contract for
tne Me*lcan government. A.'&BN
Hlechman, chief 5sngtneer Of the :ica.
n s erpflse saw the column Of fire;
ana Smoke, SHa 1ounted into the
SKY, and with q munber of men en-
ployed on Inc canai work, rushed to
.Ae scene g OF 'S sl.'% display
lo -'t1I purpose &of rendering such aid
' as M = n ~ ne ptssslp31e: ~ i
@ Z, Hinge Lake of Burning Oil. - -
= Extending away from the Well was
depression covering an area about
five miles long sby, two miles wide,
This low grouR not uniform in Ats
Width, 81 and + Az places the higher
ground Rppro aches9 within a few hun
Idred feet5pf the wsH. The OIL which
[.poured forth 70 OnsssS lle wei soon Allied
tshis qr1ffp'N ftfsnd eoAVeatsdt itpintss a
laKe OF o4,i55ai' al.I - ,g. y - 8, a. j III
81 rae names oYerspread the surface
OF this newly created reservoir, and
during the @nrst Jew days of the. ARE
1t seemed that the forests and plan
tatjoEs Of the, SURROUNDING country
would hssdestroyed. /, The burning bill
escaped iDto the San Geronimo river
and flowed in q blazing stream into
Lake ahua. The opening offs )
river .tRa nI1ed with earth by work
men and the flow Of oil In that direc-
-tipn sstopped. - ~ th.% %..a E, 4r.. ~
lit has since then bseny confined to
the depression around :, the hole
where the we'll was originally lovat4
ed. High levees have been, throsRa
up around the oil lake. which fs
gradually growing: Up size despite the
enormous quantities that are con.
stantly being CONSUMED. There are
Etipfss when the whole surface or this
lake Is covered by flames. Then the
OIL will sud denly cease to burn, and
after few minutes of inactivity the
flames will shoot 4 out again and
spred over the lake in graceful
curves. .-.>..sl .
A series Of subterranean explosions
has increased the opening around the
well until it is now more than 500
feet In diameter. The original we'll
was 1882 feet deep when the 1oii
flow was struck, and IL is. supposed
that the wider opening also reaches
70 ,that depth. The. foTce of oil and
gas has been 80 great. that rim Of