The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-22

u,,4suie of this gas. and the force
Win which % was vented hipubh
lhls borc-hole that the augur con
bIatiug u a heavy iron sin"cI "elBh-
Ing some 800 pounds, ana h'''Ia'
hundred feet more OF huBui po''7'
weighing IN all, perhaps 1000 pouhu''
waa shot up out OF the vel llhg an
arrow out Of "A cross bow. WIN 4
came colmn .of salt water, Whi'h
stood probably $50 feet high. Ihe
roaring OF this gas and water, as
they ISSUED, could BE- hcdId dhn',
favorable conditions for several
miles
"lt would be difficult to estimate
with any approach 10 accuracy th'
quantity OF gas vented by this well
and no attempt was made Co measure
u. heard 1t roughly estimated as
being enough to lIght London ana
Paris, with, perhaps, enough leit 10
supply a few such villages rs Nt"
York and Philadelphia. But as ihls
In a salt we'll as wen az gas vel, !
suggest the gas estimates be thh'n'
Rtauu sails.
while the well was blowing 10 was
thc custom of the stage drivers, as
they passed down by IT, 10 stop ana
/ let thglr passengers take a look ht
/ the nVcl and wonderful display
| on one occasion a professor from
| Harvard college was one of tn" stage
passengers, and being a man ot IN
Ivcstigatiug ana experimenting turn
/ Of mind. he went aa near the well a.
H., could get FOR the gas and spray
|uf the falling water. and lighted d
match to see II the gas would burn
/ Instantly tho whole atmosphere was
|ablazc. the professors hair and eye
/ hruws singled. and his clothes atirt.
| Tho wcll-frnme and engine house
Ials0 took fire. and were much dam
LACED. The professor who had Jump
ed into the river tu save himself from
| Ithc fire, crawlcd out. and back 10
| the stage as best he could, ana Went
on to Charlostou, whore ne took u
bed ana sent FOR a doctor TO dress
his burns
| Colonel Dickinson. one OF the own
ors Of the well. hearing ~ the burn
ling of his engine house ana well
frame, sent Tor his man OF affairs
Colonel NoodyRrd, and ordered hin
to follow the unknown stage passen'
ger to town. % warrant, have hin
larrestcd and vanished, for willfulll
and wantonly burning his property
Iunicss you find that the fellow is {
any better. Arriving at Charleston
woodward went to the room OF tn
burnt professor at the hotel, findinI
him In bod. his face and hands bits
tered, and IN q sorry plight generally
He proceeded 10 state In very plai
terms. the object Of his visit. q
which the professor seemed great
worried and alarmed. not KNOWN
the extent Of this additional impend
ing trouble, which his folly ha
brought upon him, Before he ha
Expressed himself In words, howeve
, fWoodyRrd proceeded TO deliver, Vol
hatim. and with great emphasis IA
, lcodicn tu pickinson's instruction.
The professor, Notwithstanding h
e physical pain and mental alarm
r gcmcd to take IN the !gd!croGsu5 9;
) of the whole case, and with an eI
r lfort to smile through his blister
, replied that It seemed pretty hir
y alternative. hut under the circun
? stances. nc felt II his duty to confei
I under the last clause, and cscap
A We'll said Woodystd, II this is yot
4 decision. my duty Is ended, and
% bid you good morning.
o THE salt water and gas from IN
- well wcrC partially collected and COZ
, CONTISUnp on NENT FACE