Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1911 — FIRE COSTS $500,000 [ARTICLE]

FIRE COSTS $500,000

Standard Oil Plant at Point Richmond, Cal., 3cen<e of Blaze. At Point Richmond, Cal., a big fire caused by blazing soot from a chimney falling on the roof of the old sulphuric acid plant of the Standard Oil Company, destroyed that plant, a tank containing 500,000' gallons of crude oil, and damaged the $1,000,000 acid plant. One man, Carl McPherson, a workman, fell into a ditch filled with blazing sulphuric acid, and was terribly burned. The damage is estimated at $500,000.