People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — OIL RIGS BURN. [ARTICLE]

OIL RIGS BURN.

Over One llillidri'il Already Destroyed Everything Burning I p. O|mii, N. Y June 4.—On" hundred nnd fifty men left lift- yesterday afternoon to light th>’ forekt fircM In the Four Mlle and Knapp'n creek districts, between hero and Bradford. Owners are paying fl an hour for men to fight the flames. Charles Hatch lost twelve oil rigs at the stale line. Mayor Franch of this city has lost a large number and over 100 rigs have already been burned in this district. A meKsage from Knapp's creek ways fifty rigs belonging to Curtis, Hurns & Russell are destroyed. A line of fire surrounds the town and the Inhabitants feat total destruction. Everything between Russell City and Coon Run has been burned. Including the rigs, tanks and pumping stations of the Standard Oil and Elk County Pipe Line companies. Barnsdall & Co. had at least seventy-five rfgs between Coon Run and Russell, which are lost.