Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1901 — Meteors Ignite Lake of Oil. [ARTICLE]

Meteors Ignite Lake of Oil.

A brilliant display of shooting stars occurred until daylight. Several meteors fell into a lake of oil, one of a number formed near Tulsa by recent strikes of gushers, and the fluid was ignited, burning all day. The shooting stars were in great number and traveled in almost every direction. It was almost as light as day while the shower lasted. Occasionally a meteor would explode and send out hundreds of fire balls, which would illumine the sky and die out almost instantly. Each explosion was accompanied with a distinctly audible report.