Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1887 — A Big Oil Fire. [ARTICLE]

A Big Oil Fire.

A great fire in oil occurred at Cygnet, an oil town thirty miles from Toledo, Ohio, Wednesday. Parker well No. 1, a great oiler, caught fire and the burning oil was scattered far and near. The tankage and rig was completely destroyed. Well No. 2 caught from the flames. Four tanks with their contents were destroyed, and the loss will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. An explosion occurred and burning oil was blown through the woods for a long distance, and the bins and fences furnished ready food for the flames. The Crocker and other wells were included in the destruction. Eye witnesses declare the blaze reached 1.000 feet in the air, and the heat was . so intense that one could not get nearer than one-half mile of tne burning wells. One fatality is reported.