Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1890 — OIL WORKS BLAZE. [ARTICLE]

OIL WORKS BLAZE.

About 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon a still exploded in the Standard oil works, at Hunter’s Point. The flames communicated to the other stills and the entire works were threatened. The fire continued to burn a'l night. At 9 p. m. another still exploded, and burning oil was thrown hundreds of feet into the air. Several spectators had their olothing set on fire by the falling of the burning fluid. Roofs of neighboring buildings were also set on fire, but the flames were speedily extinguished. A number of firemen were obliged to jump from a structure when the second explosion occurred, and six of them were slightly injured. The total loss will exceed $200,000.