Massive gas well blast in Grant near Benezette
The Grant Benezette gas field produced a record well near the swinging bridge over Bennetts Branch with an initial flow of about 81 million feet per day. Tools were blown high and landed over a thousand feet away, narrowly missing a house as development continues with 70 to 80 additional wells planned. Flannigan Brothers of Bradford own the well. In Atlantic City, Byron McGill Westinghouse sales chief dies at 54 after a heart attack.
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Dubois
Grant
Benezette
Bennett's Branch
Flannigan Brothers
Bradford
W. E
Atlantic City
N. J
Byron
McGill
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Washington, D. C
Barclay
Fire destroys Meadville area feed mill after early Sunday blaze
A fire leveled the Westford Milling Co. feed mill about 20 miles west of Meadville early Sunday. Estimated loss was $25,000. Discovered near 12:30 a.m. by a passing Pennsylvania Railroad crew who sounded the whistle to wake townsfolk. Six fire departments fought the blaze and saved a warehouse 30 feet away. The mill and its contents were a total loss. The field already yielded wells, with the latest being the largest yet in the Grunt area.
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Meadville
Westford Milling Co
Here
Pennsslvania Railroad
Bubik
Funds Raised To Buy Pond In Clymer For Community Use
Dutch Community Club led by president Beckerinks reports funds secured to purchase Clymer Pond and about 20 acres from John Warsink. Donations from local business owners and property holders have been pledged. the park district must be formed to manage funds and negotiations. Committee members include Thompson Sr, Earl Beckerink, Spitzer, and Sayre.
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Earl Beckerink
Clarence Spitzer
J. Woodrow Sayre
Clymer Town
Beckerink
Area Man Killed By Falling Dirt in Yard Collapse
Charles A. Babcock district manager for Prudential Insurance Co. in Wirren died of suffocation when a cesspool hole he dug collapsed Friday afternoon. He lived at 6 Ditmar Street, North Warren, and the incident occurred about 4 PM.
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Warren
Prudential Insurance Co
Wirren
Charles A. Babcock
Ditmar Street
North Warren
Babcock’s son recovers buried father in deep yard hole
Allan Babcock, 26, said he heard a noise and found his father buried under about a foot of earth. The hole was about 10 feet deep and seven feet square when the accident occurred. Babcock is survived by his wife Gertrude and another son, Roger. Funeral arrangements were made with Gibson Funeral Home, with services to be held tomorrow at halator. The Warren fire department worked 20 minutes to revive him before Dr. J. F. Crane pronounced him dead. burial in Oakland Cemetery.
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Babcock
Allan
Gertrude
Roger
Leo D
Gibson Funeral Home
Warren Fire Department
Halator
Arthur Colley
First Methodist Church
J. F. Crane
Oakland Cemetery
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Grunt
Fogle Lumber CO
Dial Corry
Johnson
Barney
South Center Street
Clymer
Cesspool
Langhurst & Stewart
East Main St
Phono 3
REX Theatre
Feather River
Guy Madison
Frank Lovejoy
Helen Wescott
Johnson Bros
International Harvester
Roger Veuture
Nan Arthur O'Day
Clarence Wallace
Chrysler
First Ava
Robert Lindquist
Donald McGaslin
Rossbacher Insurance Service
Linired Avesee, Corry
Willis Root
Joe Root
Borstorff & Fitch
DeSoto
Plymouth
Oscar A. Willis
First Avenue
Corry, Pa
Paul J. Crowell
James Staples
Agnes Davis
Het
England
Kodak, Ltd
Donald Tate
Tawrence Miller
Saugus
Mass
New Mexico
America
General Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
General Telephone System
Member
Federal Reserve System
Corry
Citizens National
Gee
Chi
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