Gas Gusher Glows 680-Foot Flame for Eighteen Years
A gas gusher at Pelican portage along the House River in Canada has burned steadily for eighteen years, reaching a 680 foot flame and continuing to vent unchecked.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1918
Page
3
A gas gusher at Pelican portage along the House River in Canada has burned steadily for eighteen years, reaching a 680 foot flame and continuing to vent unchecked.
Washington May 4 German officers press plans for a new Western offensive centered near Givenchy with the thrust aimed at the Lys region after Ypres. Officials expect fighting to continue into fall with diminishing German gains and possible pauses for peace talks to split allied unity.
Two men and a woman died when a large touring car overturned at high speed on Deadman's Curve near Absecon New Jersey early today. The victims were Mia Veleta Bowen of Philadelphia William Wager of Camden and an unidentified man.
The Weet Lianga, Skinner and Wddy shipyard’s world record launch is to be turned over to the government late Saturday afternoon, 67 days after keel laying. Company executives credit workers’ unity and skill, noting past records and vowing to surpass them.
The May 4 dispatch reports two fresh German bombardments threatening simultaneous strikes on Ypres and the Hazebrouck rail center. Haig’s lines show a two mile gap between Nieppe and Meteren where artillery could shell advancing German flanks. High command may split efforts or abandon one objective to avoid a costly failure.
Trial testimony exposes I W W publishing aide guidance from Emilie Pouget in the sabotage manual Sabotage detailing direct action in multiple industries. Employed tricks include slowing machinery with emery dust and deliberate damage to equipment and copy to hinder publishers and employers.
Police search for a $600 diamond ring owned by Mrs. J. M. Cummings of the Kerna apartments after she reported the theft on Saturday.
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