Oil Drilling in Warren Pa Sparks Gassy Flowing Well Tale
Scattershot notes from a Warren Pa correspondent describe oil drilling amid rising activity as spring nears. The writer notes a drop in oil prices from 25 to 15 cents per gallon, predicts a rebound due to refinery expansion and new derricks, and details spouting wells where gas and oil erupt, including the famed Hequembourg Well and the Economite Well associated with property-owning Fourier followers near Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Somma
Dubuque
Hequembourg
Rev. C. L. Hequembourg
Warren
Terrible gas explosion on Oil Creek near Titusville
Intelligence from Dubuque Times reports a disastrous gas explosion at the Buchanan Farm well on Oil Creek, eleven miles from Titusville. A steam engine had been deepening the well when gas and fire erupting caused a massive blast. Twenty people were struck down, nine died by the next day, and a column of fire engulfed the scene, with skeletal remains found within the flames and recovery hindered by the blaze.
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Wdence
Dubuque
Timexces
Oil Creek
Buchanan Farm
Titusville
Allegany
Ordi
Siege of Fort Sumter Aboard the Baltic Chronicle
The Baltic from Charleston reports Fort Sumter defense during the siege with Major Anderson’s stand, details of the heavy mortar and Columbiad fire, the improvised battery, and the eventual evacuation terms agreed with Gen Beauregard including flag salute and marching out with arms and honors. The account highlights brave acts, including a soldier waving a flag under fire and the collapse of fortifications amid sustained bombardment.
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Maj. Anderson
Wigfall
Lieut. Snyder
Fej
Anderson
Capt. Foster
Lieut. Mead
Lieut. Davis
Moultrie
Sullivan’s Island
Binghurst
Wigfail
Davis
Beauregard
Senator Chesnut
Roger A. . Pryor
Capt. Lee
W. Porcher Miles
Gen. B
Ale Noceratels
Ig Fall
Gen. Beau
Ani Or Anderson
Sbellia
Compan Perty
Mareh
Bhiath
Elles of
Nerrse
Hall
Explosive Oil Field Activity Off Tideroute Island
A correspondent notes extreme effort to control a prolific gas and oil well that began just before Christmas, producing 25 to 40 barrels daily and never quiet. Two nearby wells on Tideroute Island spouted gas so strong it could not be seen and roared like steam, wasting large quantities of oil before securing the oilfield.
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Tideroute Island
Bridges Burned and Train Attacks Rock Havre de Grace
Reports describe a mob at Wilmington and Havre de Grace destroying rail bridges and burning a drawbridge over Gunpowder River. Engineers were forced to flee as a crowd seized the train and killed J. S. Trimble, a former railroad president, amid riots tied to the wider secessionist turmoil.
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Batarda
Wilmington
Saturda
Chester
Philadelphia
Canton
Baltimore
Usol Gohan
Nane
Gunpowder River
Tiesel Bridge
Mes
Havre de Grace
Bush River
President Street
Aig J
Trimble
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad
Fragmented OCR leads to unclear text about national service
The readable fragments reference United States service, age limits, and eligibility ideas without clear facts. Names, dates, places, and concrete actions are not discernible, leaving a vague notice about eligibility and employment in a service context.
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Puilssylvania
GIL Wells
The
Dubuque Times
Christian
Pitwburg
Mano Bato
New York Tribune
Fletcher
Charleston
Sue
Fort Bumter
Amferson
Doubleday
Lieut
Snyder
Engineer Corps
Cuming’soint
Fort Moultrie
Sullivan's Island
Sumter
Cummming
Ender
Dias
Vetuntier
Elf
Qmleoad
Fares Pulaly
United States
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