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Show ' HI KILLED IfJ REFINERY FIRE Explosion in Still Starts Blafe Which Threatens Entire Plant at Whiting, Indiana. FIVE DROWN WHEN SCHOONER OVERTURNS Woman and Her Four Children Chil-dren Victims of Potomac River Mishap; Husband and Son Save Selves WHITINO. Ind., April 14 (By the Associated As-sociated Press). One man was killed, three were Injured and a battery of ten oil stills of the Htandard Oil company burned up when an explosion in a single sin-gle stin started a fire early today which for several hours was beyond control. The in tens heat from tha fire made a thorough Investigation Impossible Im-possible for aome time with tha result that there wera rumors that the ru "'r mynh large. Theaa proved to be unfounded, however. Damage waa estimated at between J100IOO and 260,O(O. , A similar explosion about a year ago resulted In the death of four men. The Whiting refinery la the largest wned by the company. |