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Show M0T0RMAN STRIKES OIL, Gusher Encountered Early Yesterday Morning on State Street. Oil woo struck yesterday morning In an unexpected quarter. Whllo tho drillers havo been working for months with no apparent results at Farmlngton, a streetcar street-car motorman opened a gusher on Stato street In about half a second. Strangely enough, thoso who got tho benefit of tho oil wero not at all pleased. Tho motorman was on East Seventh South car No. 50. The oil was In a can, on tho Murray car No. 30. Tho strike was mado In front of tho city and county building at an early hour. Tho former car was following tho latter. Tho Murray Mur-ray car stopped to let off a passenger. Tho Sovcnth South car kept on going. Tho result was a rear-end collision. In tho shakc-up tho oil-can burst and the Interior In-terior or tho Murray cor was deluged with petroleum. When the shower was over tho clothing of tho passengers was redolent redo-lent with Standard Oil oil much moro refined re-fined than tho remarks of tho passengers. When things quloted down It was found that a man on the Murray car had sustained sus-tained a scalp wound. Ho went to a drug store and hod tho cut mended. Other passengers wero shaken up, but uninjured. Tho rear car sustained a sovero concussion concus-sion of tho frontal platform. |