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Show BIG OIL FIRE FINALLY PLACED UNDER CONTROL OAKLAND. Cal., April 22, The, boiling boil-ing of tho whirling volcano of burning oil. which has been sending up flames and smoke and threatening lives and property from the Standard Oil company's com-pany's reservoir near Snn Pablo, has been tamed at last and the big force of flre-flghtors flre-flghtors promised that the monster will be under full control before tonight. Work of repairing the damage, estimated by the officials at almost $200,000, has already commenced. The origin of the fire is still a mystery, but tho suggestion of an Incendiary source is denied by tho company officials. |