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Show MILLION DOLLAR FIRE SWEEPS OIL FIELD WICHITA FALLS, Texas. Xov. 9. One man was killed, a number received serious burns and a Joss which will exceed ex-ceed a million dollars resulted from an oil fire which swept eighty acres of proven oil territory- on the outskirts of Waggoner City and destroyed a large part of that town today. Acreage In this field is owned by manx eastern concerns. Tile fire occurred when llithtnlnK struck an oil tank. When the tank exploded a wave of burning oil rode down the surfnee of the rain-covered streets, setting fire to everything ev-erything with which It came into contact. The hulk of the business section of the town was destroyed, according to reports. re-ports. Wagonner City hns no telephone or rallroaa communication, and details of the fire and the losses are meaper. Waggoner City is said here to be the largest unlncorornte'd town in the country, coun-try, and the large number of oil wells lit the immediate vicinity make it one Of the most cotifTCsted districts of the kind In the country. |