Show I I EXPlODING HP LING OIL TANK MENACES OKlAHOMA CITY GIT Mother Drags Little Girl to Safety as Flames Envelop Envelop En En- Home LARGE SECTION SHAKEN Firemen Prevent Spread of Raging Blaze Braze OKLAHOMA CITY Okla Okia May 13 United Press A Press A large crude crudo oi oil storage tank in the Capitol hill residential residential resi real section exploded today and andI for more moro than an hour menaced the thickly populated district with fire One child chUd thrown 11 from her bed by the blast was slightly burned as asher asher asher her mother dragged her from the home ignited by the flames Quick response by oil field and city firemen however resulted in brIngIng bringing bring brIng- ing lug the flames under control Damages from flames smoke and water were estimated at more than The blast of unknown origin rocked the south part of the city shortly after 8 a a. a m. m The cover er of ofa ofa ofa a barrel 1000 storage tan tank on the Phillips Petroleum company's McBeth McBeth McBeth Mc- Mc Beth lease was hurled feet In Jn inan an all instant flames James enveloped a battery battery battery bat bat- tery of or six storage tanks THROWN FROM BED The home of or Mrs Watson Vatson 50 feet from the tank was wrapped In flames but not before Mrs Watson Watson Wat Vat Vatson son dragged B Betty tty Jo her year old daughter from the home The child had d been thrown from her bed by bythe bythe bythe the explosion Many families moved their furniture furniture furni furni- ture into the street and ran from their homes as alarms were sounded Great Billows of oC black smoke and deep red flames names rose high above the tanks Police and deputies formed a guard about the area Only three tanks caught fire Ire FIremen Firemen Fire Tire men sprayed large quantities of chemicals on the flames lames and at 10 a a. a m. m all fire had been extinguished The whole district was shaken by bythe bythe bythe the blast E E. E D. D Ferguson a resident of Capitol hill said We were cating cating cat- cat ing ng breakfast when suddenly there was a terrific explosion We Wc rushed to the street and saw heavy black smoke rolling over housetops CHILDREN AT SCHOOLChildren SCHOOL SCHOOLChildren Children were gathering at Wheeler Wheel Wheel- er cr school eight blocks from the Phillips Philips Phil Phil- lips tanks when the thc explosion oc oc- oc cur Mrs Julia Pearl Hopkins hotel proprietress proprietress pro pro- was awakened by the blast and watched the flames creep near Continued on Pace Page Eighteen 4 PS I r EXPlODING Oil OilI I T TANK MENAGES MENACES OKlAHOMA CITY Continued d from Page Face One her hotel where 60 guests guest were ere asleep The flames were extinguished by firemen so quickly that she did not sound a 3 house alarm Her guests mostly oil oU field workers were ere not disturbed by the blast Several shops were damaged by fire and water The fire threatened to sweep through a n block of business houses louses when the flames reached a n paint store where exploding paint drums hindered firemen in fighting the he flames s. s |