Show BIG OIL RESERVOIR I IN CALifORNIA IS CONSUMED BY IRE fIRE Spectacular Conf Conflagration gration SmoKe DarKened Entire Eutre OAKLAND D. D Ca Cal April 21 21 Ignited according according ac ac- cording to the thc of the time authorities by some Incendiary the tIme mammoth reedy reedy- ing imig S reservoir of the time Standard Oil company at Richmond Contra Costa 01 county caught tire fire fre this morning at al 1 o'clock and practically the entire population of f that place is engaged In attempting to online the lames to tIme the thE one omie spot h Hie large reservoir which holds barrels of crude oil oi is the end of the pipelIne pipe- pipe lIne lino lne running from the company's compans wehl wel wells In Bakersfield to Richmond where the tho company com com- pany vany's lanYa s refinery is situated ted on the tho overland Santa Fe tracks which run un past the time reservoir has been ben suspended it I being impossible to run trains through the time intense heat ahou the tiit burning buring oi oil ri The sky Is darkened with the dense else smoke and amid it is fear feared d that should the thc fire fre spread the entire entre plant valued at may b be he destroyed Gan Gangs s of men mel mulo mule teams and tl the Richmond fire fre department are c 11 removing all al Inflammable ia material near noar the tue lire fIre fre bl but t no attempt is bring made to Interfere with wih the reservoir itself time the fire authorities authorities ties tes fearing an explosion should the seething seeth ing mass of black oil 01 bo disturbed The of oil 01 Into the reservoir has been and be allowed stopped the fire fre will wi to burn Itself out out |