Show A natural gas n betl ell creates great alarm at Colfe kan july 24 bo between I 1 and 2 this morning Coffe coffeyville Couey villo experienced a subterranean explosion an earthquake which torri terrified fied the citi zotis zons for miles around and caused cam ed much damage just north of town is situated a strong natural gas well about tho the several distinct explosions rapidly following ono one an another othor awoke tho the startled stait led lod citizens citi zons who jumped out of hod bed to find the town brightly illuminated tho the earth trembled perceptibly blaking buildings and causing china to rattle while shower i of rocks could bo be soon bursting from tho the well tho the shoN erm kept up for several minutes causing terror among tho the citizens hugo r o rocks wore hurled high into t the he air and seconding dec crashed nto into the 1110 cottages in the neighborhood 0 of the flie pit one rock weighing fully thirty pounds foll fell through the roof of a house and bc irely missed tho the mccu p ints As far us as known however no one was hurt daylight 11 disclosed a dismal si for thirty acres around the well ivell the earth was torn up ill as if by a vo hano leano hugo boulders laj hay about arouty while soy sey oral holes many of then them fifteen to thirty feet doop deep showed whence they came ca houses had been bh tittered scattered barns topped 0 over or and masses of earth appeared appa ared where before the ground was level the strange pho I 1 are unaccountable salt lake tribune |