Show rangely langely gasser ignited 18 cited by I 1 lightning monday a most spectacular display of fire at 2 30 monda afternoon lightning struck about a quarter mile from the texas production a big gasser at rangely langely oil ov held field and instantly atly the low flow of 90 cubic feet ot of gas was on fire the glare of the giant torch caa can be seen from vernal 56 miles aay and from meeker colo seventy amiles an a ay the cre crew a was getting ready to move the rip rig to the location of the texa texas new tet test 1000 feet southeast of the old location the cap on the veil well was released sunday after noon moor to let the well clean itself of mud and other substances in ader that a dear clear flow of gas be plad alp to the location lo catIna tor for the new test evey perc Per autton caution had been taken to clevent p event of the gas W alien e n ako tko tl well we ww opened the sky wat clear and he is cloud which baroug brought it the destructive lightning flash T api ap i feared without war warning nini the derrick was vias consumed in lese less than thaw ten minute minutes aloag with all wood work on the platform many val liable b tools on the platform were warped so badly an a to be useless the heat from the flamo flame Is to intense and th the roar of the escaping fas gas can be heard twenty miles away the burning Is 1 located 2000 feet aromy the haven raven oil comp anya anys camp and their Is no danger rot the lne refinery nery being ignited this Is the second rig to be destroyed by the too flow from this well the first rig being blown to pieces last december when m hen the well first klew w in a g kisser blaset A feature of the fire Is that myriads of dead and singed millers cover the ground near the burning well and swarms of other millers and night insects are flying so thickly in the glare of the gaeser gasser that their numbers re a storm at times |