Show TEXAS MS OIL FIELDS HA ING INFERNO MILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE PRODUCT DOOMED AND SIMI LAR AMOUNT IN DANGER BANG ER lightning strikes tank during terrific rainstorm water spreads fire over laroe large territory in texas city TI thouston rio terns moro ioro than 1000 barrels banola ban ola of oil was loomed doomed early sunday in a spectacular fero sweeping tho geif production company tank farm tit nt humble lightning caused calmed tho blaze which was spreading over an liko inko formed from rain sunday at during a ter rifle downpour of raw st struck rue I 1 tank no 21 0 of tho the gulf illde lino company transportation subsidiary or tho the gulf oil corporation A column of varna flomo shot allot skyward feet followed by a dense cloud of black and a report that shook house hontos and window panes till nil over tile townsite monday morning tank no 22 adjoining tank no 21 on tho the north iro tind Is burning floi fiercely acly the flames indea funned fanned by the wind now threaten tanks no 11 and 8 uni und even the bit big pump station itself it tho the wind holds nothing can save tho the gulf tank farm with tho further probability that tile tho sun stin company tanks on tho ilia opposite side of tile road from tho golc aalf tanks tanka will ignite more than ithan a ril million lillon barrels of oil aro are lu in in tho the sun company tanks tank no 21 first cirod hns has a capacity of barrels and lind over 15 FiO OOOO barrels or of oil stored therein when ignited tunk tank no 22 tins lins a a capacity of barrels and 1148 practically full of oil tanks nos 11 and 8 tire smaller about barrels capacity and aro are nearly full of all |