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Show IMMENSE GAS WELL AT BAKERSFIELD IS AFLAME l:Kl.KSFIELD. Ca I Sept 14, A flaming torch was towering hinh to - j ward the skies in the Elk Hills near! here today a.-, the rault of friction re-BUIting re-BUIting when well No. 7 on the I u-man u-man lease, owned lo the Standard "ill i iinipni) come In with a loar. forcing forc-ing 15 million cubic feet of gas through its caning. The friction caused a spark which ignited the gas. Kf forts were being made to exlln-l gulsh the flames and cap the well byl using huge boilers and mud lines This it the third large sas well toi catch fire In this territory this year. |