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Show SPECTATORS WERl KlUED' larribl Loa of Life Cauwaal e-ploaton e-ploaton of Oil. At laaaat twenty two M.,.nM Were killed and forty five old,.,, wired, a number "' them fatnliy ,v it ejplo-lmn ejplo-lmn ail aril na ur Ola un, is; y. Vonday nluht. A freight train on the K made up prlmlpally of oil a n 11 MM with oil, hroke In ttn nea( "' "" aliout l o'i Iih k. The wo aft lone of I the train came together IU craah, and one of Ihe oil tank demol. Uhed. Fire braike out aluKVl Inatant-ly. Inatant-ly. and the aky waa ligbfd up for mllea. A large crowd ot pe? Icft h city for the aaene of the fe. While they were lined up along the tracka a terrific eiphmlun oj-mrraMl. The llamea conimnnlcnted quiatly with the other tank rare, and a ae-ond and a third exploalon followed av'b other In rapid aucceaalon. Hhaui of flame ahaat out In all direction Hcorea of peraona were caught wlttli the aone of the fire and envelope! In flatnee. Men and boy a ran acrimil down the tracka with their clothing ilr.e. Other Oth-er fell where they etooi, overcome with Ihe awful heat. Ju how many were killed I not known, aa many of tho boil lea were Incinerate!. |