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The Great Standard Oil Fire With a roar that rocked the walls of the Savage Tire Company three hundred yards away, shook a trolley car on the rails five blocks off, and rattled the windows in the houses within the radius
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Document Date: 2014-03-12 15:26:04

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City

San Diego / /

Company

Tribune / Buchanan Lumber Company / Savage Tire Company / WhitingMead Corp. / Standard Oil Company / /

Currency

USD / /

Event

Man-Made Disaster / Natural Disaster / /

Facility

Standard Oil wharf / Standard Oil Company plant / Standard Oil plant / /

IndustryTerm

oil tanks / crude oil / trolley car / Static electricity / oil / metal shields / fuel oil / chemicals / thick steel tanks / burning oil / /

NaturalFeature

Mission Hills / /

Organization

San Diego Union / /

Person

Percy Benbough / Louis Almgren / Richard Crawford / Keno Wilson / /

Position

Councilman / Fire Chief / Chief / /

PublishedMedium

the San Diego Union-Tribune / /

Technology

radiation / flash / /

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