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Boiler explosion aftermath
On June 19, 1940 there was a boiler explosion hurtling a five ton fire box a quarter of a mile through the air from the Standard well No. 22-17F in the Coalinga Nose field to the Robert S. Lytle Operator well No. 88-18F. Luckly there was only one…
Shell camp and oilfields
Shell camp and oilfields
Black Flood that came through the city of Coalinga in 1913.
Black Flood that came through the city of Coalinga in 1913.
Black Flood
Black Flood
AP May store during the Black Flood
AP May store during the Black Flood
Walking around in the Black Flood of 1913
Black flood happened on July 23, 1913.
Oil fire
Oil fire
Inside a building during the Black Flood
Inside a building during the Black Flood
Pleasant Valley Hotel during the Black Flood
Black Flood happened on 7-22-1913. The Pleasant Valley Hotel was on the corner of 5th and D (Durian).
Black Flood July 23, 1913
In front of I.O.O.F. Hall. The Phelps building, Fifth and Cedar, after the flood level had receded about a foot. Among those whom F. J. McCollum, then a 30-year-old reporter, was able to identify are Dr. S. H. McCannon (third from left, in white…