 | Geology - 1886 - 728 pages
...lower than two hundred feet, to rise directly afterwards with a burst and a roar to three hundred feet. Throughout the previous day a north wind had been...had buried to the roof some magazines and shops, and blocked to the height of six or seven feet all the neighboring derricks within a distance of fifty... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1886 - 522 pages
...for a few seconds lower than 200 feet, to rise directly after with a burst and a roar to 300 feet. Throughout the previous day a north wind had been...— a vast shoal of sand having been formed, which buried to the roof some magazines and shops, and had blocked to the height of six or seven feet all... | |
 | Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - Geology - 1897 - 830 pages
...seconds lower than two hundred feet, to rise directly afterward with a burst and a roar to three hundred. Some idea of the mass of matter thrown up from the...could be formed by a glance at the damage done on the southside in twenty-four hours — a vast shoal of sand having been formed, which had buried to the... | |
 | Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - Animals - 1897 - 830 pages
...seconds lower than two hundred feet, to rise directly afterward with a burst and a roar to three hundred. Some idea of the mass of matter thrown up from the...could be formed by a glance at the damage done on the southside in twenty-four hours — a vast shoal of sand having been formed, which had buried to the... | |
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... had been formed on the surrounding estates. " Now and again the sand flowing up with the oil would obstruct the pipe, or a stone would clog the course; then the column would sink for a few seconds lower than two hundred feet, to rise directly afterwards... 