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Word: moreni (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Arrived in Vienna one Carl Tucker, Manhattan pianist. He told how one Bill Cannon, Standard Oil Co. driller, had ignited through friction the deepest oil well at Moreni, Rumania. Cannon immediately ordered all the men to leave the danger zone. As he himself fled from the roaring flames, an angry Rumanian crowd attacked him for causing the fire, now rapidly spreading. Cannon's revolver, however, cowed them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Gushing Fire | 8/17/1925 | See Source »

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