Summary

1955 fire at Standard Oil Company refinery in Whiting, Indiana

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 38581
Clip SR001096_02_02.mov
Date 8/27/55
Title 1955 fire at Standard Oil Company refinery in Whiting, Indiana
Description Title card: ‰ÛÏBlasts, Flames Rip Refinery for 2 Days‰Û superimposed over police cars and police officers in street and smoke in background as refinery burns / fireball and smoke behind buildings in downtown area as the Standard Oil Refinery burns / montage flames and smoke near houses / montage flames and fireballs reach toward sky as smoke billows / WS rail yard at refinery with tank bearing Standard Oil logo standing near rail cars and fire and smoke billowing behind / montage fire and smoke on refinery property / fireball and smoke rise behind rail cars labeled ‰ÛÏUnion Pacific‰Û and ‰ÛÏChicago and North Western‰Û / LS down city street as fireball and smoke rise to sky; pedestrian crosses street in foreground and fire hose reaches down the street
Country United States
Province/State Indiana
City Whiting

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Chicago and North Western Railway
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