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Occured in the drilling of a water well in Corsicana
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It spewed more than 100 feetinto into the air
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It was drilled on University Lands by Frank Pickerell and Carl G. Cromwell of Texon Oil and Land Company.
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Gov. Ross S. Sterling place the National Guard under martial law.
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First of several major developoments in that region
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1,087,000 barrels of oil per day
