Kinston, Sept. 13—The “burning well” at the town of Richlands is no natural phenomenon, nor supernatural, according to a report had here today from George A. (“Dynamite”) Wilkins, explosive expert and well borer who has been making an examination of the well.
The well, sunk in the main street of the town many years ago, caught fire the evening of September 5. Al gaseous substance on the surface blazed for many minutes. Subsequent fires were started by interested residents. Wilkins, arriving here on the 7th, stated that he had made a cursory examination, “exonerated” filling stations and arrived at the conclusion that practical jokers had nothing to do with the fires. Wilkins returned for another investigation.
Though the nearest gas station is 50 feet or farther from the well Wilkins today reported that the “inflammable substance is refined gasoline, seepage from the filling station some distance away.” He stated that the leak would be stopped and the well redeemed as a source of drinking water. Earlier examinations of the filling stations in the neighborhood had shown no leak.
From the front page of the Concord Times, Monday, Sept. 14, 1925
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