1.
SV NAME OF WORKS PAN...TO INSTALLATION. (2 SHOTS).
0.11

2.
CU TWISTED PIPE.
0.18

3.
SV FIREMEN TURN OVER DAMAGED VEHICLE PAN TO PIPE.
0.27

4.
CU DAMAGE.
0.28

5.
SV AMBULANCE.
0.32

6.
SV AMBULANCE MOVES OFF.
0.36

7.
LV GAS INSTALLATION.
0.42



Initials JRG/S/WH/LW



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Background: IN WEST GERMANY - A TWO-DAY BATTLE TO PLUG ESCAPING NATURAL GAS FROM A BORE AT KIRCHWEYHE NEAR BREMEN. THOUSANDS OF CUBIC METRES SPURTED OUT THROUGH THE BORING AND THREATENED A NEARBY VILLAGE WITH DEADLY FUMES...

THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE BORING INSTALLATIONS BUT THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES AMONG THE WORKERS AT THE BOREHEAD.

AMBULANCES STOOD BY ROUND THE CLOCK WITH THE EVER PRESENT THREAT OF FIRE AND EXPLOSION BUT AFTER A LONG STRUGGLE, DRILLING EXPERTS PLUGGED THE LEAKING BORE, AND VILLAGERS AROUND HEAVED A SIGH OF RELIEF AS THE AIR CLEARED AGAIN.