Of course they were terribly guilty, these men that were taken, that were killed; they were horrible criminals, those women who poured brandy into the glasses and petroleum on the houses!

The production of petroleum for commercial purposes began in 1859, when Mr. Drake drilled his well near Titusville, in Pennsylvania.

Ferraigu had a bottle of petroleum in his pocket; he was shot.

"They tell of invaders who scattered powder around or threw petroleum into their houses and then set them afire.

75 Port Natal 12 50 11 00 Sydney 12 00 7 00 Valpariso 11 50 7 50 Generator Crude Water gas gas per 1,000 Petroleum per per 1,000 cubic feet.

It was Eudes who gave out the petroleum to the Pétroleuses; it was Felix Pyat who laid the train of gunpowder.

Isherwood experimented with petroleum under the boilers of United States steamers.

They had commenced their sinister project, and were pouring the petroleum about in the cellars, when the soldiers of the Brigade Paturel were informed of it, and arrived in time to prevent its execution.

The following night four men returned, bringing a quantity of petroleum with them.

The struggle was terrific during the night; the insurgents, who had sought refuge in the Ministry of Finance, after the taking of the barricade in the Rue Saint-Florentin, increased the fury of the flames by firing from the windows, and discharging jets of petroleum at the soldiers.

He skirted round the desert lake and steered clear of another lesser lake, formed entirely of petroleum from the great gusher.