BURNING WELL.-A correspondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, gives an
account of a burning well that may be seen at Southington Centre, in Trumbill county,
Ohio. The well is 91 feet deep, all but 24 feet through sand-stone, quick sand and hard
rock, which though used for boring could not penetrate. When it was withdrawn, a
peculiar odor accompanied by a rushing sound, was perceived. Suspecting the presence
of inflammable gas, Mr. Wannemaker, the owner of the well, lowered a lamp into it. A
violent explosion, that did some injury to the by-standers, was the consequence, and the
gas still continues to burn. It is doubtless carburetted hydrogen.