https://gateway.okhistory.org/explore/locations/p15120/browse/2013-10-11T20:30:49-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Gateway to Oklahoma History Location: Ireland - Whiddy Island2013-10-11T20:30:49-05:00https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc208234/

<p><a href="https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc208234/"><img alt="[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1178]" title="[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1178]" src="https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc208234/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The French tanker Betelgeuse, which exploded earlier today at the Whiddy Island storage terminal, lies with her broken and flames and smoke still pouring from the central portion at first light."</p>