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- ↑ "Beacon Oil Co. Begins Work on Refinery at Everett Will Turn Out Petroleum Products". The Wall Street Journal. August 7, 1919.
- ↑ "Plant Has Had Several Fires". The Boston Daily Globe. February 11, 1928.
- 1 2 3 "Oil Stills Explode, Ten Killed, 40 Hurt". The New York Times. February 11, 1928.
- 1 2 Neary, James J. (February 11, 1928). "Oil Still Explosion Kills 10 in Everett and Injures 34". The Boston Daily Globe.
- ↑ Ravage, Barbara (2009). Burn Unit: Saving Lives After the Flames. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780786738915 . Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ↑ "Ask Beacon Plant Permit Be Revoked". The Boston Daily Globe. March 13, 1928.
- ↑ "Explosion Due to Weakness in Tank". The Boston Daily Globe. February 14, 1928.
- ↑ "Anderson v. Beacon Oil Co., 281 Mass. 108 (1932)". Caselaw Access Project. Harvard Law School. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ↑ "Mary Roscigno vs. Colonial Beacon Oil Company". Masscases. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Trial Court Law Libraries. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ↑ Jarvis, Judy (April 13, 1975). "The Economy: Plans, plans, plans... but no refinery". The Boston Globe.