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Article: BIG OIL SPILL HEADING FOR CALIFORNIA CREWS WORKING TO PROTECT WILDLIFE PRESERVE, BEACHES.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 8, 1990
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Byline: Associated Press
Crews worked under spotlights early today to protect a wildlife preserve and beaches from a slick of more than 290,000 gallons of oil spilled from a tanker that may have gashed itself on its anchor.
The 811-foot American Trader, fully loaded with 21 million gallons of heavy Alaskan crude, tore a 3-foot hole in a compartment Wednesday as it was mooring at an offshore pipeline terminal within two miles of shore, the Coast Guard said.
Early today the leading edge of the 4-mile-long, 1-mile-wide oil slick hovered about a mile from several popular beaches and an estuary, officials said.
"Those wetlands and wildlife ...