lamp oil

Benjamin Franklin is said to have urged Parisians to alter their sleep schedules to save candles and lamp oil.

Before that, northern elephant seals nearly disappeared entirely because of hunting during the 19th century for their blubber, which was used for lamp oil and soap.

After explorer Willem Barents discovered the archipelago in 1596, Dutch, British and Danish sailors established Svalbard as a whaling outpost and slaughtered the plentiful cetaceans to meet European demand for lamp oil.

The event disrupted power to hundreds in the area, said Eric Scoredos, who was at the hardware searching for lamp oil Tuesday.

It shattered on top of the siege tower, drenching the dead wood in lamp oil.