MOTOR BUS BURNED.
DESTRUCTION Or NEW VEHICLE. DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT. i I Fire destroyed a new motor bus, worth £700, at Avondale at 1.30 a.m. on Sunday morning. Tht vehicle, which had seating accommodation for sixteen persons, was the latest addition to the fleet of the Motor Transport Company, and had been running up till midnight on Saturday. It was then parked near the home of Mr. E. A. Carter, one of the proprietors of the company, in Xew North Road. An hour and a-half later, the strident sounds of the electric horn, set in action by the fire, aroused Mrs. Carter, who discovered that the vehicle was ablaze from end to end. The 1 Avondale Fire Brigade arrived promptly, and two buses parked near the burning vehicle were saved, while a house and a shed nearby were also protected. The shed caught fire, but the brigade extinguished the flames before any material damage was done. The bus. which had travelled only ."000 miles, was insured. The cause of the fire is attributed to a short circuit.
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Auckland Star, Issue LVII, 1 March 1926, Page 10
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