PETROL FATALITY.
ENGINE BACK-FIRES. (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. While filling the tank of a wagon with petrol at a bond store at Pyrmont, engine back-fired, causing the petrol to explode. J. Cahill and C. Smith were trapped in the flames behind the wagon. Thi'y were badly burned and died in hospital.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 21 February 1927, Page 7
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53PETROL FATALITY. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 21 February 1927, Page 7
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