FIRE ON EXPRESS.
OUTBREAK NEAR MERCER. EXTINGUISHED BY BUCKETS. Seventeen minutes' delay was caused to the Rotorua express when it arrived at Mercer railway station this morning with a smouldering fire on one of the first-class carriages. The outbreak was extinguished by a bucket brigade. When the express was passing Pukekohe it was observed there was some burning gorse on the side of the railway l">e. As the train neared Pokeno the Haze from the gorse increased, and railway officials think this was the original cause of the outbreak. until t?,T7 fire waa not ™ticed SSU and** had ' Bto PP«l at Mercer w4.^A'. p 2r n P r who ali s hted The carrSJ rd w \ at t , L tlon *2 tbe Bmokecaution a *T the V» en ° ff M ■ P re "
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 33, 8 February 1929, Page 10
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132FIRE ON EXPRESS. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 33, 8 February 1929, Page 10
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