NARROW ESCAPE.
PETROL TASK EXPLODES.
MOTOR LORRY OX FIRE,
(From Our Correspondent.)
WAHKUORTH, Thursday. A narrow escape from iniury was ST ed ,I > V he occupants of I lorry which caught fire at the top of Ahuroa 'u mi,eS from War kworth, whtfb w° to-night. The truck, TraS, 7 w V ", ed by Mr F " Hi ». ®onbv n v ark . WOrth ' wae being driven K J° nCI f rno ' Wh ° Was acco"lbaby W B " n<l 6 ' X montlm ' old
™ the was near the top of «« « I , e , <I , r ! ver rea,ised that it on fire «nd held on to both brakes while vehicle eBCa P«d from the
tlJ h .M? ar y e A ha< * by this "me reached tae side of the cab and the truck moved ■lowly toward a high bank, but stopped before reaching it. The tank, whic-h contained 16 gallons of petrol, exploded, and this attracted the attention of h <> were successful in extinguishmnp the flame**. The outbreak was due to petrol leaking from a cracked indicator on to the climb'up P the beCame hot ° n the
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 281, 26 November 1937, Page 10
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