TAXI AFIRE

Evening Star, Issue 24103, 26 January 1942, Page 4

TAXI AFIRE

MAN AND WOMAN DIE FROM BURNS VICTIMS' CLOTHES ALIGHT WHEN THEY ESCAPED (P.A.) AUCKLAND, January 25. A man and a woman were fatally burned when a car in which they were sitting burst into flames in a side road off Ivanhoe road, Grey Lynn, at 10.30 last night. The victims were: Mrs Ona Travencore Kerr, aged 29, of Newton. Raymond Wallace Clark, aged 30, a taxi driver, of Kingsland. After calling at a friend’s house in Grey Lynn, Mrs Kerr and Clark were sitting in the stationary car when it suddenly burst into flames. They quickly left the vehicle, but the fire was so fierce that when the two victims ran along the street their clothes were ablaze. Residents in the area gave assistance, arid the pair were admitted to hospital. Mrs Kerr, who had two young children, died at about 4.30 this morning, and Clark early this afternoon. Clark is survived by his wife and three children, the youngest being 12 weeks old. An inquest was opened and adjourned.