CLOTHES BURNT OFF

Grey River Argus, 15 September 1934, Page 3

CLOTHES BURNT OFF

MAN’S GRAVE INJURIES. AUCKLAND. September 14. Severe bums to the body were -received by an employee of the Maungaturoto Hotel, Edward Mahoney, aged 56, single, when his clothes were set alight when he was pouring benzine. He had been, employed at the hotel only since Monday. Mahoney l.ad gone to a building about fifty yards from the hotel to replenish the tank of a petrol engine: used to generate electric power. As he was pouring the benzine, the fumes Iwero ignited by a candle lantern, which was Standing a short distance away. Benzine was splashed over his clothing, which was quickly in flames. Mahoney rushed into the yard, shouting for assistance. His cries were heatd by the occupants of an upstairs room, nvho stripped the bedclothes from a. bed and threw them from the window fo the yard below. Attracted by the shouts, others in the hotel hastened to the scene, and they used bedclothes to smother the flames. Mahoney’s clothes were almost completely destroyed by the flames, and the man suffered severe burns practically all over his body. His condition is very serious;