BENZINE BLAZE

Grey River Argus, 23 October 1936, Page 7

BENZINE BLAZE

MYSTERY IN A SCULLERY. NELSON, October 22.. While washing curtains in a basin containing a gallon of benzine, Mrs. .1. L. Harris, of Ngatitama Street, had an unenviable experience when the petrol and the curtain mysteriously caught fire. As the-curtains wtyro being rubbed in the benzine, a fairly loud roar was heard by Mrs Harris, who thought that it was a rumble preceding an earthquake. It was then seen that the basin and curtains were on fire, flames and smoke filling the scullery. She hurriedly left the room to obtain a stick, with which she imbed the blazing basin outside. 'I lie flames were ten feet in height. How the benzine caught fire is a mystery, as there was no naked flame in the vicinity.