BENZINE ACCIDENT
Man Severely Burned
By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, September 14
Severe burns to tho body were re reived by an employee of the Maunga turoto Hotel, Edward Mahoney, aged 56, single, when his clothes were set alight while he was pouring benzine The man had been employed at the hotel only since Monday. Mahoney had gone to a building about 50 yards from the hotel to replenish the tank of the petrol engine used to generate electric power. As he was pouring the benzine tho fumes "ere ignited by a candle-lantern which was standing a short distance away The benzine was splashed over his clothing, which was quickly in flames Mahoney rushed into the yard shouting for assistance. His cries were heard by the occupant of an upstairs room, who stripped the bedclothes from the bed and threw them from the window to tho yard below. Attracted by the shouts others in the hotel hastened te tho scene and they used the bedclothes to smother the flames.
Mahoney’s clothes were almost com pletely destroyed by the flames and the man suffered severe burns practically all over his body. His condition is very serious.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 7
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194BENZINE ACCIDENT Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 7
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