SERVICE BUS BURNED.
DESTRUCTION IN ■ CUTTING.
VEHICLE CARRYING BENZINE.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. A service bus carrying 15 cases of benzine was destroyed by fire 011 the Ingle-wood-Pur a ngi Road this morning. While the bus was proceeding through a cutting the driver heard a roar behind him and had time only to pull the bus to the side of the road and jump clear before the vehicle was enveloped in flames. The fire lasted for an hour and during that time traffic through the cutting was held up. Only the engine and a few pieces of iron were left* when the flames died down.
The bus was the property of Mr. L Prestig#.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19303, 16 April 1926, Page 10
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117SERVICE BUS BURNED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19303, 16 April 1926, Page 10
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