A GARAGE DESTROYED
BENZINE AND OIL CATCH FIRE PROPRIETOR BURNED ON ARM (Per United Frees Association) HASTINGS, Dec. 1. Fed by large quantities of benzine and oil, a Are destroyed a large garage at the Omahu Shingle Company's pit near Hastings to-day. The owner of the garage, Mr P. Lowe, was burned on the arm, but his injuries are not serious.
At the time of the fire a truck, a motor car, and a tractor were being repaired in the garage. The truck and the car were pushed out, but the tractor had to be left. It was stripped of everything that would burn.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23672, 2 December 1938, Page 11
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