FIRE DESTROYS CAR
OUTBREAK ON HILL
ESCAPE OF OCCUPANTS (Por Pross Association.l WELLINGTON, this day. A small sports car just concluding a fortnight'H tour of the North Island was wrecked by lire on the top of Paekakariki Hill yesterday. When changing to a lower gear, the owner. Mr. Stan. Little, saw flames burst forth from the engine following a backfire. The carburettor and tank both took fire, and the occupants, of the car were only just able to make a hurried exit and'watch its destruction.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19247, 12 February 1937, Page 6
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85FIRE DESTROYS CAR Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19247, 12 February 1937, Page 6
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