AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE.
UV TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION WELLINGTON, June 12. An unusual occurrence took place at Taita, at the residence of Mr John Duthie. A motor car, which lis purchased in London a few nnnths'ago, was discovered in a blaze, while the chauffeur lay alongside it in an unconscious state. He had been filling the tank with petrol by the light of a motor lamp, and it is surmised that the petrol took fire, spread to the body of the car, and afterwards asphyxiated the man while he was trying to subdue the flames by means of" a hose of waiter. There was no sign of any explosion of the petrol. A doctor rendered aid to the sufferer, but it was not until two hours after the accident that he came round.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9114, 13 June 1908, Page 5
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133AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9114, 13 June 1908, Page 5
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