AN EXCITING INCIDENT.
FIRE ON A GOODS TRAIN. (Per Press Association.) TE KUITI, Nov. 8. A fire, fraught with dangerous possibilities, occurred on a goods train which left Te Kuiti for Taumarunui at 5 a.m. to-day. Some three miles from Te Kuiti a spark from the engine ignited a consignment of 300 cases of benzine consigned to Abraham nn*l Williams and R. Winger,.Taumarunui, and valued at £6OO. The patent fire extinguisher on the train proved useless. The train was shunted back to Te Kuity, where the local brigade coped with t'he outbreak.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18021, 9 November 1920, Page 9
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92AN EXCITING INCIDENT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18021, 9 November 1920, Page 9
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