STREET PETROL FIRE
CAUSED BY CASUAL MATCH Received December 1, 1.55 p.m. ADELAIDE, Nov. 30. A man named J. Hinsey lit a match while a heated lorry had its tank being filled witfi petrol. The fumes reached his clothing, which took fire. Hinsey ran across the road and knocked the petrol pump hose, and the blazing spirit soon enveloped the lorry and four pumps till it was quelled by chemicals. Hinsey’s clothing was burnt off him, but he refused to go to the hospital. He is expected to recover.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 286, 2 December 1929, Page 8
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89STREET PETROL FIRE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 286, 2 December 1929, Page 8
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