PETROL EXPLOSION
RESULT OF COLLISIONdriver BURNED TO DEATH. FOUR HOUSES DESTROYED, /nlted Press Assn. —Elcc. Tel. Copyright. (Received Oct! 27, 8.50 a.m.) PARIS, Oct. 26. The suburb of Longjumeau was thrilled at midnight by a lorry, laden with 1000 gallons of petrol, colliding with a roadside shuttle train. The lorry caught Are, and 20 drums exploded in rapid succession, burning the driver to death and setting Are to and destroying four houses, in one of which a wedding was being celebrated. Though tha train was partially derailed the driver managed to haul the train clear and avoid a holocaust.
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18777, 27 October 1932, Page 7
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