EXPLOSION OF BENZINE FUMES
MATCH STRUCK AT WRONG TIME BY TF-LEOUArn -PRESS ASSOCIATION Te Awamutu, December 1. A farmer at Te Kawa, A. J. Mold, was badlv burned about the arms during the night when drawing some benzine from the tank of his motorlorrv to oblige a passing motorist who had run short. While the benzine was being drawn off a man standing b- struck a match and the fumes exploded. The lorrv caught fire and the garage was in danger of destruction until all present smothered the* flames. Mr Mold was brought into Te Awamutu for surgical attention.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 58, 2 December 1926, Page 12
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99EXPLOSION OF BENZINE FUMES Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 58, 2 December 1926, Page 12
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