CYCLIST IN FLAMES
While cycling along Purley Way, Croydon, Surrey, William Smith, aged 19, of Guy road, Beddington, Surrey, suddenly found himself enveloped in flames. He was taken to Croydon General Hospital, where he was detained. Smith works at a petrol station, and it is believed that his petrol-stained garments were ignited by a cigarette thrown from a passing motor car.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20006, 3 August 1939, Page 15
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61CYCLIST IN FLAMES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20006, 3 August 1939, Page 15
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