CAR ON FIRE
1 Snrprise For Motorist To be' pumping'up a ' back 'tyro, of a car and. fiud, when the task is completed, that a hlazing fire was raging in the interior of the veliicle, was the experience of Mr. Pudney this morning. When near the Poplar Avsnue at Pakowhai, Mr. Pudney. stopped his car 't,o effect minor rejiairs to a rear whc-el and,. jylien he: had completed operations, he opened the front door o| the car ,to replace the pump, .when he. was greeted with a sheet of flames. The fire had a, big hold when first noticed, aiid, before he could do anything to quell the outbreak, the inre rior of the car was completely burht out aiid before long the vehicle was a wreck." Apart from very slight burns to ' the - hands Mr. Pudney was . un injured. '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 56, 29 November 1937, Page 6
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