FIRE DESTROYS CAR NEAR KARAMU SETTLEMENT
A Hastings motor-car, owned by Si'ster E. M. Gardiner, caught fire and was totally destroyed on the main Has^ings-Napier road near the Karamu Settlement yesterday afternoon. The owner, who had fortunately left the car to investigate a smell of burning, was uuhurt^ bnt suffered from shock. First indication that sometliing was m-ong was given when Sister Gardiner noticed si smell of what appeared to be burning rubber. She thought that this might^ be due to a flat tyre, but upon alighting from the car to investigate, discovered that there was- smoke coming from under the bonnet. A few moments. later the engine burst into flames., which spread to the bodywork of the car in quick time.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 79, 27 December 1937, Page 6
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122FIRE DESTROYS CAR NEAR KARAMU SETTLEMENT Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 79, 27 December 1937, Page 6
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