Motor-Car Destroyed
SPARK IGNITES PETROL FUMES. [PEtt PRESS ASSOCIATION >3 GORE, December 19. .T. Virgo, when giving a trial run to a Cadillac motor car yesterday, ■after undergoing repairs, drew it to 'the side of the Poad to examine the sparking ping, which lib took out. Ho gave the engine a turn and a spark ignited the fumes of some petrol winch had leaked from the tank. The car was enveloped in flnmos, only the hack axle and the wheels being saved. The car was insured, hut there is a loss of £60.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 December 1911, Page 2
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93Motor-Car Destroyed Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 December 1911, Page 2
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