MOTOR LORRY FATALITY

Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1929, Page 5

MOTOR LORRY FATALITY

BURSTS INTO FLAMES. TWO MEN BURNT. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, .May 22. A four ton motor jurn, Sv.uk a teiegrapn polo with such loreo in .nolilit ji»uen road last evening that it was wrecked and burse into flames trapping uvo oi life Im.i uv.upa.itrt who eventually escaped wild tiieir lives and were removed to me hospital badly buriieu. Due loan jumped clear from tlie load on the back and of tbe three in the cab anouier was thrown into the road-way. Frederick Wilkin, of Ml., Albert, matte Ins escape 1 , through a shattered wiiui-,screen and although burned about the body tlie hospital authorities consider ins condition is not serious. George Durham Biddiek, married, aged 63, of l’onsonoy, was pinned to the drjver’s seat where* tiie damaged sieering column hold him fast. i.t was only after a fierce struggle that he broke free and fell on to the road terribly burned. Owing to the heat spectators had been unable to help, while even a. patent hand extinguisher carried on tho lorry and hurled out by the impact, lay unporceived while the flames were raging around the imprisoned j men. Biddick’s condition is extremely serious. VICTIMS SUCCUMB. AUCKLAND, May 22. Frederick Wilkin and George Durham Biddiek, the victims of last evening’s blazing lorry accident in Mt. Eden Road, both died at the Auckland hospital early this morning.