PETROL EXPLODES
TRAIN AND LORRY COLLIDE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received tips dav at 1.5 p.m.) - • PARIS, Oct. 26. -'The suburb of Longjameau was thrilled at midnight by a lorry laden ■'with a thousand gallons of petrol colliding with a ■ ’•oadside train. The ’lorry caught fire and twenty drums exploded in rapid succession, burning the driver to death, and setting fire to and destroying four houses, ifi one of which a wedding was being celebrated. ” Though the train was partially derailed, the driver managed to haul the Tfh-in clear and avoid a holocaust. '
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1932, Page 1
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94PETROL EXPLODES Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1932, Page 1
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