LORRY BURNED
LOAD OF TIMBER DESTROYED
(Per Press Association Copyright.)
TE KUTTT, ApnV 26,
A motor-truck owned and driven by Mr H. J. Henderson, w;s destroyed by fii’e ].a«t night.
The vehie'e, which was fully loaded with wliitp pine timber, was prbeef i"»g toward Te Kuiti, when the engine backfired, blowing She carburetter of. Within <° minute the front of the truck was a mas.? of flames. Owing to the nature of the Jo n d. the fire spread very quickly, until, the truck was a roaring mass of flames.
The fire bur ye, L cel g -for about five hours, and as the lorry was in the middle of the road, traffic was IHd up until about thr e e o’clock this morning. The heat was so intense tint the ironwork of the ilorrv was bent and twisted, and at one tjme the differential and rear axle wer e wniie hot. The driver and a passenger were able to jump clear as soon as the vehicle caught fire.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19330427.2.67
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1933, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
168LORRY BURNED Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1933, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in