BENZINE EXPLOSION
DAMAGE TO GARAGE Press Association. BLENHEIM, Friday. A fire at 6.30 p.m. yesterday in Buckman’s garage, at Havelock, gutted the workshop, destroying £IOO worth of tyres. All the machinery was lost, but five cars which were in the garage were saved. Insurance on the building amounted to £250, and on the contents £3OO. The outbreak was caused by Mr. Buckman dropping a tin of benzine, which contacted with a blow -lamp. An explosion occurred, and an assistant had a narrow escape.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 110, 30 July 1927, Page 1
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