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PETROL FLAMES.
FIRE IN PHILLIP STREET, '
... '. ? SYDNEY.
'?V v/ ./. - ; .Sydney, Sept. 18. I
A large crowd, gathered at Phillip
Street to. witness the- departure of 25
cars'which had entered for^thè Sydney1
.to Brisbane. five days reliability touring,
test. Nearly fifty valuable motor "cars
were in the precincts of Phillip Street.
It was necessary for the test, that all
petrol tanks should be emptied, and that
liquid was allowed to flow over the road.
The officials' appeal to thc - cro wd not
to smoke or strike matches went uñ
headed and suddenly there was a. warn-
ing. The petrol fumes had reached a
lighted cigarette, and immediately there
was a hurst, of flame and inflammable
liquid was sooitblazing for yards along
I the gutter. There was a rush to move
cars as the flames swept underneath
their wheels. -:
All ' cars, -however, were removed
without being damaged,. and the. com-
petitors got away on their journey
shortly 'after seven o'clock/
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