| Show TRUCK BURNS OX ON ROAD Last Friday evening Will Killpack was bringing g two of his big school trucks to Delta from Fillmore he driving the foremost one and Hillman Hill Hill- man Davis driving the other Will been having trouble with the exhaust coming loose and had fastened It on as best he might under road Evidently on the way wey home It became loose again and mist m st have dropped of oft because the driver In the rear truck began to s see e sparks and flames be neath the truck ahead of him which he first thought to be road fires by bythe bythe the time it dawned on him that It might be the truck on fire Will was startled to see flames flames oozing up thru the floor board and to his conster- conster consternation nation he immediately realized the truck was afIre It was of the kind that that- the gas tank it right close to the dash and hence no time to loss 1038 to get himself out of reach of an ex- ex Stopping the truck he directed directed di- di a fIre extinguisher er upon the flames hut but the blaze was too far advanced ad- ad and he and Hillman had to stand by and watch the truck burn up The value of the truck Is about 1700 Insurance Was vas carried which Will cut down the loss falling upon Will WUI somewhat He is lucky that he wasn't burned In a a. period ot of over two years that Will twill has been operating the school transportation this is ih the closest to toan an accident nt he has had with any of the equipment e and even in this instance in- in stance It was after atter the closing of the iSch school year and he was the only occupant of the machine He ham ham- dies Ues big school busses which comprise quite a fleet n t when all assembled as- as Only a few days before all of them were drawn up on the street where his garage Js is and pictures pictures ures |
