Burning Lorry. Had . Rubber Fuel Pipe
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pOUCE called to a burning lorry on the Sheffield-Huddersfield road. neer Hazlehead. found that it was loaded with 172 cylinders of hydrogen. At the time the driver. William Anderson, Montrose Avenue, Carmyle, Glasgow, told the police that because the metal diesel fuel pipe was blocked, a rubber pipe had been substituted.
For using the lorry in a dangerous condition he was fined £3, at Barnsley last week. His employers, Rob Roy Transport, Easter Hill Street. Glasgow, were fined £10.
At the time of the fire. Anderson said " My boss substituted the rubber hose 1 didn't realize at the time bow dangerous it was." In a letter to the court, in which he pleaded guilty, Anderson stated that he thought the fire started somewhere in the electrical system.'
Mr. Stanley Rinehcliffe, chairman, said that the bench could not condemn an action such as this too strongly. It was a ridiculous thing to do and could have caused the death of more than one person.