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Unbelievable sequence of events led to man's mower death
Jeezuz, what a freaky accident, poor old bugger, he didn't deserve to go like that
The Daily Telegraph Friday 15 January 2010
A war veteran died after accidentally setting himself on fire in an 'almost unbelievable' sequence of events. William Baines, 89, had been filling his petrol lawnmower when he was engulfed in flames last June.
An inquest in Stockport, Cheshire, heard that a box of matches, which he kept for lighting candles at church, had probably fallen out of his pocket as he bent down to start the mower. The great-grandfather then stood on them, the friction lighting the matches and igniting the petrol vapours and fuel on his clothes. When he rushed in a panic into the passageway where he kept the mower, he stepped into petrol spilled while filling it which fed the fire, engulfing Mr Baines.
Coroner John Pollard ruled his death was accidental, adding: "There appears to be a strange and almost unbelievable sequence of events. Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction and this is one of those occasions".
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"Shooter"
What a horrible way to go. 
> I Support Doug Gilliss < For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci
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That is sooo not fair!! 
Jan "Felicis Tredecim"
"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"
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Senior Member
Something out of a horror movie...
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Senior Member
By the way, God does have a place for all of his creatures. Right next to the potatoes and gravy.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup"
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Der Crew Chief
fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"
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The Pop-Tart Whisperer
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Benevolens Magister
Not nice at all. This was on the local news at the time, as Stockport is only a few miles from where I live.
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Horrible way to go.
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few"- Winston Churchill.
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Senior Member
Dam........
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Poor man!!
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Aim......FIRE!!
Jan "Felicis Tredecim"
"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"
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Senior Member
What a tragic and wasteful end for a veteran!
Pillage, then burn.
Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well on toast.
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