Frank's tanker is one of a batch of 20 which were bought by National
Benzole. Two weeks ago Frank took it on the 300-mile Phoenix run from North Yorkshire to Carlisle, Haltwhistle, Slaley and Tow Law, and averaged 16.3 miles to the gallon.
See Bylaw to Regulate the Erection of Coal Oil Refineries and the Storage of Petroleum, Rock Oil, Coal Oil, Water Oil, or Any of the Products of Petroleum, as well as Naphtha,
Benzole, Benzine, Kerosene, or Any Burning Fluid by Whatever Name Known, within the City of Toronto, bylaw no.
He went to Bedford Modern School until he was 14 and then joined the offices of engineering company National
Benzole.
Jack worked for petrol company National
Benzole and was married to his late wife Thelma for 64 years.
The Mont Blanc, a French freighter under the command of Captain Aime Le Medec, was due to arrive on the following day, and was laden with 2,300 tons of the explosive lyddite, 200 tons of TNT, ten tons of gun cotton and thirty-five tons of highly inflammable
benzole, this latter being contained in drums stacked on the ship's upper deck.