COLLAPSE OF BUILDING.
TWENTY PEOPLE KILLED. THREE SERIOUBLY INJURED. SEQUEL TO a STORM. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel t Copyrxs-ht. (Received Aug. 13, 3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 12. About 20 people were killed and three seriously injured, following the collapse of a high wooden dwelling on a hillside. The foundations were undemined by a flooded sewer, following a thunderstorm, which backed up eight feet of water against the building. The occupants sensed disaster, but were unable to quit the building, and called for the police rescue squad. A policeman entered by means of a ladder, but immediately afterwards the structure collapsed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20271, 13 August 1937, Page 8
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101COLLAPSE OF BUILDING. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20271, 13 August 1937, Page 8
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