DISASTROUS FIRE
SLIPPER FACTORY DESTROYED. BUILDING COLLAPSES TO STREET. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7 p.m. Sydney,. Dec. 22. Sensational incidents marked a disastrous fire on Saturday afternoon at Waterloo, a suburb of Sydney, where a three-storeyed building occupied by Australian Slippers Ltd. was destroyed and a building on the opposite side of the road was damaged. _ The slipper factory collapsed into the street and at least a dozen firemen received burns, while three civilians were also injured. The damage is estimated at £30,000. Three buildings on each side of Australian Slippers Ltd. were damaged by fire and water.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1935, Page 7
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