NEWCASTLE CREEP.
MORE DAMAGE. ' THE CRACKS' EXTENDING/ IN THE y' ■ , CATHEDRAL. ' ir TELnonirn—ritEEs association—cop-ritiGin-Sydney, January 18. The new " creep " at Newcastle starts from wlioro tho last ended. It embraces an. area of about thirty acres. Tho damage is estimated at many'thousands. - Amongst tho buildings that suffered wore the Fire Brigade Station, the Masonic Hall,and a number ,of largo , warehouses.' • Tho dumago don© to ;tho-roadway-is..alsb serious. "SETTLING DOWN." (Rec. Jan. 20, 1,14 a.m.) , , Mawcastle, (January ,19. The "creep" continues• in a mild form. The ground appears to bo settling down. While this process js going, on sonio old fissures are widening, and new ones. are broaking out. ;■ ' . . At tho Anglican Cathedral the bracks havo opened, causing moro damage. . They have spread from: the western part eastwards to within a few yards of tho great organ.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 99, 20 January 1908, Page 7
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