Miscellaneous Extracts.
A SERIOUS SUBSIDENCE. A piece l of ground on the south side of the River Leveii at Dumbarton, measuring two acres in extent and known as the Old Woodyard suddenly sunk for a distance of 10ft on a recent occasion. It is tenanted hy a -Mr (ialbraith, who used it for breaking up vessels, and he was on it at the time of the occurrence, but saved himself by instant flight. The workmen were absent at breakfast, or loss of life might have resulted, as the buildings were rent in pieces, and a chimney stack fifty feet high came down with a crash. At the same time a mass of sand was forced out into the river, blocking it up and damaging the harbor, while ;">0 yards of a wall at U.P. Church, 1000 yards away, collapsed. The cause of the subsidence is unknown, but it is supposed to be in some way connected with the action of the river. The damage is estimated to amount to thousands of pounds. On the area affected the ground has been riven into terraces, with chasms between them, presenting a curious sight, which has attracted many thousands of spectators.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 198, 16 December 1896, Page 4
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198Miscellaneous Extracts. Hastings Standard, Issue 198, 16 December 1896, Page 4
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