OLD VILLAGE FALLING IN.
Brandon village in Durham, is falling in It is an old village situated above the coalfields. It has been known for some time that, the ground on which the village cottages are built was subsiding, and the cause is believed'to be the collapse of an old disused coal seam below it. At Easter strange cracking noises were heard, and in July the warning took more positive form. The floors of four cottages began to sink and walls to gape. The families occupying them escaped just in time. No further risks are to 'be taken. All the cottages are to be given up, and the families will have to seek new homes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20988, 26 September 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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115OLD VILLAGE FALLING IN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20988, 26 September 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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