WHEN AN OLD MINE beneath the road collapsed at Carbondale, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., a dozen houses were damaged and three persons injured. Damage to the value of some 100.000 dollars was caused and huge chasms suddenly appeared in the earth. One house dropped 25ft. into a hole, while in contiguous areas homes buckled from their foundations -and slanted crazily. Some sixty families were evacuated from the danger area by the police, whose task was made more difficult by waterflowing from damaged mains.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 29 March 1949, Page 5
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81WHEN AN OLD MINE beneath the road collapsed at Carbondale, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., a dozen houses were damaged and three persons injured. Damage to the value of some 100.000 dollars was caused and huge chasms suddenly appeared in the earth. One house dropped 25ft. into a hole, while in contiguous areas homes buckled from their foundations -and slanted crazily. Some sixty families were evacuated from the danger area by the police, whose task was made more difficult by waterflowing from damaged mains. Wanganui Chronicle, 29 March 1949, Page 5
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