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Sep. 13, 1957 - Thirteen houses - Two shops swallowed by 120ft. Crater I Lancashire street. A creeping earthquake is swallowing houses- one after another- in the Lancashire town of Farnworth. By last night thirteen houses and two shops have been wrecked and more than 350 people have been evacuated but nobody was hurt. The crater was started by a fracture in a sewage drain 19 ft. down. It is feared that if there is more rain- the rate and area of the land collapse would increase- the whole area lives in fear of their homes disappearing

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120ft Collapse Crater Creeping Disappearing Drain Earthquake Evacuated Farnworth Feared Fracture Increase Rate Sewage Swallowed Swallowing Thirteen Wrecked

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