Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies
Sep. 13, 1957 - Thirteen Houses - Two Shops Swallowed by 120 ft. Crater in Lanchashire Street. A creeping earthquake is swallowing houses - one after another - in the Lancashire town of Farnworth. By last night thirteen houses and two shops had been wrecked - and more than 350 people have been evacuated - but nobody has been hurt. The Crater was started by a fracture in a sewage drain - 19ft. 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. Keystone Press Agency:One of the streets in Farnworth, Lanchashire - showing the crater. Many houses have been destroyed
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