Evening journal., 1903-01-03

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1. lained as much as
hlns "es'ul disturbance.
settling began. AZ /
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VI 6 rIj ARYialf hour O'Brien's |
hotel, Mrs Ann |
yelling adjoining it
NVEsIirly's double store
Is yet ma.he street. and a one
Il br the cop next to It were a
bn in q in the yawnlng abyss,
,aa carrnost part OF the mound
& S||'5 ~ m, the surface OBrien's
,a. plunged first into the
4 - enhrely disappeared. A
1na' as in the hotel Kitchen
pertun1 the mine by party OF
ances Is who went to The edge
lected TO observe its extent. The
of the we'd IN is lis feet below the
|< with
.,,orof,tling Al, starked In the street
"a INT OF the hotel property. It
s n noticed by parties standing
'H o''> otel porch. The brick street
enoc 3 seen to be working and the
PAT o1nh poles and trees along the
j to there noticed to-be wobbling.
IN. a nase was at once apparent and
ected' lrm given to all the ncighbor-
thew Two sick guests were removed
~ clethe hotel and taken two blocks
90. to private house. Some at
Was made at saving the con-
"e 3 of the building. but the rapidly
~ easing size OF the opening in the
OF et put a stop to this and every
rs, Sci from tAe neighborhood
ut rWemy minutes after the disturb
ace was arst NOTICED the opening had
, idened. until II reached all the way
cross the street and half way beneath
he OBrien hotel Then with ter
rife crash the big hotel pitohed for
ward. fnrmld completely about and
landed on its roof in the bottom OF
the abyss. An immense amount Of
earth from all about the edge OF the
hotel went down with It. and-a mo.
ment later the adjoining double dwell
Ing OF Mrs. Evans fell over the edge
and demolished itself on the ruins Of
the hotel The Ackerly double store
building and the Evans barber shop
property slid into the chasm about
he same time, and piled themselves.
broken and twisted. on the other de-
srls.
ourts widening ceased before under.
.nssuph any other buildings, but one
on efcner side OF the street. deubie
dwelling belonging to the Evans es-
tate and a store building owned by
Robert Jones are protecting over the
edge Of the pit
When the noise OF the working had
ceased and those who stood at safe
saw that the ground was
again motionless, the terrible conster-
nation abated The debris had taken
fire and threatened the buildings
fringing the big hole. The hose com
panies. aided by the torrents of water
which flowed from broken mains on
all sides. extineuished the flames quite
readily. Last night no one went TO
bed in any building within 80 yards
of the disturbed area
The property damage is estimated
at $50, 900. not counting the loss OF the
lots on which the engulfed buildings
stood, and the expenditure that will be
required to fiji up the sunken street.
Fhe cavity over all is 130 feet long. 100
feet wide and 40 feet deep to the top
Of the debris. Its sides are almost
perpendicular
Will Hold Interesting Debate