Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1912 — Houses Sink as Mine Caves. [ARTICLE]

Houses Sink as Mine Caves.

Scranton, Pa.—Two houses sank 6b feet into a mine cave in Rom avenue, endangering many lives* The bouses were occupied by Warren Stephens and Patrick J. Buckley. Buckley’s wife was preparing breakfast when the houses began to settle. She aroused the members of the family and all escaped, but Stephens and tils wife were penned in their bedrooms. A ladder was towered by neighbors and the couple was rescued.