People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1897 — Mine Caves Under a Town. [ARTICLE]

Mine Caves Under a Town.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 3. —An extensive cave-in occurred in the town of Wyoming Monday night in the main workings of the Schooley mine, which are 600 feet underneath the town. A loud report was heard, and houses shook on their foundations. An investigation showed that the earth’s surface had caved in some places a distance of twenty-five feet. The area affected is about 150 yards long and 200 yards wide. The postofflce is almost a complete wreck, and other buildings, including three dwellings, sunk a distance of twenty feet. Another cave-in is feared. The cause is said to be a lack of sufficient props for the roof.