Mine cave-in swallows a home in Scranton, Pennsylvania | 1906

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On February 20, 1906, a cave-in over Scranton’s Bellevue mine swallowed a home at 322 S. 5th Avenue. The Shea family fled as rumbling began; their house sank eight feet. Next door, the Doughertys heard their home beginning to give way. One house was lost; the other survived. Read the full story.

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