September 23,1931

2 houses collapse at 4309 & 4311 Walnut Street

Supposed cause: sewer seepage and heavy traffic vibration

Result: 2 more houses condemned at 4305 &4307 Walnut Steet and vacated

1 man dead: Mr. George Mitchell, 49, proprietor of the Washington Cafe on 45th Street, lived at 4311 Walnut St.

13 people injured

Injured victims claim they warned city-city claims never to have received any such complaints.

Investigation called for and committee formed to find cause of deadly collapse.

July 18,1961

3 homes collapse at 5045,5047 & 5049 Funston Street

Supposed cause: 'apparently' rotting foundations eroded 'perhaps' by an underground stream

Result: 8 people trapped, 4 uncovered-2 children, a blind man and his wife

Broken gas mains

Broken water mains

Entire block evacuated





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