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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. |