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Boon's Head Falls and Buries the Road For a Distance of Seventy-Five Yards-The Peo ple Greatly Frightened. Last night’s rain storm wrought con siderable havoc and brought terror to the hearts of the people of Petty Harbor. About 12.30 o'clock ,a rumbling noise was heard, and an instant after, a tre mendous roar like the healing of thun der sent terror through the inhabitants of the quiet settlement. When the peo ple recovered from the shock and began to investigate, it was found that Boom's Head, on the south side of the harbor, had fallen to the ground below. This jut of land overhangs the roadway on the South Side, almost immediately op posite Mr. Jacob Chafe’s residence. Mr. Chafe is In town this morning Acquainting the Executive of the occurrence. He says that thou sands upon thousands of tons of earth are deposited on the roadway. Huge boulders and masses of rock are mixed up with the earth. The length of the pile of fallen material is about 250 feet, and in some parts a height of 25 feet is reached. Fortunately the landslide oc curred in the night time,when there was no one around. ‘The only loss sustained is by Mr. Chafe. His flakes, on which about fifty quintals of partly-cured fish were piled,are buried beneath the debris. Most of the fish belongs to Daniel Chafe, Thomas Williams and John Walsh.
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St Johns Evening Telegram
St Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Mon, Oct 07, 1895
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Randy C.
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