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Look Back: More than 100 Kingston homes evacuated in 1961

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Residents within a certain section of Kingston were evacuated due to a mine subsidence and heaves that snapped gas and water lines on Aug. 12, 1961. “More than 100 homes are affected in the 500 blocks of Ford, Charles, Rutter and Westmoreland avenues. The area is bounded on the south by Westmoreland Avenue on the north by Ford, on the west by James Street and on the east by Dorrance Street,”…

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