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1 MANY LANDSLIDES. dO- THREE COTTAGES DESTROYED AT m SWANSEA. I EXCITING SCENES. A portion of the huge retaining wall íWbich has been built up from the Strand I to the Prince of Wales-road, Swansea, collapsed last night as the resnlt of landslides, demolishing three cottages, t aDd rendering homeless twenty-three t people. There were three earth move- 1 toentvs before the havoc was completed, but fortunately the inmates of the hou&es were able to get away in safety. The cottages formed part of what is known at Flint-row, Strand, and Nos. 21, 22, and 23 were the dwelling places that were destroyed. t Three Landslides. fears had been expressed for the safety of the cottages for some time past, and last night it was noticed that the retaining wall which supports the gardens attached to several of the houses in Prince of Wales-road, was slowly subsiding. The first landslide partially demolished the wall, and after an interval long enough to enable the ? people to get away, it w&s followed by a  second and third, and it is estimated that more than 100 tons of earth and rubb?h fell. The police rendered invaluab le ser- ?tce, in particular P.C. Hopcroft, who was first on the scene, and who' dis- Played commendable foresight and re- I source in dealing with the emergency. II -Captain Tdie-aol il?? (Chief Constabl» II Superintendent Roberts, and Inspector Fic,ldei? were also on the ecene^ and were successful in preventing a panic aruongst the other dweliers in the neigh- bourhood. The Chief Constable visited Nos. 18, 19, and 20, Prince of Wales- t'oad, but owing to the darkness was un- able to pass any definite opinion as to their safety. The Demolished Houses. ;1 The occupant? of the three ht?us?s ij ?hich have been practicaUy demolished tn*e:— No. 21, Flint-road—Fred Wasley and < *ife and Henry Bate and wife. Ko. 22-Thomas Fitzgerald, wife, and five children "William Slocombe, wife aHd three children. wife and four children and one lodger. TENANT'S STORY. It What Happened when the Wall Foil. A Leader man this morning paid a t'1-sit to the scene, and was kindly con- Qbctoo over two of the houses in Flint- ?? a?ected by the snidence, by a ^nant. As th inspection took place the tenant explained ail that took place kg far as he knew. "No one," he re- marked, was fitting in the kitchen of ?&y of the three houses; neither was there anyone who happened to be in the t"ea, otherwise lives would have been ?'?' He pointed to two huge holes in ? t I ?? of the kitchen of house No. u 1. and observed, Yon see Chat. That "?1 giv you an idea of the force of the Subsidence. Huge stones have found: their way into my kitchen and if that "i? jJJHar had been struck, then the wh?c I!)U.e would have been reduced to ru?ns. .As it i? only the front w&Us an4 roof: it is, he added. Urc, left, he add.ed. Narrow Escapes. Jur representative made a. thorough] Examination of the houses, and could ?°t help realising that had any persons een in any of the rooms they would ^rtainly have boon seriously injured, or ^'ight have lost their lives. Fortu- nately the fall was split up into three Actions, and prior to the most serious one in which all the houses pilfered, the occupants had left. tically all the rooms were wrecked, IIttld the furniture was quite smashed. The whol,- of the occupants turned out b! these houses were weil looked after y the police, but they found their own °'lgings for the night with friends and ^lati res living in close proximity. Following upon the visit to Fiint-row \.I1" man walked up as far as Prince of aks-road in order, if possible, to get the stories of eye-witnesses. He found -4rs. Thomas, of 19, Prince of Wales- J'°a.ó at home, and she having been on rhe spot when the accident occurred, proved willing to relate her own story, i Mrs, Powell, who was also there, en- dQrSEd the remarks, and added that the wa. so serious and threaten- [ lng that she felt &we-stricken. In fact, I ^he position last evening was so bad ha.t one or two of the occupants, even )11 the Prince of Wales-road, deserted tueir homes and slept elsewhere. First Signs of Fail. Mns. lh<j#nas said that the first figas of the fall appeared about 4.30 on ^Uesday afternoon. My friend and I both heard a fall of stones; just like a r tlkrt-load of stones being emptied. 1 • Proceeded to the back-room window ? ?'hen my friend caned to me, and said, .-Itrs Ihomas, we are fag down.' ? We both looked out of the window, and ?U.?f a sudden the whole of the earth ga,'o way, and we saw the houses in unt-row being smashed in. We were ?rror-strieken, and the people in the Strand, and even up here, grew &o lightened that I thought there would i?4li panic. And then tne police sent u? ? tell me not to go into my sitting- lbom as it was dangerous, and," Mded the speaker, "I should think %o too, for there is only a little bit of earth holding it. We *U&hed upstairs and got our little boy Out. I thought the stairs would go in too. "Really," she said, "I feel frightened now, fcr we never know I ether we shall go or not. The two jjouses on each side of me are also in 4aliger. Roof FeU in. I Another interview was forthcoming Itom Mr. Fitzgerald. the occupant of oQ. 22, Flint-row. He said that his who was workin g at night, was in "^d during the afternoon, and was jm t getting out of bed when the fall took Waoe. As he got out of the room the iloof fell in, and the bed was almost com- Wetely wrecked. When Mr. Fitzgerald "'nt in the house this morning he J^nd amongst the debris his pet cat. twas hurt, but was alive.

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