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Canadian town in danger of sinking into the earth
« on: Apr 15^th, 2004, 2:30pm »

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An entire Canadian town may be in danger of being gobbled up by the earth.

As many as 12 cars, trucks and other vehicles, including a 40-foot trailer, disappeared into a huge sinkhole near the downtown of Timmins, Ont., reports the Timmins Daily Press.

The hole opened up about 8 a.m. Monday morning, Tony Raymond, owner of Raymond's Garage , told the newspaper.

"I saw it happening and I just yelled to everybody to get out," Raymond said.

Raymond's Garage is on land lying over an old mine that ceased operation in the 1940s, the paper said. As the ground collapsed, the resulting pressure caused water in the mineshaft below to spurt upwards.

"The pressure lifted a cement shaft cap, causing tidal waves which submerged the streets with 1˝ feet of water," said Fire Chief Lester Cudmore.

"There are more than 10 pieces of equipment at the bottom of the sinkhole right now," he added, "including a 40-foot trailer, two wreckers, two trucks and two half-tons."

All the vehicles, which were owned by Raymond's Garage, were pulled out by 7 p.m. Monday.

An earlier cave-in took place in 1963, during which three buses plunged into the ground.

"In my understanding they are still there," said Fire Chief Lester Cudmore.

No one was hurt, but both Raymond's Garage and an overhead-door business next door have been evicted from their current locations because of safety concerns.

Timmins, a city of about 45,000 about 100 miles north of Lake Huron, is best-known for being the hometown of country singer Shania Twain.

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« Reply #1 on: Apr 15^th, 2004, 2:32pm »

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MZ hows the ground under your feet?

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« Reply #2 on: Apr 15^th, 2004, 3:06pm »

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WOW! Its like in the movies... 12 cars, 40 foot trailer?! Maybe they should move the town!

Godzilla awaken?

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« Reply #3 on: Apr 15^th, 2004, 8:43pm »

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ohh.. i hope our canadian friends are far from this town....

i've seen these events in tv features and it's so frightening this kind of catastrophe... it may have an effect to a small radius unlike an earthquake but i think for me this would be more frightening... imagine that while sleeping in the night you feel your house suddenly submerges and you are eaten alive the your land.... :yikes:

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« Reply #4 on: Apr 16^th, 2004, 8:46am »

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on Apr 15^th, 2004, 2:32pm, david wrote:

MZ hows the ground under your feet?

I feel really sad for those people - I can't imagine what they must be going through.

Oh - David. Thanks for asking but that little town is waaay east from here.....waaaay.

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Ok good our Dear MZ is safe Kiss

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Yipee!

Though yeah its very scary to wake up and find yourself going down the pit... Armageddon is coming! These days alertness and reflexes will do us good in almost any dangerous settings.

hmmm... I wonder if I would see most of my dead dogs' bones or even a burried treasure.

Where I live in, an island in the Philippines called Cebu(at the middle), its a huge coral. And there was an article that it might end up collapsing with all the buildings, people, tons of cars that adds to the weight every day. But I think it will stand, Cebu got tons of mountains and tress and it never budged. But who knows... *shivers*

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