 Two hundred homes were twisted, cracked or sprung from their foundations.Sidewalks were torn up and gas and water mains snapped in several places.Water cascaded through the streets and flooded cellars.”

"Since 1942 the Pennsylvania DEP [Department of Environmental Protection] and its predecessor, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PADER), as well as the U.S. Department of the Interior/Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), have investigated 149 mine-related subsidence events in the city."