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Date: July 15, 1975
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Location: Springdale
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Easting: 568000
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Northing: 5484000
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Latitude: 49° 30' 00" N
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Longitude: 56° 04' 00" W
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Fatalities: 0
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Injuries: 0
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Source: Department of Mines and Energy File #720:03 by
Doug Vanderveer, Slope Stability Investigation at Springdale.
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"The problem area is situated at the rear of Taylor's subdivision,
and at the end of Spencers Lane. A row of houses have been built
at the base of a 200 foot rock face. The first rockfall occurred
in July 1975, and consisted of a large boulder that broke free
from the cliff face and tumbled down the hillside. The rock
stopped just short of a house under construction, no injuries or
damage was reported. A second rockfall occurred in January 1976,
when a large piece of rock broke free and split into two fragments.
One piece bounced over a small embankment and landed on the
corner of a pickup truck causing damage to the body. The other
fragment struck a house approx. four feet of the ground, after
bouncing 60 feet through the air, again no injuries were reported."
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