Sinkhole Opens In New Jersey Yard
Here is another report of a sinkhole, so we have one in Texas and now one in New Jersey.POSTED: 8:53 am EDT July 11, 2005UPDATED: 12:10 pm EDT July 12, 2005
RINGWOOD, N.J. -- Officials were trying to determine Monday what caused a sinkhole to open up in a Ringwood homeowner's yard.
The hole is 20 feet in diameter, 15 feet deep and growing.
The earth opened up soon after Roger DeGroat had finished mowing the lawn on Saturday.
DeGroat might have been swallowed up had he not had to go inside to fix his grass trimmer, he told The Record of Bergen County.
Mayor Wenke Taule told the newspaper she would call various agencies to determine whether an old mine shaft runs under the property.
Officials said the hole poses a danger to children in the neighborhood who might be tempted to take a closer look.
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