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726 South Bancroft Street

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Rope is fastened to a building and connected to an electrical pole. An open doorway to the right reveals rubble. A woman stands in the doorway on the left.726 S. Bancroft Street - 3 stories - 5 rooms - $20.00 per month - Negro family - Complaint of unsafe alley wall sent to BuildingBureau a number of times over a period of a year - Condemnations issued but owner never made any correction - While family were asleep entire side wall collapsed - No one hurt but mother 70 years old severly shaken -Feb. 17th 1927
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