Oregon house slides down hillside; woman rescued

[October 09, 2008]  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A woman has been rescued after the house she was in slid down a hillside and hit two others in Portland, Ore.

Neighbor Greg Sherwood says the sound woke him up before dawn Wednesday.

He looked out just in time to see the house occupied by Kathleen Hendrickson starting to "fall over." Sherwood and another man used a ladder to get her off the debris.

Sherwood tells KGW-TV they were able to pull her out a couple of minutes before the whole house gave way.

A geologist says other houses in the affluent neighborhood may be in jeopardy. Recent rains may be to blame.

[Associated Press]

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