Oops, Wrong House
1. "Demolition crew tears down wrong house"
< http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=8998 >
"House numbers in the southwest Phoenix neighborhood are not well-marked
and all the mailboxes sit on one side of the street, making identification
difficult"
2. "Builders knocked down wrong wall"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1180532.html >
"Building workers failed to realise that the wall they wanted to remove was
also the outside wall of the neighbouring building"
3. "Company removes roof of wrong house"
< http://www.local10.com/news/4106725/detail.html >
"Roofer David Whitlow and his crew were half-finished tearing off the roof
of a Seminole Heights home when he received a disturbing call from his
office. They were at the wrong house"
4. "Man finds roofers stripping his roof instead of neighbor's" [expired link]
< http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/4046161/detail.html >
"Imagine coming home and finding a contractor stripping off your roof and
you never hired him. It happened in Amity Harbor, Long Island, on Dec. 18
to Jim Sullivan"
5. "Shakespeare tourists view wrong house -- for 200 years"
< http://archives.cnn.com/2000/STYLE/arts/11/29/shakespeare.poet.ap/ >
"The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust said on Wednesday that research proves
beyond a doubt that the Bard's mother grew up at Glebe Farm, not the
property currently called Mary Arden's House, which is located just 50
yards (50 metres) away in Wilmcote, a little village outside Stratford
-upon-Avon in England"
6. "Intruders break into wrong house, apologise"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1273408.htm >
"Armed intruders broke into a family's house in Britain, only to apologise
and leave again, having realised they intended to beat someone up next
door instead"
7. "Home invaders got the wrong house"
< http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/ot-invasion20050125.html >
"Ottawa police say it was a case of mistaken identity"
8. "Gifts left at wrong house"
< http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=141298 >
"Wootten says the gifts are clearly meant for young girls. She's contacted
LDS bishops, neighbors, police and fire departments, the United Way and
city council members, but no one is claiming the gifts"
