BLOWN OFF THEIR FEET.
Twelve schoolgirls and a teacher were caught in a cyclone on June 12 on the summit of Mont Racine, in the Jnra Alps, above Neuenatel, and had an exciting experience. When the cyclone struck the party everyone was dashed to the ground. Some were rolled down the elope by the wind, and hats and sunshades we're torn away. When the cyclone had departed shrieks ■were heard by the peasants, who climbed to the assistance of the girls. The majority of them were cut and bruised, and their Clothes were torn, but they were not seriously injuxedj and $uej; descended eafely .to the valley;.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 179, 29 July 1911, Page 17
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107BLOWN OFF THEIR FEET. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 179, 29 July 1911, Page 17
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