ALPINE AVALANCHES.
A VAIXEY OVEBWH KLMTSP. SLIDING MOTTNTAIN SIDE. 'Times and Sydney San Services.) PARIS, April 1. The valley of Chamonix has been overwhelmed by avalanches, the snow reaching as high as the third floors of the houses. The lakes on the road to Geneva have been filled up. An avalanche in one hamlet followed the course of the street whole trees being brought from the hillside and deposited there. Tbe landslide at Brives extends a square mile, and the mountain side is stiH moving.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 79, 2 April 1914, Page 5
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85ALPINE AVALANCHES. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 79, 2 April 1914, Page 5
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