ALPINE AVALANCHES.
VALLEY OVERWHELMED
MOViNG M JUNTALN S:i>E
(Per Press Association—CVpYri^hti Taris A pi' 1 The valley of Chamonix hi^ h^en overwhelmed by avalanches, 0 c s;so« reaching as high as the third t\ ):•]■< o the houses. *» The lake^ on the road to G.n va have been filled up. An avUdcehe in one ham'et followed the course of the street, whole trees being brought from the luikide and deposited there.
The landslide at B.ives extends a si.jiMiM mile, aud the man itaiu side is still movirg.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLII, Issue 6096, 3 April 1914, Page 5
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86ALPINE AVALANCHES. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLII, Issue 6096, 3 April 1914, Page 5
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