SWEPT BY AVALANCHES.
BEAUTIFUL VMM tot CHAMOJtfX. By Telegraph—Erijss jfesdGia-titm-»e6i)jTiß i tit "Times" and Syiriiy "Siia" S?riac(S> '■ PariSj jflarek 31. Tho Valley ef Chamoiiis fias been smothered by» a-Y-alansh-eSi the- Mp?y reaching the tliird Bflor ef .tl« Jiou'sc.% while .too lakes 6?i tho roacl t© Geildifa have been filled iip. All ayabnclio at GMsso-iM-t Mfowed' tho course of a strest; wlj-ilfe ti-pe's were brought from t]i& JiiltsieJe and tibi?osited there. • . A landslide at Briyes extends over a squard mile; and the 'ni-ett-nta-iiisicl-f? is still moving. The Valley of Ckahi-dniif lies at tfe foot of the Mont Blanc ciiain, wh,ie'-h v \vjtlj its huge tto. plaeiers iln Toitr, d'Argentiere, niict ti-ie jl'e-i'. lie CJliifee, tti;m the Soutli-Easterti Iwiriiilary. Tlte Yalley 'of Chanionix is eonSideteil iofe.. inferior to the Berneso OBorSpiul. in picturcsqiitness of scenery, tnit. superior .in the gimftdeur of itsKlaciei-s, }iV\vMfili respect it has no rival but. %tnv;jtt,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2113, 2 April 1914, Page 5
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148SWEPT BY AVALANCHES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2113, 2 April 1914, Page 5
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