HOUSES ENGULFED.
BIG TRAGEDY AVERTED. Received January 25. 12.-10 p.m. VANCOUVER, Jan. 24 A midnight dance at a nearby town attended by most of the 100 P<>P'da tion oS the mining town of ulley, British Columbia, saved t -cores I lives when an overhanging cliff crashed a thousand feet, engulfing lime asleep Peter Strand and his housekeeper. Johanna Green, u o wore killed. .... i-» Twcntv-thrce others, including Vj children, were aroused by the roar and fled to safety in their night attire. The merrymakers returning an houi afterwards found their homes interred.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 48, 25 January 1939, Page 9
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92HOUSES ENGULFED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 48, 25 January 1939, Page 9
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