SNOWSTORMS IN THE ALPS
DISASTROUS AVALANCHES London, Feb., 2. Heavy snowstorms in the Alps resulted in the most disastrous avalanches for decades in Switzerland, killing 25 people. A huge avalanche fell on a goods train in the St. Gothard district, blocking traffic, particularly German and Italian. Homes in the Bisis Valley were carried away, and telephones over a large area were put out of action. The Italian part of Switzerlan was deprived of its milk supply. Vichy radio stated that an avalanche on the Passy plateau buried a sanatorium, but that all the patients were rescued. Another avalanche in France killed four persons. —P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 4 February 1942, Page 5
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