FRENCH TOWN DISASTER; MANY LIVES LOST AS THE RESULT OF AN ENGULFING LAND SUBSIDENCE. A view of the St. Jean district of the city of Lyona, in the south-west of France, showing the River Saone in the foreground. Underground workings caused a subsidence in this densely-populated district. Many homes collapsed and were engulfed, with heavy loss of life. In the foreground is the Cathedral of St. Jean, while on top of the hill of Fourvieres, marked with a cross, is the Cathedral of Notre Dame, which now standi on the very brink of a newlyformed precipice.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 13
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96FRENCH TOWN DISASTER; MANY LIVES LOST AS THE RESULT OF AN ENGULFING LAND SUBSIDENCE. A view of the St. Jean district of the city of Lyona, in the south-west of France, showing the River Saone in the foreground. Underground workings caused a subsidence in this densely-populated district. Many homes collapsed and were engulfed, with heavy loss of life. In the foreground is the Cathedral of St. Jean, while on top of the hill of Fourvieres, marked with a cross, is the Cathedral of Notre Dame, which now standi on the very brink of a newlyformed precipice. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 13
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