SIMPLON TUNNEL BLOCKED.
FLOODED BY SUBTERRANEAN LAKE.
[By Electric Telegraph—-Copyiug-it.] Per Press Association. Received July 0, at 10.35 a.m. Berne, July S. The overflow of a subterranean- lake .blocked the Simplon tunnel and derailed trains, sweeping away one hundred yards of railway lines. Several expresses were held up the wealthier travellers crossed the Simplon in motor cars.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12283, 9 July 1914, Page 5
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57SIMPLON TUNNEL BLOCKED. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12283, 9 July 1914, Page 5
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