A TOWN DESERTED
HUGE BLAST OF DYNAMITE. INHABITANTS ALARMED. Pum Aioociation—By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, May 14. (Received May 14, at 10.45 p.m.) The inhabitants are abandoning Tormery (Savoy) owing to the approaching blasting of the eo-called rock of Dairjodes, which is poisod 2700 feet above the town and measures 2600 cubic yards. Thirty workmen have spent four months in drilling dynamite holes. The authorities have voted £40,000 for distribution if any homes are destroyed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15764, 15 May 1913, Page 7
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73A TOWN DESERTED Otago Daily Times, Issue 15764, 15 May 1913, Page 7
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