ST. GERVIS DISASTER.
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT. 1 Berne, July 13. A portion of the Bionnay glacier foil, and diverted tlie flood waters. The St. Gervais bath-houses, which were full of sleeping tourists, were destroyed. It is feared that the death list will reach 200. The water at St. Gervais was a hundred feet deep. The physician who he:ird the noise saved fifteen persons by a timely alarm. July 14. It is impossible to identify a numof the victims of the St. Gervaise accident owing to the mutilation of the bodies. In some instances the heads and liaibs have been torn away.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3121, 16 July 1892, Page 2
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102ST. GERVIS DISASTER. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3121, 16 July 1892, Page 2
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