FATAL LANDSLIDE.
DEATH-ROLL OF 74. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £30,000. MANY FAMILIES RUINED. United Press Assn.—-Bloc. Tel. Copyright. OSLO, Sept. 14. The mass of earth and debris which fell into Lake Loen from Raven Mountain was 2500 feet high and 1000 feet wide. Flood waves hurled some of the injured 300 yards and wrecked everything for a mile Inland from Bodal, Including an electricity station and sawmills. .Many families are ruined. The damage is estimated at £30,000. The cleath-roll has reached 74, including 30 children. Medical aid was despatched by air from Bergen and by ship from Oslo. A similar disaster resulted in 60 deaths In 1905
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Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19991, 15 September 1936, Page 7
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106FATAL LANDSLIDE. Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19991, 15 September 1936, Page 7
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