"ROCK OF DAMOCLES."
4 BIG BLASTING OPERATION. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (K-cc. May 11, 10.45 p.m.) Paris, May 11. The inhabitants are abandoning' Tormery, in Savoy, owing to the approaching blasting of the so-called Roclc of Damocles, which is pcised, 2700 feet above the village, and measuring 2f>oo cubic yards. Thirty workmen had been employed for four mouths drilling dynamite holes. . Tho authorities have voted the sum of forty thousand sterling as compensation to the inhabitants if their homes are destroyed.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1750, 15 May 1913, Page 5
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81"ROCK OF DAMOCLES." Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1750, 15 May 1913, Page 5
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