NORWEGIAN DISASTER
THE LAKE LOEN LANDSLIDE MANY FAMILIES RUINED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright OSLO, September 14. The casualties at Lake Loen were 74 killed, including 30 children, and Id injured. The mass which fell into, the lake was 2,500 ft high and l,(X)oft wide. The flood waves hurled the injured 300yds, and wrecked everything a mile inland from Bodal, including the electricity station and sawmills. Many families are ruined, and the damage is estimated at £30,000.
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Evening Star, Issue 22444, 15 September 1936, Page 9
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75NORWEGIAN DISASTER Evening Star, Issue 22444, 15 September 1936, Page 9
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