DEVASTATING FLOOD
Avalanche of Millions of Tons of Water and Ice (Received 12, 11.30 p.m.) OSLO, Aug. 11. A great glacier lake brealsing swept down the Simo valley, razing farms and Idlling stock* The approaching roar 1 warned the inhabitants, who, barely escaping death, fled up the hillsides, whence theysaw their homes destroyed. The flood originated in the glacier Hardanger Joekelen, where the hot weather created a new lake under the ice. This pierced the glacier, causing an avalanche of millions of tons of water and ice.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 176, 12 August 1937, Page 5
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