FRENCH DISASTER.
'Seventy are believed to have been Skilled in the densely-popula-ted St. Jean district of Lyons early on Thursday morning' when two streets were engulfed, wrecking many houses. Great falls of earth occurred due to the collapse of underground workings. Many were, killed in their sleep. There were two falls of earth, the second causing probably sixteen deaths, ehielly of firemen and policemen, who rushed to the aid of suffert rs. A detachment, of sappers, equipped with searchlights, was quickly on Ihc spot, but the piled up dust and rubbish prevented anything being seen clearly, Fi.reliien and sappers surrounded the, ruins, searching for nineteen buried comrades, but were unable to hear anything. Anxiety increased when another collapse took place at foutr o'clock. 'The hill had been honeycombed bv the Romans with numerous underground passages, which recent rains filled up, forming a lake which sapped the entire hill.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4531, 15 November 1930, Page 1
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148FRENCH DISASTER. Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4531, 15 November 1930, Page 1
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