FIRE WIPES OUT VILLAGE
For the second time in a few years the dntire village of Rendenaj 30 miles for Trento, Italy, has been destroyed by frre. Aroused hy the clanging of church bellg, the' villagers ran from their homes and saw flames sweeping towards them. Fire-fighting partieis were organised, but they were powerless against a blaze which was inereased in fury hy a high wind. The residents could only stand and watch homes, farms, a school, two churches, the council house and a year's crop being reduced to smoking "ruins. ' The police' had to use f drce to prevept djstracted villagers from | throwin'g themselves into the flames. iFortunately all the cattle belonging to the village had heen left on the mountain pastures for nig)it grazing
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 388, 24 November 1932, Page 2
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126FIRE WIPES OUT VILLAGE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 388, 24 November 1932, Page 2
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