ROCK OF DAMOCLES.
TO BE DYNAMITED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 14, 11 p.m. Paris, May 14. The inhabitants are abandoning the town of Tormery, Savoy, owing to the approaching blasting of the so-called Rock of Damocles, which is poised 2700 feet above and measuring 2000 cubic yards. Thirty workmen for the past four months have been drilling dynamite holes in tlj« rock.
The authorities have voted £40,000 to provide for homes destroyed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 15 May 1913, Page 5
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72ROCK OF DAMOCLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 15 May 1913, Page 5
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