A GIGANTIC SLIP.
» A gi-eat landslip has occurred in 1 the valley of the Birahi Gunger, in 1 the district of Gurhwai, India. A i correspondent of the Daily Graphic t says that an interesting description \ of tucoccurrenco was given by a man | living.in a villageclose by.,He said , that, at about 3 or 4'o'e]dck---ift ihb ■ afternoon a great. roar was heard; it suddenly bDcame dark, as night and fhq air was full'pf.sandand' , Stpijos. The people 'were paralysed <vitli fear and dared npt nioyo oui oftheir hgajes .till noxf. morning. that tlid niqiiittain had fallen. A deposit of sand oi dust covered tlio hillsides formilos i a depth of six'iiiclies or more, anil on the sideof; the valley opposite th( slip, at a height of 1000 feet abort tlio great inass of debris'; large'oai trees too shattered and torn up M %i-oolfs..^ich i1 ye F l f urled i agiinsl upper ;te of ; thl P' n ?cd.: ; - js now/al}puttliiy W i ?sJ9ng ) hajf.ainilo'jYide | :withi gi'eatestdepthV(jf;(jversoofeet,':r''l
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4786, 30 July 1894, Page 2
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164A GIGANTIC SLIP. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4786, 30 July 1894, Page 2
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