HEAVY FALL OF SNOW.
Never in the memory of man has so much show fallen on the Italian Alps as has fallen this winter. Terribly distressing accounts continue to at rive of villages being destroyed and lives lost Much heroism is being shown by the troops, and also 'in many cases by the victims of the disaster. An old woman of 83 years, who, together with nine girls, wan disAntered after many hours' labor, with much difficulty, insisted upon all the girl* swing rescued first. Innumerable touching incidents are related enough to fill «p columns. ; The number of deaths up to the present ' time is calculated at about 800. The reseners work with much difficulty from fear of striking with their pick axes those who may be buried beneath. A* the bodies of the dead are recovered, sleighs, with the corpses, file down the valleys. Fears were entertained of yet worse disasters when the unprecedented quantity of snow melts and great floods ensue.
Sir Julius Yogel has declared himself I in favor of extending the franchise to j tfooieu.
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Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1536, 17 April 1885, Page 2
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179HEAVY FALL OF SNOW. Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1536, 17 April 1885, Page 2
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