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Show TERROR IN SWITZERLAND. Moving Mountain Threatens Villages With Destruction. Gcnovn. Tho nntlvcs of tho towns of Chnmoson and Grugnny and sovernl hamlets belonging to tho canton of vVaInls aro living In a state of terror, expecting to bo overwhelmed nt any moment by the moving mountain which towers nbovo them. Already tho springs of water and tho forest trees havo been submerged ,by tho mbvlng mass, which Is far .greater than nny glacier over imagined, imag-ined, and tho llttlo church of St. Plcrro has half disappeared in tho enrth. Hugo blocks of stone crash through the forest and through the Villages continuously. From ono to two mlle3 of tho moun-,tnln moun-,tnln appears to bo In motion, and to' nvert a terrlblo catastropho like that! which happened a hundred years ago incar tho samo placo the head of the bantonnl department of public works nd several engineers havo gone to' the aid of tho terrified villagers. |