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Show AVALANCHE IS DESTRUCTIVE Land Covered With Ice and T.ree Trunks and Forest Uprooted. 1 Geneva. The unprecedented, exten-. sive avalanche which descended from the summit of Mont Blanc into the Italian valley of Courmayeur has caused greater havoc than was first reported. re-ported. ' Several square kilometers of land are covered with blocks of ice, tree trunks and boulders, and near the Village of Portud a piD" lorest, celebrated cele-brated for its antiquhy and the size of the trees, was absolutely uprooted. A mountain torrent named the Doire dammed up the debris and overflowed the banks so that the village of Portud Por-tud escaped only by a miracle. The avalanche fell through the air x distance of about 10,000 feet, landing land-ing on the Brenva glacier and carry-, ing away a portion. The detonation was so powerful as to shake houses fifty miles away. |