Show BODIES r iii 1 7 DIKE VICTIMS I ARE RECOVERED RECOVER EO Six Hundred Believed Drowned When Gaint Wall Vall Collapses in Italy Homes Are Destroyed BERGANO BERGAZO Italy Dec 3 By APO AP A A. P. P P. P.-Oo o hundred thirty seven bodies have been recovered early to today today today to- to day from the Bergamo valley country country country coun coun- try of whose Inhabitants are believed to have been drowned when the great dike impounding the waters waters waters wa wa- of Oleno Gleno lake lako collapsed Saturday Satur- Satur day dav Troops and civilian rescue parties worked throughout the night in the mud and water seeking the victims of the tho deluge over oyer an area of fifty square miles and endeavoring to togie give gi aid and comfort to thousands made homeless by the disaster King Victor l Emmanuel is expected to visIt the scene scene today toda i Hundreds of homes including the I entire villages of Dezzo Corna Coma and I were wiped out by the 10 cubic cubi yards of water that swept from the tho artificial ial glacial 1 lake The flood was Vas stopped at Lake Iseo seo fifteen miles away I The countryside near Darfo has become a vast lake and as the Water water water wa wa- ter gradually subsides It leaves a waste of mud that has engulfed In Innumerable innumerable innumerable in- in numerable cattle The torrential r rains of the past week reaching serious proportions last Friday y and Saturday made the pressure against the Gleno dike greater than the mile four wall could withstand and anti although the masonry was thirty-five thirty yards thick the tho dike went out and the water water wa wa- I ter thundered down the valley sweeping all before It A cold wave has made relief work arduous s.- s. |