Roosevelt Standard | 1937-06-17 | Page 8 | Avalanche a Snow-Slide

avalanche t sno snow slide As commonly understood an avalanche is a sudden snow slide rathor rather than a rockslide rock slide but the word may be used for either cither observes a writer in the washington post some ot of the worlds most destructive avalanches have been snow slides they break away with a report like a 14 inch nava gun A shout a falling stone or a thunderclap may ma start them they attain appalling velocity and the accompanying wind blast fells acres ot of timber