Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1913 — CAROLINE AGAIN SLIDES [ARTICLE]

CAROLINE AGAIN SLIDES

Inhabitants of Fleurler Watch Descent After Moving Belongings to Other Near-by Hills. Neuchatel, Switzerland. —For the last three days the inhabitants of the Village of Fleurler, lying near Lake Neuchatel, in the shadow of Mount Caroline, have been in a state of panic. The top of the mountain is Blinding slowly downward and threatens to overwhelm the place; the mass is moving at the rate of eight or nine inches an hour, and there is Imminent danger of acceleration in t|ie speed of its descent ' The people near by have moved their belongings to neighboring hills, where they remain in the open, watching the mountain peak in terror. A similar movement of Mount Caroline began in 1888, but ceased after a few hours.