Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1913 — FEAR VILLAGE IS DOOMED [ARTICLE]

FEAR VILLAGE IS DOOMED

Swiss Town Is In Danger of Being Covered by Millions of Tons of Rock From Mountain. Geneva, Switzerland.—The downward sliding movement of the top of Mount Cariline, which threatened to overwhelm the village of Fleurler a couple of weeks ago, has stopped, but the people In the valley live In hourly anxiety that the millions of tons of rock and earth above them will fall upon the town. The authorities have ordered the inhabitants of the danger zone to more temporarily. Watchers have been posted on neighboring peaks, connected by Improvised telephone lines, with sentinels below, to signal at any moment, day or night, the recurrence of the movement Deep trenches are being dug at the base of the mountain In the hope of arresting the landslide, if It comes, or at least check It for a few moments. - —— ~