A hidden lake bursts out of a…

1892 CE

A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around two hundred villagers and vacationers in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains on July 12, 1892.

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St Gervais les Bains Rhone-Alpes France View →

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France (French republic); the Third Republic View →

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