7 NOVEMBER 1925, Page 3

A terrible accident of the kind which can seldom occur

in this country where mountain lakes are rare happened near Conway on Monday night. Llyn Eigiau, one of the lakes in the Welsh hills, which is used as a reservoir, burst its embankment and the huge volume of water released precipitated itself upon the village of Dolgarrog about four miles away. Some houses were obliterated and others have been ruined. The village is remote and communication by telephone and telegraph was so suddenly cut off that it was difficult to obtain help. It is believed that twenty persons perished though not all the bodies have been recovered.

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