Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-13
Crushed by Tons of Debris
in EarIy-Morning Disaster
at Lyons, France.
19 FIREMEN, 7 POLICEMEN
DIE IN RESCUE EFFORT
Victims Caught Asleep in Rooms
Few Leap to Safety-Bodies Of
8 Found-SS in Hospital.

LYON, France, November Is up.
The Hospital Des Chazeaux and
surrounding districts were evacuated
late today In fear of further land
slides, which already have taken be-
tween so and 100 lives in this city.
BY the Associated Press.
LYONS, France, November ia
catastrophe landslide taking the livel
of between so and 100 persons ha,
thrown the entire city Of Lyons into
mourning.
In the dead Of last night practically
the entire Fourviere Hill, surmounte6
by the noble basilica of st. Jean, slid In
the city proper, bringing 10 houses down
in ruins.
This afternoon, more than IL hours
after the first Of three recurrent col
lapses, three bodies, including those OF
two firemen, had been recovered and
II injured had been taken to a hos
pital. Twenty-seven persons, unhurt
put badly shaken, also were being cared
for at the same hospital
Former Premier Herriot. mayor OF
Lyons for IS years, was personally su-
pertntending rescue work, arising from
9 sick bed, where he had been confined
for several days.
Herri0t Asks Engineers.
He sent in an urgent call to army
headquarters at Grenoble, asking that
two companies Of engineers be dis
patched to Lyons Immediately to lead
volunteer rescue parties now disor-
gained to q certain extent.
This Reorganization was caused BY
the death OF 10 firemen and 2 police
men. who were trapped by q second coll
lapse ae O'Clock this morning while
attempting to rescue the victim, of the
first landslide.
The authorities estimated that up-
ward OF 100 persons had been caught
under the houses, not only by the first
collapse, but by subsequent ones when
q series Of new landslides sent MANY
tons OF earth, stone and brick down
upon rescuers and victims alike.
Rains Loosen Landslide.
To add to the horror Of the catastro-
phe, 1t came shortly after midnight,
when the occupants Of houses at the
foot OF the hill upon which stands the
A8ACEU.
The first landslide, Ioosened appar-
emily by heavy rains Of the last few
days, rushed down and crushed three
buildings in the twinkling Of an eye
Police and firemen hurried to the scene
but hardly had they entered the area
than q house collapsed above them
burying them in their turn.
Other landslides-some of them
smaller followed, and by the time the
rumbling earth had subsidized, 10 houses
had been crushed.
Residents in the first building to coll
lapse were asleep in their rooms when
the structures foundations, undermined
by recent heavy rains, gave way and the
walls tumbled about them. Twelve DO
lice and some firemen came to the
scene at once and, spurred by the cries
Of some Of those imprisoned, but still
alive, attempted to clear away the
erefuse.
Other Buildings Give Way.
While they were working, an adjoin-
ing building, weakened by COLLAPSE OF
the first, gave way also and buried
them beneath another avalanche OF
stones and mortar. When other rescue
workers appeared, 1t was necessary tc
proceed cautiously, since there APP
peared to be grave danger that other
buildings would fall also. All houses
within hundred yards of the scene
were evacuated.
The disaster occurred on q steep, hiIly
street in the old st. Jean quarter behind
the cathedral.
When the FIRST rescue squad was
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