Great Welsh Dam Disaster

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

741-1

Date Released

5 Nov 1925

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ypres Day at Cenotaph
2. 2Football in a Smoke Screen
3. 3Closing a Chapter of History
4. 4Schneider Cup
5. 5Great Welsh Dam Disaster

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Scenes of havoc and desolation in the Conway Velley." Scenes following the bursting of the Dam of Lake Eigiau near Dolgarrog. Travelling shots of water gushing down a hillside. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "50 ton boulders tossed like pebbles". A collection of large boulders surrounded by water. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Here stood a church and ten houses". Men inspecting the damage. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "Only cottage left". Policeman inspects damaged cottage.

Keywords

Accidents and disasters

Length of story (in feet)

65

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