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Buried houses after the avalanches in Blons, 1954

Headline:

Buried houses after the avalanches in Blons, 1954

Image text:

Members of rescue teams comb through buried and partially destroyed houses in search of survivors. Between 10 and 12 January 1954 several avalanche catastrophes occurred after extreme snowfalls in the Great Walser Valley, the Blons municipality was particularly badly affected.

Photographer:

Alfred Strobel

Date:

11.01.1954

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14.01.1954

Location:

Austria

Image ID:

02274347

Dimensions:

5662px x 3595px

Usage:

No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo

Copyright Notice:

Alfred Strobel/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Avalanche disaster in Vorarlberg (Austria), 1954

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Keywords:

accident Alps avalanche avalanche disaster Blons Bludenz buried disaster district Bludenz fifties Great Walser Valley helper historical landslide mountains mountainside mountainsides natural disaster natural disasters rescue salvage search snow snowmass Vorarlberg-Alpine Walsertal winter

Headline:

Buried houses after the avalanches in Blons, 1954

Date:

11.01.1954

Photographer:

Alfred Strobel

Image ID:

02274347