Search Through The Mud -- An Italian soldier works in mud up to his waist as he searches for victims of the flood that submerged the town of Longarone in northern Italy Wednesday night. The waters of the Vaiont Dam swept through the valley after a landslide crashed into the reservoir. The death toll is estimated at up to 3,000.
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Search Through The Mud -- An Italian soldier works in mud up to his waist as he searches for victims of the flood that submerged the town of Longarone in northern Italy Wednesday night. The waters of the Vaiont Dam swept through the valley after a landslide crashed into the reservoir. The death toll is estimated at up to 3,000.

Associated Press · [ca. October 1963]

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[Information from item housing] Floods: 1963: Wire Photos

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