A terrible drama (colour litho)

A terrible drama. Realizing, at night, along the Faenza - Florence line, that a landslide threatened his home, a farmer brought his wife and five children to safety. Then he would return to save even the household goods, but here is the house sinking! Dragged along a steep slope, the poor fellow struggled for several hours, desperately sticking his nails to every ledge to keep afloat on the slipping soil; and finally, wounded and almost Unrecognizable, he managed to reach a safe place, where he fell unconscious. Meanwhile, his wife, believing him dead, was going mad from the torment... Illustration for Courier Sunday, 18-24 June 1939.