The storm takes away the old cypress from the Poivre property

On a Monday of a strong storm, Vierville beach was swept by the wind. The waves swept over the sand and the villas like the trees suffered violent gusts. In Mr. Poivre's property, near the church, an old cypress ended up giving way.

Mr. Cosby said he expected a tree to fall, without imagining that this cypress would fall so slowly. A stronger gust finally swept him away, projecting branches throughout the property. The uprooted tree ended up lying on the lawns, with bent or broken branches. His fall had lifted the clog of earth that supported his trunk; the journalist noted the apparent weakness of the roots compared to his size.

According to Mrs. Lemaître, the tree was about twelve meters in circumference and five meters in diameter. The cut gave it an origin dating back to 1610. It also recalled its use as an observatory by the Germans during the Second World War: the floors of this two-level installation had been scattered among the branches during the fall.

The newspaper thanked Mrs. Lemaître and Mr. and Mrs. Cosby for warning him, offering them a two-month subscription to share. The photographs and a second title, at the bottom of the montage, show the size of the felled tree.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- The attribution to La Renaissance du Bessin and the date of November 25, 1977 come from a handwritten annotation of the scan.
- The dating of the tree and its dimensions are those reported by the cut; the two approximate measurements are not harmonized by the rewriting.

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