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Show A CREAT WHIRLPOOL Tin- Wnto o of Urur Klver Still Era.hi-Through Era.hi-Through the ltrcitk. The burst in the north end of the gigantic canal dam in Hear River gorge is not yet mended. Instead of the immense volume of water, tiic entire river, raising high enough to overflow and fa 1 1 with a mighty roar bcluw the d:un. a? intended by the originators, it has worn a hole beneath, and now the entire river forms one great whirlpool rushing round and round and sinking through the embankment embank-ment appears further down, leaving leav-ing the top of the long dam dry and sun burned. The water is still sufficiently high, however, to fill the west canal. Coursing a half mile down this artificial channel, it reaches the two open flood-gates where, forming two beautiful falls it re-enters the river with a long leap. |