Show lEAK DAD BAD BEFORE DAM D L A. A Engineer Weeps as asHe asHe asHe He Tells of Inspection at St. St Francis LOS ANGELES Cal March 21 AP William AP-William William chi chief f engineer of the Los Angeles bureau of water and power tower testified today at the coroners coroner's inquest over the St. St Francis dam victims that leak conditions conditions con con- 11 hours before the dams dam's bad bad collapse were very who had charge of ot the dams dam's construction said tears coursing down his che cheeks ls The only ones I envy are those who are dead We certainly must have something Mul Mul- holland 1 lit Is 12 72 yea years years' old has had had charge of the Los Angeles water system for many years After telling Coroner Frank Prank Nance that he and his ass associate clate II H. A. A A. A Van Norman had seen the dam 11 hours before the break March 13 in which lives were lost and are reported missing said that it was the dri he had ever seen lie went to the dam the day before It broke be because because because be- be cause the keeper had notified him the water was muddy and there was a new v leak Replying to questions land said that when the water is muddy it Indicates a leak through the earth which always i is a serious serious serious seri seri- ous matter It did not occur to the veteran engineer there was danger anger lie looked at the jurors and said I 1 surely would like ike to be able to say aay why it v went out |