Show lOSS MAY REACH MilliONS Dynamite Blasts Fail to Shake Alle Allegheny Allegheny River Dam at Springdale Situation Critical Pittsburg Pa Jan dyna dynamite dynamite mite blasts ha having ing failed to break the Allegheny river darn dam at Springdale where the current has already swept away ten houses house anti ana several buildings of the one more attempt will be made tomorrow and if that fails a diver will be em employed employed to undertake the hazardous task or of placIng a ton of dynamite directly under the concrete wall of the dam clam where its explosion wUl vill be effective Unless the stream is quickly diverted by breaking the dam enormous prop property property erty loss will be sustained The value of buildings and machinery already de destro destroyed ed Is placed at while ground has been dug out to a of nearly feet Major Charles Siebert resident go engineer who is directing the work declared tonight that unless a ahole hole is drIven through the center of the dam within hours it would be next to Impossible to save the Hel Mirror plant which is valued at The water in the Ohio Monongahela Allegheny and Kiski rivers is rising again tonight The stage is feet and rising at the rate of four inches an hour Throughout t western Pennsylvania high water is causing much damage Dispatches received from West Vir Virginia Virginia ginia points tonight say the Ohio river riveris is rising rapidly Indications at midnight point to a serious flood in the Pittsburg district eavy rain tonight following the snow at the headwaters is cau ing a rapid rise in the Monongahela river and by tomorrow a high t ge of water Is ex cx expected in this vicinity |