Show Deaths at Hoover Dam Exaggerated Exaggerate d Numerous rumors have hare been heard i n Cedar for sometime regarding deaths death s and accidents at Hoover Dam Reports Report s have been to the effect that ma many more accidents have there than has been reported In the papers paper s and that the deaths from the heat ha has s been enormous Apparently th the rumors rumor s have hae been general and the Las Vega s Age denies this In an recently recently re- re published It Is as follows The pUblic mind seems to be rather hysterical ll regarding the kUling o omen of f men on the Hoover Hoorer dam project v We hear It repeated almost dally daily by sonic some irresponsible individuals that more than fifty have been killed and hundreds hundreds hun hun- injured at the dam The truth is there have hare been n to ten n deaths directly and Indirectly caused by work at the dam Fire Fite of these thes were caused by accidents and Ire five by heat prostration This Is pitiful enough tt it rs true but not nearly as bad as man many belle believe Six Companies and the other con con- on portions of the work are using every possible Du Butt the work ork Just now is extra hazardous And some of the deaths by Were due le directly to ot of em- em emI I It is practically impossible to Iward grard gains against heat In a location such uch as Black canyon canon And with four four- teen en hundred men on the Job five deaths from the heat are perhaps no mare than could be expected The reason for tor making this Statement statement State State- ment which Web is based upon the rep report rt of engineers Is that at the time this Is being written here are wild rumors of a terrible accident at the damsite The truth ot of that t report Is being investigated and the facts so far as It Itis is possible to ascertain them will ill be published In the Age We have in fact during recent weeks been kept busy investigating accidents that never happened both to the It Is a grave gra injustice contractors and the employees to circulate circulate late baseless rumors of many deaths Why not stick as nearly as we can t to the truth |