Show MANY MEET DEATH WHEN DAM BREIS WALL OF WATER THIRTY FEET HIGH RUSHES DOWN VALLEY CARRYING ALLBE ALL BEFORE FonE IT warning of impending disaster had been given residents but few heeding it preferring to stay by their homes san diego reports received sunday from flood ravaged valleys of san diego county showed allowed that a total of 0 thirty four bodies hod ice had been r recover cover oil cd and raised esit mates of the alio total death death toll to Ity five three thousand persons were homeless and there was much suffering buffering despite heroic relief work reported Report rd breaking of tile the Cuy amaca dam releasing three billion gallons of water eighty miles northeast of here and fear that other dams dama in territory already partly flooded might go out under tile enormous pressure of their mountain waters added further gloom to tile flood situation united states marines and sailors continued to search for victims and to check widespread looting many bodies it Is believed were carried out to sea boa many met death and tho the proper property ty loss was appalling when on freday tho the lower dam of tho the san diego water system in tho the otay valley south bouth of here broke under the heavy pressure of the flood waters A wall of water thirty feet high was released sweeping down tho the valley the great flood water carried people livestock and valuable farm property to dost destruction st houses on twenty five ran ranches clies were swept away the heavy rains had filled tho the lower otay clam tor for the first time in its history unable longer to withstand tho the terrific weight of tile tho water the dam gave way releasing A a flood of water warnings of tile the impending danger of the break had been given to the people in the valley but few heeded them it was said choosing to stay and efi endeavor deavor to protect their property the breaking of the dam released eleven billion gallons of water which rushed down through the thickly populated and narrow otay valley |