Show CITY WIPED OUT IF DAM DAMIS IS 15 CRUSHED Extermination Faces Town of oJ i ii if W Weight of Waters Bears Down Crews Work at Night to tot t Save Loss Herald Dente Sp Special lat MILFORD May fay Construction 2 crews recruited ted from front the citizens citizens citi citi- iti- iti zens of Milford left here this after after- I noon prepared to work all aU night in inan inan inan an effort to strengthen the thc dam at miles pp lIP tho the Beaver river which is overflowing and nud threatening the entire valley with inundation a town of nearly in inhabitants inhabitants In- In habitants situated a few miles below the dam dam Jain in the tho mouth of the canyon canon Is threatened with extermination if IC the tho I dam breaks Milford located at the bend of the river Is believed to be sufficiently far aWa away to be virtually out of danger and the river courses along a a aJat flat Jat str stretch for foz so many many miles before it reaches hero only the tho crops I would o ld be damaged in the tho event event the time dam darn goes The Thc dam darn built four or five years r rs a ago o ob b by ay the the- Delta Land Water ater company compan now defunct holds acre feet et of water at capac capacity l It II Is about aboul thirty feet high Warnings have been sent to all residents residents residents resi resi- dents along the thc river in time the lowlands ad advising them to mal make c preparations to decamp in the event the time dam dani breal breaks s. s I The Tho dam darn supplies the time territory for tor many many miles mlles around here hero with irrigation I lon tion water an and nd backs up water for two wo or three miles It has a cement core and Is considered to be bo well built Whether hether it can stand the strain put on It b by the thc choked stream however hot remains to be bc seen Every Ever effort to strengthen It by releasing as much water water water-as as po possible sible is being made |