Show TUNNEL IN CITY CREEK COLLAPSES Caused by Timbers ing Weakened by Rains 1 DAMAGE CANT BE ESTIMATED MOUNT SLIDE C TH H m o 1 I Crek TUEL Ct c 0 is 8 tot W Oe hun dr sty f t of in a I at 8 twenty feet of the was 18 feet In remains The dae h ben done cn not b at It ts Nether c b s i wi b to of the te wok cek daC of Ha the adent the th fow ot t crek is B vr gat and the wate In other st Is low ml bt hae haes s J re a water Bt at wRen In U I ful I al t supply of ofte te wi Jt b det Rai Caused Th of the tunnel was due to a which c down of tons of and erth TI side ot the which Is cut broke a it mor tha 10 fe th and ih a lw I sli down the side of he hi the for about 16 The d nd r u s in tunnel tat it wi b almo a har tu agin a a D made the hd nver hi The cus of th w t rent hevy raiD The ciny hav b t toughly ke the up in u The of the W ter or weaken the in It a t warning they mornin o that have lap wib a rr herd for a mil Te ay the In the tunnel lt the t immediately drop down If brought wih it rocks further up in rot they ce th 1 O the tunnel wa s that 1 n the of tons of eh th sid i U th wa md an a bek curre Has Drie Creek lor tha 11 tet of t sl D tain sli dow up te made by te g of Ute tu The erth away fr It f with a clr lne or dema aU kinds of ve tat with i the t nel h ham I o II am te ck over above two miles tt tr Gt I o f the dam aM I do so until the water outlet the That probably not be to as the earth is soft and the theae ae will soon make an w be enlarged as the water its way h Should water dee too fast for that slow process of it nt be man before 1 risen above the dam and o over it provided it not r way around it In the meantime A hort time after the collapse of Ute I tunneL City cree went almo oa oaI I this si e of the barricade the i water being that which i don the mountain sides tM middle of the afternoon t creek to rise showing that the I above the had either ou ouI the cay through or around I or else the water running I the a result of the severe I storm about 3 had been i clent to make an appreciable bow f fI in the bed of the creek I Damage Cant Be Estimated The damage which bas been d lei leithe the tunnel can not be estimated at time It Is in such condition a tion Is impossible BOW Not until the clears of an further rainfalls ha e cea d will It safe to venture into either end oC ti tunnel Even then work ot aWay the rock and earth can net l The Is I and treacherous Time must be g in which to That may a few days the rain Ii faU or may take a couple of weeks When it is safe to work In the am amnel nel it have to be dug out to the sort of the dirt Ole tunnel will have to be as faR faRas as the bore Is made That nil time and monEY Ju how long it will to open the tunnel Is not known neither can it 1 stated what will be It will up into the of dollar For s veral days past a 1 of n n has been at work in the tunnel H peiring decayed timbers For time they had been in of As luck would have It no one was in inthe the tunnel at the time of the carein Had the workmen been it they would 11 ye been crushed to death |