Show The Walnut Grove Disaster I PRESCOTT Feb 27 Captain Hunt late of the United States army who was on watch with Superintendent Brown when the dam gave way says the first sign of a break was the snapping of the large steel cable connecting the tower in the middle of the draw with the bank This occasioned occa-sioned a loud report and the next instant the tower tottered and it seemed as if the entire dam containing 90000 tons of rock all moved at once Coffins are being made and floated down stream to where the bodies were found Reports from outside places show that outside the Walnut Grove disaster great damage has been done by the lost recent floods though no lives are reported |