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Show Great Wall of Water Sweeps a Valley Narrowo Escape of Hundreds of People Peo-ple From Drowning- by Bursting: Burst-ing: o Dam..-- LYOKS, Colo.. Juno 0. A roaring wail of water sweeping through a huge gap In tho dam which held back the Left Hand reservoir, covering 3M acres, struck terror last night in the hearts of hundreds Sn the passage of the raging wator,s. The break occurred shortly beforo midnight. Mrs. J. .7. "UMl-lls, "UMl-lls, living on the bank of Left Hand creek, was awakened by tho roar of tho waters nnd Immediately understood tho cause. Sho had barely'tlmc to leave her little cabin and notify John Honey, telephone tele-phone operator at Ward, befcyo the waters wa-ters swept away her belongings. Honey sent an alarm over tho telephone wlro to all the ranci housc3 and towns along tho path of tlvo Hood. To those districts which were not provided with telephone communication rldcra were hastily dispatched dis-patched and residents In tho path of tho flood fled to higher ground, whore they huddled together, watching tho destructive destruc-tive stream from which they had been saved by Mrs. Willis's warning |