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Show GREAT DAM IN DANGER. New Five Million One at Croton, H". Y., Likely to Break. NEW YORK, March 7. The World tomorrow to-morrow will say: Conditions brought about by thc unprecedented un-precedented llooda throughout thc vast watershed which feeds tho new Croton reservoir are menacing thc new ,...,CC0 Cioton dam. The engineers In charge of tho work believed be-lieved the danger so formidable last night that watchers were detailed to patrol the dam and give immediate warning In caso of Imminent peril. The village of Croton Landing, with a population of about 100. Is a mile below the new dam and directly In the path of the fiood should the dam break. 1 In an effort to employ all 'possible means to cope with tho emergencj, all workmen work-men who could be engaged were -rushed to the now dam last night and set- to work reinforcing tho structure at points where it was thought the greatest danger lay. |