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Show Wirn waters isi ! SLOWLY SUBSIDING Danger Caused by Breaking of f lie Hauscr Lake Dam Has Passed. HELENA. Mont.. April 1C. A special to iho Record from Great Falls says that the fiood waters from Hauser Lake, dam have reached and are passing that point without inflicting any great damage, the dynamite-deepened channel of tho river having proved of sufficient size "to carry the flow quite satisfactorily. The water rose to a height no greater than during i tho customary spring floods. This is ac- I counted for by tho fact that the low-lying lands between Cascade and Great Falls served as reservoirs and thus lessoned les-soned the danger In that city. General Manager Goodalle of the Boston and Montana Mon-tana company is authority for the statement state-ment that the large smelting plant will suffer absolutely no Injury as a result, of the fiood. Serious at Craig. The situation at Craig is one of great seriousness. The fiood has resulted In the practical destruction of the town and Its 100 or more inhabitants have formed a temporary lofuge on one of the hillsides. hill-sides. The women and children have been furnished Inadequate accommodations accommoda-tions in abandoned cabins, while themcn have been forced to sleep in Improvised j tents. With the exception -of the school house, practically ovcry building in the town lias been virtually destroyed or so clogged -with debris that it cannot be occupied, oc-cupied, and the contents ruined. One small residence lias clogged the entrance to the Great Northern tunnel below the rtrwn. The railroad Is torn up for stretches several miles in length. .U Is impossible to estimate tho loss to ranchmen, ranch-men, many of whose herds and buildings, haystacks and the like were washed away. Begin Repair Work. Already the work of repairing tho dam has begun. Material and debris formed an impromptu dam a short distance below be-low Hauser lake site and this will be forced out, so that surveys may be made of tho injured structure. General Manager Man-ager Gerry estimates that the structure can be repaired in six months at a cost of $200.01)0. The machinery in the power house Is covered with silt, but it is believed to have sustained no other injury. Jt Is being cleaned and put Into shape. With practically overy foot of Iho Montana Central road between the Dearborn Dear-born river and a point about three and one-half miles west, of Cascade washed out and practically destroyed, necessitating necessitat-ing the reconstruction of the line for a distance of about twenty-two miles, it is estimated that train service cannot be resumed for at least two weeks and that in consequence the Boston and Montreal smelter will be compelled to cease operations opera-tions for a period. Complete reports of the damage occasioned occa-sioned by the flood lo the railroad tracks wore received In tho superintendent's office, of-fice, this forenoon and upon this report the officers estimated that with a force of 150 men employed in rebuilding the line at least ten days would elapse before a train could pass over. |