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Show j-.ELKO HAD BAD SCARE, ? !: BUT IS NOT IN DANGER f Special to Tim Tribune. ' J. ELKO, Xov.. March 2 (K);.". p. - -j- m.). Great alarm existed In Elko ! i- this morning. SherlfT Clark tele-v tele-v phoned that Deelli was under five i feet of water and Elko was In groat -r danger as soon as tho Ice broke. ! Fire bells wero rung to awaken the -. people. Messengers were dispatched J r to alarm residents along the river. -2- and a committee was appointed to handle the situation. Idlest reports show the river very J- high, but with no Immediate dan- v gcr. . The steel bridge a mile above v 4- town Is In danger of being washed : 4 out. The streets have been Hooded ! ! for tht- last three days bv snow v i water from ihc hills. All culverts j- are washed out and tho railroad ! 4- tracks are partly submerged. Bad J washouts exist east and west of ; ! here, with no train.? for several - days. .j. I |