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Show COLORADO TtlVER IS AGIjpPAGE Town of Needles Threatened With Destruction; Santa Fe Concrete Wall Crumbling. V SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. May 18. Deilccled by a largo sand bar recently formed, the Colorado river, which ia at flood stage from the molting mountain snows, threatens tonight the destruction of part of the town of Needles. Tho 3000-foot 3000-foot concrcto Avail built by the Santa Fe. railroad a year ago to protect the town from the river Is crumbling and the roundhouses round-houses of the railroad are said to bo ln immediate danger. The change in the current has swung tho full force of the stream against thc Needles side of tho river. Tho big ore ameltcr Is said to be In danger, as well us other valuable property as far south as Parker, near Yuma. Avhore tho floods are assailing the big piers which support the new $1,000,000 railroad bridge. Tho Santa Ire railroad has had a large force of men at work reinforcing the protective pro-tective dyke at Needles for several days. Atlempta to destroy the deflecting sand bar with dynamite have been delayed by fears that tho available boats are not capable ca-pable of withstanding the swirling currents cur-rents of the turbulent river. |