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Show Firemen make screens for emergency use Realizing the extreme danger dan-ger from the high waters of Hobble Creek the Springville Volunteer Fire Dept. under supervision su-pervision of Chief Reed Ave-rett, Ave-rett, with full cooperation of Mayor Paul Haymond and the city qouncil, have built wire screens which can be used in an emergency. The screens are constructed of wire netting with metal poles and can " be stretched across the creek. A rope is on both sides of the screen and in case of emergency, it would take but a very short time to pick up the rope and pull the screen across the waters. According to a report by Alma Fullmer, publicity director direc-tor for the Fire department, the men have been trying out the screens to determine how long it would take for an object ob-ject to float in the swift water wa-ter from one point to another. Four dummies have been used in the tests and three of the four were caught by the screens and the other lodged in debris. It took just 22 minutes for the dummy to travel from Brookside to the lower tracks and only five minutes from Main street to the tracks. Mr. Fullmer said that the screens thus far have proved very efficient and seemed to be the answer to locating objects ob-jects before they leave the creek waters. Two screens have already been installed. A warning has been issued by Chief Averett to children to keep away from the creek banks. He notes that the water wa-ter is swift and the banks are soft and tragedy could result from children playing on the banks and bridges. Parents and teachers are asked to warn children, and all citizens are advised to watch at all points where the water wa-ter is high, to avoid accidents Hobble Creek has claimed the lives of too manv younf-people, younf-people, the chief points out and almost every accident could have been avoided. |