Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-10-28 | Page 2 | Says Bedrock Key Was Omitted from Big Dam at Austin

SAYS BEDROCK KEY WAS OMITTED fROM BIG DAM AT AUSTIN Inspector Tells of Appalling Appall ing inU MistaKe Th That t Cost Many Lives lAX OAN X N V Y 1 Oct 2 2 That That t. t the H bedrock bedro k key key s specified iii time pJ plans for the dam was omitted quitted in inthe inthe inthe the w work of construction is the tho conclusion conclusion con con- elusion of Alexander R. R McKim the New York state inspector tor on the scene McKim's McKims Mc Mc- of the Austin disaster Inspector Kims Kim's 5 deductions have been embodied in a report lepOlt to the state department It was wa waa a an n appalling mistake said Mr Ir McKim rc im The plans called for Jor a l key ke in bedrock and I cannot conceive e why it was omitted quitted