Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-18 | Page 11 | Fear of Flood from Dam at Layton Past

! FEAR OF FLOOD FROM DAM AT WTON PAST LATTON. May 17. The alarm that haa been prevalent hare for the laat forty-eight hours over the threatened break of the Holmes Irrigation Ir-rigation dlatrict dam two mil east of the city was rapidly diaaipal-ing diaaipal-ing late Saturday ntsht. Only a handful of men, a mere guard compared with the eriuad of 100 thst had worked ceaaeieaalr since f o'clock Thursday morning te Erevent a break, remained On the lllalde for the night. The lnstdleua undermining of the and barrier by the lapping water haa evidently ceased. There haa been no noticeable ravel n of the dam wall since Friday morning. F. f forts to open the outlet vstvs of the reservoir were unsuccessful. Workmen ea the water aide of the dam were not able te find the eut-let eut-let snd It has evidently been eov-t eov-t red up with the caved Band. Charles T Bennett, president of the Irrigation district, said Hatur-day Hatur-day that practically all danger of s break had. been averted..