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Show CITY CREEK WATER RUNSLOOSEON BENCH Tha braakin- of tha new north bench pipe line about 10 o'clock last nlsht on Thirteenth annua near J atraet, caused damace to tha possible amount of 1150 outside of tha coat of rapalrlnic the main Itself. Runnlna; weat from the break tha water poured down J street until near the corner-of Ninth avenue, where It followed the course of a small ravine, overturned a chicken coop and drowned about thirty chlckena and then, covered two lawns with mud and partly tilled a cellar with mud and water. With these exceptions little damace waa dona to any of the property owners, while the damace to the street and sidewalk ia ao alight that a few loads of earth will put them In aa ood condition a they were before. Just what caused the break la not known, but It Is believed that It waav a flaw In tha pipe- It had been teated to a much hlffher pressure than that to which It waa subjected last nlaht. Traffic on tha Sixth and Ninth avenue treat car lines waa delayed for a abort time by tha accumulation of sand on tha track. The longest delay was. on the Ninth avenue track at J street, where the water carried down about four Inchea of dirt for a few feet. |