Show DAM GIVES COUNTRY aloot MANY PEOPLE D E DRIVEN RI VEN fao fray HOMES WHEN THE HATCH TOWN DAM GOES OUT estimated that damage by flood 1 southern utah will reach 0 stock and building Bull dingi being Deb destroyed troyed salt lake CRY city under ill alie pres sure sura of high water resulting 9 fro ir rains unusually high water fater and fast melting snow in the mountain canyons y oils of the ilia headwaters of tile the seyl devler river the hatchtown Hatch town dam sevet seventy two miles south of marysvale Marys vale sistr miles south ot of pluto dam dain and adjacent to tho little settlement ot of hatch in carold county burst it at I 1 about 7 monday night re leasing moro more than acre teet feet ot of water it Is estimated that the flood caused cassea damage camago aggregating in tile the neighbor hood of the dani dam cost about in its construction general destruction or of diversion dams bridges sections of irrigation canals nearly acres ot of crops fully head of horses and abid cattle arid and as many swine arid and sheep is ig reported by refugees from the floydel districts alonci the ilia sevier river who arrived in ili junction tuesday many of these refugees were tired and exhausted lia ted they told ot of the misfortune of ranchman ranchmen ranch men e front from Cir circleville cleville on oil up tile the river as far as the ilia dam the crest of the hood flood reached the pluto plute dam early in the day the dam resisted bisted re the first onslaught of baten and little concern is felt for tit itt safety refugees say fay that the flood drove nearly 1000 people from the inundate ed farming arming districts to tile biln where they are encamped waiting for the flood waters to subside they report that there was no loss of life se sc far as they know couriers dispatched down the river several hours be foro fore the dam went out gave gae farmers carmen in the low districts ample warning between panguitch and Cir circleville cleville in ill particular say eay the refugees farmere when warned of their danger sent their families to the hills and turning stock out of corrals drove them inoc the highlands estimates of loss indicate that the loss of 2000 acres of crops in ili itsell itself will result in a financial loss to far mers of the loss of stock to it es estimated at lo while the to loss 8 s tg farm buildings i may ay reach all eleven bridges between Hatch hatchtown town dam and junction were swept away by the flood though the majority of these bridges were wooden structures the loss of the bridge in Cir circleville cleville canyon the bridge at junction acdan and another substantial bridge near pair duitch will raise the bridge loss to that a most rigid investigation of the causes for the breaking of the hatchtown Hatch town dam will be made by the ghate va was vas s the statement made by governor orn or willia will lam in spry the hightown project was begun and and coille completed ted under the regime ot of caleb tanner as aa state engineer the plans and specifications tor for the work were drawn under his supervision and the contract for the construction of the dam was entered into by the state with D B briton of holaday Ho lUday on the approval of the former state engineer |