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Show CANAL WASHES OUT RAILROAD GRADE About seven o'clock Sunday night tlio l'rovo nivor Hcsevolr canal broke Just south of llrlnguurst station and In a short tlmo had washed out n holo In tho Interurbnn rail load grado thirty feet deep and forty feet wide. About 100 men nnd teams worked all night repairing the rail road grade. In tho meantime the ems from each side came up to the washout, transferred trans-ferred their passengers and then wont back. A lot of men anil teams were busy Monday and Tuesday repairing tho break In the ennnl. This Is tho first year the canal has been filled to Us capacity. The water comes from l'rovo nivor. crosses Jordan Jor-dan ltlver through a syphon. Soon as tho break was discovered, tho pumps of the Utah I.nkn Irrigation Co. nt Saratoga were closed and ihc Provo nivor water was turned Into the Utnh Lnko Canal till tho repairs on tho canal were completed. |