Eureka Reporter | 1905-03-31 | Page 6 | Scuttled Ship Saved Dam

scuttled sh p saved dam mr fosdyke engineer in charge of the asaka dam on the nile scuttled a ship to save his cherished earth orl s from ruin the dam partly burst and the great rush of water was forcing the banks from below something had to be done to stop the flow for a terrible disaster was mr fossyl e boarded a cargo steamer tied to the bank some d tance away and getting up steam steered her down the rapid stream when she was broadside on the trembling dam the engineer had her scuttled and as she sank in the rush ing caters mr fosdyke and his men cheered themselves hoarse the tied cargo steamer had saved the dam this remarkable ma for a breakwater cost nearly 35