Eureka Reporter | 1907-03-29 | Page 1 | Water Tank Destroyed

water tank Des destroyed troed tail the nett nevi cement water tanas or reservoir ere erected acted from concrete by the mammoth mining company waa was almost en entirely tirel destroyed on wednes day the tank is located 0 on n the side of the mountain near the old main mam moth mill and had a capacity of gallons the tank had nevera never be used the contractors who erected having recen recently turned it over to t company on Wednes wednesday daj the ta was being filled for the first time a when the water was within a few I 1 ti of the top the huge tank burst a wl with th a roar that could be hear great distance away the water po ed down the hill tearing up big ro and sweeping everything in front it the tank was erected at a cost nearly the loss is not c as about nine feet of the t remains undamaged