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Show I Company's Canal Gives Way. Dank Slides Into River. Canal Washed out by Dank Slipping into Hear River. Men nml Teams Build Now Canal Around tlio Drcak. Tuesday nlghl tbo Corinno Branch of the Bear Itivcr canal, one mile south of East Farm, was damaged by a washout that cut a gultch 100 feet depp jtnd 300 feet long. The earth In that vicinity is oj a slip, pcry nature- and to all appearances looked look-ed perfectly safe up to the time of'thc jfy break, hut suddenly the bauk (dipped in to Dear River and tho large amount of water carried by the canal, soou found its way into the river below. No serious damage was douo except to tbc canal which was irreparable and a new canal was cut around the break. A force of 100 men with teams built 1 ,600 feet of caoul In two days and the water was turned into the canal again Thursday night. It is now iu a better condition titan ever. |