Show Deaths at Hoover Dam Ex Exaggerated Rumors about the number of deaths at Hoover Dam became so numerous and persistent that the Reclamation Service recently requested a report from rom the Six Companies Inc contractors contractors con- con tractors factors for the construction of the dam darn The company's report shows that hat the death total of ofU all individuals in n any way connected with the Hoover dam data project whether as workmen or merely residents within the government government govern govern- ment reservation and without regard to o whether death was caused by natural effects or otherwise reached only 26 up to August I 1 These figures checked by ton on bureau officials and compared with county health statistics cover the period from May 16 when the first death down to the present and disclosed many Important details with regard to this much discussed Question Of the total of 26 two died from natural causes five fi as a result of ac accidents ac- ac 16 from heat prostration one onen in n an automobile collision on the Boulder Bouler BoulI Boul- Boul der er City highway a short distance from Las Vegas and two drowned In the Colorado Colorado Colorado Co Co- lorado river while Of the heat prostrations prostration only seven were Six Companies while two were women residents of Williams Williams- ville The Six Companies has lost 14 men the figures reveal four being victims of accidents while at work seven from the heat one by drowning drowning drown drown- ing one by appendicitis and one In an auto accident The total of 26 Includes those who have died within the reservation aswell as aswell aswell well as those brought Into Las Vegas hospitals from the river and who have passed away subsequently |