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Show Lyman Reservoir ' Dam Gives Away Eight People Reported Drowned In Flood of Water Which Follows Break St. John's Ariz., April 15. Tho Lyman reservoir, twolvo miles above' hero, broke In the night and eight peoplo wero drowned, among others threo children of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Palmer while the father nnd mother wero in St. Johns. They woro relatives rel-atives of tho Berry family of Kanar-ra. Kanar-ra. Dllllgont Inquiry In this city today failed to locate any relatives of tho' Palmer or Berry families, except G. A. Berry, 832 East Eight South, who Is a member of tho Berry family of Kanarra, Utah, but said today that ho know of no relatives by tho name of Palmer. Ho said, however, that tho Palmers mentioned In tho telegram tele-gram may bo relatives of his cousins In Kanarra. Miss Maralda Robinson, 718 Ninth nvenuo, who formerly lived In Arizona, Arizo-na, said that she was slightly acquainted ac-quainted with tho Palmer family mentioned men-tioned In tho dispatch. Sho said thoy formerly lived In Taylor, Ariz., nnd thnt thero wero seven or eight young children In tho family. Mls8 Susie West, daughter of John A. West, 718 Ninth nvenuo, who formerly for-merly lived In Snow ilako, Arlzonn, snld todny thnt she wns well acquainted acquain-ted with Mr. nnd Mrs. Ellis Pnlmer. Thoy formerly lived In Tnylor, Ariz., but moved to a rnnch nenr the Lyman dam about- two yenrs ago. It Is understood thnt Mrs. Mnr- garet Kartchner, 75 F street, Is a distant dis-tant relation of Mr,. Palmer, but this could not bo verified. President Kimball Shocked President Andrew Kimball of St. JobopIi stake, Arizona, who Is In Salt Lako City today, was scon nt tho olllco of the First Presidency this morning nnd informed of tho nccl-dont. nccl-dont. Ho wns greatly surprised nnd shocked nt tho news, ns ho said ho was familiar with tho dam and had boon much Impressed with Its great Btrength. Ho visited thnt roglon twice last summer and remomhors remarking re-marking on the lmmenso size and ap parent impregnable solidity of tho dam. Tho dam was built by a syndlcato two yenrs ngo. It Is made of dirt nnd rock and forms a lako sovornl square miles In area. Tho project furnishes water to Irrigate nbout 15,-000 15,-000 acres of land, not all of which has been taken up. President Kimball Kim-ball Is of the opinion that tho persons per-sons drowned lived In somo of tho scattered ranches near tho rlvor. He bellovos tho main flood waters would go to tho east of St. Johns so that tho town will probably not ho Borlous-ly Borlous-ly damaged. Tho flood might causo sorious damngo further down, how-over, how-over, ho snid. President Kimbnll said ho was not personally acquainted with tho Palmer Pal-mer family montloned In tho dispatch but eald that ho was well acquainted with tho Berry family, somo of whoso members resldo In St. Johns. |