Show HATCHTOWN DAM IS OUT The biggest dam break break in in the Main history y of if Utah Id Monday Mon Mon- day afternoon at 3 o clock o'clock when the gigantic Hatchtown w dam m in g Gar Garfield rg J Id C County u ly was a. a swept we out u The break in m the dam was aas caused b by a land slide according to all rep reports obtainable The The break breaking break break- ing mg of the dam let loose louse a small 0 ocean can as it co contained tamed 14 acre acre- feet eat of water spread spreading out outer over er a vast area orea of farming lands along long th the Sever Sevier avier and laying waste Late e 5 acres acre of crops and ond sweeping ping away many homes however filo ver no lives bv were lost last as se sethe the ala alarm was quick kley ley spread spend and residents made mad for far th the h hout hlIs 11 out of dan ThIS ri structure Lure was built ot a cost of by the state it t was started in 10 1907 and was practically finished 1 last year ear this tho dam do was innately 60 feet high and ft fl long long was constructed of earthwork earthwork earth earth- work ork with a Din face Damage sustained by the dam g out will amount to hund hun hun- d dred of thousands of dollars as asin asin in 10 addition to the loss of homes the dam crops and live stock big areas of farm har lands da a will be beso beso so flooded as to make t it sible to raise any thing thereon there this year It s is believed that the lie Plate dam am will care for the torrents of water turning down the rIVer as a result of the dam out as t it is 18 capable of h. h g an amount of water and i s 's made of re concrete The Hatchtown dam damis is situated up the Sevier ml miles lea above the Yuba dam and there is no doubt but what the waters writers will be conquered before reaching the Yuba Tuba but in in case cam camit It would uld sweep out the other dams along the river men air lOr with nth the situation c no fears but what our Yuba dam will nd the added strain thus there s is no cause for aa alarm in 10 the Delta Country Just prIOr to gOIng to press State Engineer Beers Bee has wired from Plate PIUte to partIes here conveying con con- the grat gratifying orma im tion the Plute dam dm hd with withstood stood the test of the file waters and that the danger was past pl The Yuba dam door attie Sev- Sev per ler bri bridge iio la handling the overflow overflow over over- flow waters easi easily easly y and ands is capable of taking care of several thousand thou thou- sand acre feet more m in case of necessity The set settlers a are am to be re reimbursed re len im b an anThe for their I losses ill in Hatch t town o project Ct b by he li liis legislative e. e d IM ap- ap i. i P is The la I t there lien lere exceeds a to say nothing of the cot cOot ot at the dai dam |