Show Flood Drowns Fourteen Men San Francisco Francisco Fourteen Fourteen men were drowned at Orinda fifteen miles east of oC Oakland when the concrete tunnel which they were constructing flooded as the result of a cloudburst a-cloudburst which caused a coffer dam darn to break and send senda a torrential flood into the tunnel The Tho Thomen Themen men were working on the Mokelumne 1 river aqueduct which will bring a new water supply to Oakland Officials of the construction company verified th the report of the tragedy but stated Ute tie names of dead could not be ascertained ascertain ascertain- ed until pumps had been brought to the sc scene ne of the tragedy That themen themen the themen men could not possibly have escaped drowning was the opinion of the manager manager manager man man- ager of the time construction crew who said that the waters from Orinda creek rose so that the men working in the tunnel could not have haye been warned in time to save them- them solves |