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Show ICE BARRIERS BREAKS; ALASKA TOWN FLOODED VALDEZ, Alaska, July 20. The unprecedented un-precedented flood which swept down uron Valdez yesterday began to subside sub-side lato today and reports from upstream up-stream Indicated that the water was I falling rapidly. It is bolioved that the overflow was caused by a glacial lake bursting its ice barrier when the hot I wave struck southwestern Alaska I Sunday and melted tho glacier with unusual rapidity. All the stores In Valdez are closed. Throo bridges on tho road to Fairbanks Fair-banks are out and travel is at a standstill. |