Show OLD DAM FAILS FOUR DROWNED Half Dozen Bridges Are Arc Washed Out Rail Hail nn rM 1 Traffic Halted ANACONDA A Mont June Juno 15 By D Tho The Associated Press Hie bursting bunting of an old unused storage and irrigation dam yam 12 1 miles above the Junction of ot WI river with tho the HI BIg lK Hole river 60 miles southeast of ot Anaconda caused a 1 flood which took a toll of ot four our lives lUes washed out half a 11 dozen bridges across BIg Biff Hole river and tied up sip the Oregon Short h Line e railroad rl ll for an anThe indefinite lt period I The dead are Mr and Mrs Tracy Turman and their son ant and an Charles Ferguson all alt ot of Wise River postoffice Investigation Is III In progress to determine the condition of ot a a. num nuns number number ber her of ot ranchers who live up sip the Wise lse river canyon The rush ruih of water has washed out nil alt bridges bridge's on that mail stream and has made the tho highway Impassable The Montana Tower Power company dam dani at nt Divide the oldest of ot tho the entire Montana 1 rower Power r held while the timber cribbing of the lie theIse WIse Ylse Ise river dam went over oser It fol Col- followed fol- fol I lowed towed l h by several sections of the railroad bridge of ot the Allen nar nar- narrow narrow I row gauge line which leads front from Divide to the Elkhorn mines IS 11 1 miles up Wise Ise river rl fact that the tho Divide dam held saved the th low low- lower lowr er r l' JIg Big Hole valley from sc ous oua in inundation In- In and nd damage JI CK n FLOOD oon Chris Norton Wise Viso BIter farm farm- farmer er er e gave the alarm that roused all residents in the thc canyons canons below the broken dam With a II small truck he managed lo to keep about fifteen minutes ahead of ot the torrent nr- nr a r- r rl at the tho mouth of ot the tho Jug Big Hole canyon just ju t as a local freight was leaving leading Divide for Cor tho the south on the Oregon Short Line The fhe train was pulling out out when he shouted his warning to the tho station agent The train was waa barely hail halt hailed hailed halted ed before the flood passed and took out the track three miles I POCATELLO Idaho June 16 By The As Associated Press Spring Spring pressure against tho the Dig Big Hole dam dani damon danion on the Wise Ise river caused a n break in the concrete wall releasing releasing- a flow flow- of ot water that damaged a steel railroad bridge over tho the DIg Big Hole Holo river and tore out sections of ot the tho track over o a distance of ot 14 miles between the stations of or Yavon and Divide county count Montana Train No 30 out of ot Butte was turned back Tuesday at nt Divide and nn 1 train No o. o 31 out of ot Pocatello was held at nt Melrose Train No 29 2 after aCler leaving on schedule at p. p pm p.m. m Tn was to be turned back nt at Dillon to take care of ot nil all traffic between Dillon and Pocatello It was wa reported that passengers on trains out of ot Pocatello were transported around the damaged area by automobile Locomotives cranes I and other necessary equipment ha hare left the Pocatello ards ards for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the scene of ot the flood wit Gen Gen- General General eral erat Superintendent B n. A. A Pierce and nd division officials officIal in charge of ot ofa ofa a large number of ot men It Is es estimated es- es estimated 5 that repairs r will wilt be cam- cam within three days |