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Show TROUBLE AT THE ICE PONDS BREAK IN ONE OF THE BIG RESERVOIRS RES-ERVOIRS AT CARLIN. Engineer Campbell Hurries to Scene and Has a Work Train Places at His Command. The bottom or side of one of tho now Ice ponds recently dug and flooded flood-ed at Carlin gave out Friday and the accumulated water fllterea mrougn o.uicksand and disappeared as it ny mnglc, leaving a thick crust or icq standing with nothing under to support sup-port or sustain it. A9 a result a new dam will probably bo built at once and the pond floodod again In order to secure an Ice supply ror the new houses now nearmg completion. The formation of the bottom land along the Humboldt river is of a tine candy nature, spotted with quicksands, and those familiar with the situation situa-tion are apprehensive or rurthcr trouble trou-ble with the big dam, wnich has Just been completed to flood numerous ponds excavated. Engineer Campbell left for tno scene of the trouble Friday and operating oper-ating officials state taat a work tralu has been ordered out o" Carlin and placed at Engineer Campbell's services ser-vices to repair the break. |