Show PROBLEM RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGES IN DAM DM CRASH SH Utah's question of the week Who will a assume ume responsibility for damage caused by the bursting of Little Deer Creek Dam Officials from every department involved are spending the week on the site of the tragedy trying to fix the cause of the eruption of the fill earth dam which was completed completed com com- less than a year ago Built to impound 1400 acre acre- feet of water contained about 1200 when it collapsed about 6 am a.m. Sunday Fortunately only one death resulted Bradley Gate Gale Brown 4 son of Mr and Mrs Richard L L. L Brown of Salt Lake City was caught in the family tent asleep with three other boys when a foot 50 wall of water and debris struck their campsite The others escaped The wall of water cut a terrific swath of destruction down t the e Duchesne River resulting in hundreds hundreds of thousands of dollars dollar worth of damage to forests installations fa farms s ranches and property in Hanna lIanna and Tabiona The flood had wasted itself by the time it reached Duchesne forest officials h said By Wednesday noon inspectors on the site ha had failed to reach a d decision on n the cause o of the calamity Involved are the owners the Washington South Kamas Irrigation Company Com Company pany including many Kamas Kansas Valley ranchers the builder Weyher Construction Co of Salt Lake City the inspector the Bureau of Reclamation mation the Ut Utah h. h Water and Power Board the F Forestry restry Service perhaps even the Soil Conservation Con Con- ASS t Several had indicated Wednesday that they are considering considering consider consider- ing filing of suits for damages The tragedy may be deeply involved and reaching far i in fn its aspects Larry Colt Colton n Forest Ranger nger in c charge arge of the Kamas District S said Ja late lato Wednesday that the ro road ci from Highway the Mirror Lake Road to the site of the Little Deer Creek Dam trag tragedy dy has been officially closed except for official official and and investigating v s ig The r ad is extremely dangerous and besides inspecting officials cannot be hampered hamper ed ed-by ed by casual sight seers said Colton Colton- The message Stay out |