| Show Seepage Called Cause of Dam Break No Criticism Offered Seepage and sabotage were bot both h held Monday as possible causes of the Little Deer Creek dam failure last June 16 The Salt Lake Tribune Tribune Trib une reported Tuesday Appearing at a meeting of ot the Utah Water and Power Board were Dr Ralph Rollins Provo consulting engineer who made an independent investigation for tor the board and U. U S S. Forest Service and representatives of the Washington Wash ington South Kamas Komas Irrigation Co for tor whom the dam was built Dr Rollins said he had found that the foundation was more permeable than the embankment it It would conduct water more I readily readily- I Ills JIb theory as to the cause of ot the break is that water seeped Beeped Into tl this s permeable area either from the impounded water or I hitherto unsuspected sources of ground water building up a water pressure that caused aused a portion atthe of at the dam te to give way Roy Boy Drown Drowns I I ISome Some 1200 feet acre-feet of ot water roared down the canyon carrying carryIng carrying carry carry- ing away Bradley Gale Oale Brown 4 son of Mr Mr- and Mrs Richard I Brown of ot Salt Lake City He lie was sleeping in a tent with a brother and two neighbor boys who managed man man- aged to save themselves Thomas McNeil Kamas water user told of going to the site i not long long after the break and I finding between 20 and 30 giant I i powder caps but declared I Ij l i cant can't find lin any one who ho will own up to using them John C. C Lambert president of ot the water company said he had visited the site with a nephew who had been a demolition expert In World War II It was his nephews nephews nephew's nephews nephew's ne phew's opinion he said that there had been two blasts on the dam I State Engineer Wayne Criddle Griddle i said the FBI had made an investigation Investigation and had come to the conclusion that there had been no sabotage sabotage- No Seepage I Prof Prot Ray E E. Marsell professor protessor emeritus of ot geology University of ot I Utah and others testified that there was no ground water seepage seep age at the damsite during the construction period but Dr Rolling Rol Rol- tins ling said this may have been because be cause the observations were made in a period of ot dry weather Dr Rollins Ro criticized neither the design nor type of ot construction construe tion used on the dam and Jay E. E Bingham director of ot the board quoted the Bureau of Reclamation tion as saying that tests had shown hown adequate standards had been followed The board adopted a Ii motion that the report of ot Mr Rollins be accepted for tor study and a meeting b be held Nov 15 to prepare a report report report re re- port to the governor Dr PlC Preston ton L. L Jones board beard chairman said that with only one dam failure In projects he felt the board had nothing to toI I apologize for tor a a. a I |
