Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-04-05

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able that any more w8uld COME down.
ESiit az three Oh The afternoon ut jan
aary sixth Ii suddenly began 80 rain
hard without warning ana with no
premonitson on the part ~ anybody.
1t was NOT CHE of those terrible down
pours known as cloudbursts, bur it
was an excessively hard, sgaady rain.
The heavens over the range were
black with clouds aud SO far us auy-
one nj the eIum could Sea, Ii was rain.
Ing frUul the crest OF the ruountags
down. Ihers were safne anxious dis
enSsians Ia the dining room OF the res.
taent engineer and Ids American MS.
slstants,
AT four o'clock Ii was decided TO
open the unaersluice gate about half
way, bur when this was done the vol
urae OF water IL was capable of dis
charging was too small TO help very
much, and on opening it to its fullest
extent the velocity Of the water rush
| Ing through WAS so great that the
river bed was rapidly secured out. For
fear of undermining the toe of the
dam II was necessary partially to
close the slaice once more.
The water was rising, first at the
rate of three or four inches an hour,
then half a foot, and finally nearly "a
foot. BY six O'Clock that night It
had risen two feet. II was Stlti rain
ing hard at that hour, although not
quite so fnriouSly as it had heen. ff
J 1t did rain until morning at the pres
ent rate, there would still be a mar
gin Of safety of perhaps fourteen or
fifteen feet at dawn. Although the
{ situation required watchfulness and
q aa9 SH4'HSSNIat ditisLl!ilSs ~ WIS not
v desperate. The men were advised to
a hput In all the time In their hunks so
as TO be good and ready for the hard
r battle which might come In the morn
@ Ing, and as they were all tired out
Il with their days work the little group
9 soon broke up and each man went to
, his quarters.
J. Vandeventer. however, could not
q sleep. The rain kept up steadily all
:. night. The resident engineer finally
a got up and dressed himself, and pro-
+ tected by high rubber boots and a
r. cowboy slicker and sou'wester, LETT
d his quarters and went out to inspect
+ the dam. He carried a lantern, of
e course, for it was pitch dark and, If
e possible, the rain dropping from the
black sky made ii more difficult to see.
r BE was surprised when he got to the
, dam 70 see on the other side another
d lantern. Closing the slide of his own
d lantern to prevent observation. and be-
l. Ing on familiar ground, he went
If straight toward the other side. The
r noise of the rain subdued any sound
= that he made, and he was able to come
n quite close to the other light without
# being noticed.