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Ithaca, July 8 (�� _ ,,red.
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short distance from here, on Tug' Mrs Giroux was dre•,Vned
panic Creek, told the United Press Said 4he ept an
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their tric stove and must have stepP�d
Practically all buildings in this rig for a few'=ninutes to 4
town have been su ept from the the back room drowned right I
foundations or have collapsed,
justice of the Peace said. "MO t of `there at it and was
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Flood on
Hotel and Ice House Crushed by Water's
Rush; Milk Plant Periled
Dryden, July 8 M,—Angry flood
waters to a depth of six feet poured
into this village today with the col-
lapse of the Dryden Dam. The Dry-
den Fiotel collapsed before the on-
rushing waters. The village ice
house also went down. The walls of
the Borden Milk plant were reported
buckling and ready to fall.
The water that had been held back
by the dam thundered into Fall
f Creek, which passes through Ithaca.
Word from that city said that the
impetus of this flood was feared to
be great enough to tear out the al-
ready threatened Fall Creek bridge,
a 100-foot structure.
Meanwhile fear was expressed for
the safety of five or six residents of
Dryden as a check-up failed to ac-
count for their whereabouts.
The Falls Creek bridge was not the
only one endangered at Ithaca. The
ILackawanna Railroad structure over
Six Mile Creek was weakened as
debris, whirling down the mad little
stream, lodged against the bridge's
supports, in effect creating a dam,