BURSTING OF A DAM.
REPORT NOT CORRECT. FIRE MISTAKEN AS A SIGNAL. (British Ofhcla; Wireless.;) RUGBY, Aug. 14. The statements that the glacier dam at Yapchan, on the Shyok River, in the mountains of Kashmir, had •hurst, releasing a vast volume of water down the river valley, are now officially stated to be erroneous. The first report that the dam had given way was evidently based on a fire that was seen burning in the neighbourhood. This was mistaken for one of the beacons which had been prepared to signal if a burst occurred, and caused the caution signal to be wrongly given.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 15 August 1928, Page 11
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