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A Bo, down the can,on as far as Pow•r Plant Bo. 2, be•
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yond this water that ran out from the dam where it was release4
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:from the gates, ran down, concrete line, diteh. for a mile and a
5 half down the eanyon, and the road was alongside of it. I
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Q If there had been deeper underlying f1ssvea, the
7 wa.ter might have gone down through these and not noticed?

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A I th1Ilk that is absolutely impossible.
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Q In suoh a oountry as Santa Clara River?
10 A Yes, I think if there was any water of any quantity

11 eoming out of that dam, it weuld be on the surtaeo.

12 Q. Do you kn-ow if the flow had i:nerease4 some two weeks

13 before the break1I1€ of the dam?

14 A No, I don't.

15 Q No check was being made on that?

16 A. Of eourse, and if there was any inerease in the Santa

17 Clara River, there would be no connection between that and ours.

18 ~ Do you know if there was any in the St. F'.ranoia 1 or

19 any under surface flow?

20 A No, only that was accountable for.

21 Q I understand water doesn't exert an equal »reeaure in

22 all direetions standing still?

23 A Yes, it does.

24 Q. Laterally e.s well as vertical pressure?

25 A Yes, any given depth in water, the pressure would be

26 the same.

27 Q Assuming that the formation beneath the bedrock there

28 had become softened and weakened b;y slow gradual percolation or

29 saturation of the water :from the dam. and that the formation was

30 such as to permit it to suddenly give way, that would have in-

31 ereaeed the pressure against the walls tremendeus,lyT

52 A Yes, after the watei- started moving in the reservoir,

it, o:r course, would require a great deal more, greater obstruotio

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