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Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
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In Colorado Springs, Major Naylor arrested men accused of sabotaging the city's water system and drained the main reservoir, causing a loss of 492 million gallons and a resulting water shortage.
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Mayor Naylor, After Arresting the Men Charged with Doing the Work, Opened Colorado Springs Reservoir.
Colorado Springs, Jan. 2.—After arresting the men charged with wrecking the water system, Major Naylor of the State Militia, stationed at Victor, opened the flood gates of the largest storage reservoir belonging to this city Friday morning, and drained it into Beaver Creek, through which it flowed to the Victor reservoirs. Earl Pollock, superintendent of the water system of Victor, was with the party and helped place the caretakers under arrest. In all, the city lost about 492,000,000 gallons of water, and as a result the city will suffer a water shortage as a consequence.
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Colorado Springs
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Friday Morning, Jan. 2
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the city lost about 492,000,000 gallons of water, resulting in a water shortage.
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After arresting the men charged with wrecking the water system, Major Naylor of the State Militia, stationed at Victor, opened the flood gates of the largest storage reservoir belonging to the city Friday morning, draining it into Beaver Creek, through which it flowed to the Victor reservoirs. Earl Pollock, superintendent of the water system of Victor, was with the party and helped place the caretakers under arrest.