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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1924
Page
2
Rain aided a risky blasting to hollow out the dam area and unleash a flood that failed to wipe out the structure. Meade, Murphy, and Funaro defused a second charge and Meade sacrificed himself to detonator timing, saving the dam and town as water finally receded.
Helen Tlingworth Winters and Rodny reach the mesa after Meade blows up the hogback. Meade lies unconscious as a big Irishman and an Italian tend him. The dam is said to be safe with water falling, while the second blast failed, leaving Meade in fragile condition.
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