Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-03
Being Dealt Out to Criminals by Judge
jos. {. F. Connolly.

anu lof d -, af water out al
ate tho nelson branch Of the stehemahcn-
By i,',r or.oL tn, mill pond peSan TO fill
,ho ,. atsr being held back oy the pile
'"N ',te - about the lumber min.
ich ol - AZ work clearing up tho
IRIS. ue" ~ outlet was made for tho
tth water. r.,,ripaa- 7,
,ae INC is in charge of the work ne
of 7" 80 ont the bodies and eleari,p.
- So The wreckaEe, has sent in a
mn l',,,,ieition for several hundred car
all .,,,.rs and they were being rush I'd
st h,no foflay on Il special train wi IN
: T. No lumber is needed. because
..,,,,.h ran he had from the ruins KS
l. IN as these men arrive they will b.
IL -. .r.cting sheds. kitchens and such
r. 81, 1;,,,s as may be needed proper ly
/ for the homeless. Unsliil1 ID
/ TOR some Of the work is being
1. a,,..,.3 bv the Goodyear Lumb r
= ..li..h is taking this method Of
F.; ',,. 49,, temporary employment f1r
: ,hraWn out Of work by the
flood.
inIocoa ara also being put on the pay
Iron OF the state Health department
| In taking the census upon which to-
nights estimate of the dead and mis- =
ing was oasei care was taken 20
trace 50 far as possible all survives
who left town after the disaster 10 70
with relatives or friends.
| TWENTY-FIVE collins reached Aust n
TODAY and Loo more ordered by wi g
are expected here tomorrow. Bur Il |
permits are issued as rapidly as ideA- |
ltification proceeds. Friends CARR d |
lseveral bodies TO nearly towns toda |
but most OF the victims will be Ia ii |
laway in Austin's burial ground Viii h |
Twas Untouched by the flood,
Relief workers today found ~
woman with five small children who -
clothing averaged less than two ga
ments each. Three men carried arr
fuls Of garments TO the house lyhe "a
she and ncr little pfss had been ca. 4
Tor. \ woman, m kaking the ren y.
, Istation for the one where food s SUI
piled begged food. showing Coz
t of Tennyson's poems and boz anaifI
l filed with pulverized chocolate~A
t This is all L saved she said srI
: slept Saturday night ON the grouln
4 with the book for a pillow and tho
J chocolate mixed with cold water is
AK that l had to cat until sanda.
g msht"
A gaunt old man. with sunken y, :
q clad only in shirt and trousers, plucl.-
/ ca at the sleeve of an officer Of IL
I state police.
Can't YOU lend me an overcoat 70
lmy Wife - he asked. she's UP I'll
, lime where we took her Saturday. Sh
lust left the hospital Friday-had bee
, There six months-and I'm afraid sh
lwill die if can't get some clothes f.
, liner"
How about yourself" question:
the officer, looking down at the n
plicant's unshod feet.
q Il Just want to borrow a coat Il
: Inv wife" the old man replied.
= Here answered the officer, remof
: ling his own oyercoat, take tkat {
: Your wife and here" as troope
= neai,by removed his, lis one for you
: Austin. Pa. Oct with the arrival
oi a carload of collins here this morninl
Is the grimness of the tragedy which ha
! practically obliterated this town was in
ID pressed upon the survivors and Coz
1f siderable number of workers who toda
: began anew their efforts TO mine deep
/ In the hard hills of debris Twenty VI
: tins, including two at Costello had be'
i placed in temporary morgue at Odd Fe
II lows hall, one of the few buildings STAN
At ling on the ruined district. The identiht
e dead are L.. as follows:
l. J. f. Baldwin, father of state Senat
ar Baldwin.
al Mrs. Martha Kinniout
lc Miss Ida Miller
: Mrs. William Nelson.
Mrs. DR. A. T.. Aansuy.
10 Miss Annie jackson.
ri Mrs Charles Sofed.
al Mrs Morton Schwold.
: Mrs. George Rennicks.
- Miss Flossie Meier.
"a Mrs. Lena Richie.
"a Ralph Donafifo.
The most essential matter in hand he
TODAY. aside from the work OF cleari
awav the ruins. Is the completion oil
census of the living Austin resident
sh pwo such censuses are being WORK
u unon. The results. however, have as y
slnnIied insufficient data for the form
ep fion of any reliable opinion as 10 L
total death list in Austin. If the dea
o. LIST aggregates anything like the enc
G mons number some have estimated, I
u. state Board of Health officials reah
n, that conditions demanding prompt ate
n lion will arise within few days IN /
to ruins. The best-informed investigator
'r. however, are unprepared to learn III
ar more than 200 have persisted. Ihere
al indeed a possibility that $50 will be I
O. ItotaI. There is little hope that any
II the bodies remaining in the wreekase
S. he found intact. The general aspect
I'd. the debris indicates that hundreds
+. thousands of jayelin-like splinters al
d. shreds of buildings were shot throu'
mt and through the first Accommodations
D.; ruins by the debris subsequently huri
of onward by the continuing flood
n The policing conditions today are pfa
,el tieally perfect. a l2-hours downpour
IF. rain served materially TO reduce the hui
Of lber of incoming sightseeers and to Il
extent the police We're relieved. MAJ
,,a Mars Phinnev and Capts. +. \. Sch
-, and George c. Jack of the Nation
Guard have arrived from Harrisbul