The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-03

company. which ownedthe dam are on the
town school board. the police board and
one or two other bodies of municipal
standing. Many of the more well TO do
men o! Austin are stockholders in the
company.
Frank and George Bayless, the heads
Of the concern. have been expected in
Town but word came to-day that they
we're confined TO their beds In Bingham
,on. n. Y. where the company has it's
chief Offices, as result of the shock OF
the disaster. The Office Of the mills here
vas tossed down stream in the wave
Two sides OF IL are open and a typewriter
and adding machine were found few
hundred yards away half buried in mud.
The company's safe, which was rolled
over in the sweep of water. has not been
opened. II will be opened tomorrow
and 1t is believed that considerable
him Of money will he found. The end
Of the month was TO have been pay day
and the 400 employees would have drawn
their money late Saturday afternoon.
George Bayless sent word to-day to
3. N. Hamlin. the mill superintendent. to
gather together all the hands and to nav
them tomorrow. Extra money has been
sent to meet the emergency. Ha Min
himself did not suffer a great deal from
the flood. His house was in what Is
Known as Bayless row. a short distance
below the mill. The food took 1t from
Ito foundation. but the family has been
fn.s said his wife to-day. that / wanted
10 move down on Turner street" That
gas where the best families Of Austin
ved and there Is not brick upon another
hsre to-day. But he did not like the
Pee Of leaving here Mrs. Hamlin con-
drsld Of tho dam and he said I'm not
UxACtly afraid OF the dam but You never
nan tel :! want my family to be on the
Hamlin wasrbrmsed in the flood but his
@9W1es weren serious enough to keep
Fom President Bayless are to clear
saoush Of tho pulp wood away to keep
NJ mill busy. Most Of the plant was not
oanaged badly enough to hold up work.
II 10 estimated that there ia now suff1-
fsnt pulp wood IN good condition to
ko moro 10 shipped in. That is the supply
Hat made the foods battering ram
The greater part Of this needs only to be
1th9red up.
IN the more deliberate search Of the
gaser things were done by the food.
n tho house Of Father p. c. O'Brien
Of st. Augustine's Church a mantel
clock stopped exactly at 2:29. The priest
left his house for a time this morning
and when he came back he found that
removed the hands. Father O'Brien
didn't mind the loss. except that 1t showed
that even his house was not exempt from
tho inquisitive visitors. Tonight the
constabulary placed a guard over his
house to save II from further mara uding
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. picture frame thirty inches square was
found to-day. The picture wns Inissing K
and the frame itself was jammed into the
mud. but the glass was unbroken. The
diggers in the debris found the bodies
Of two horses which had been picked up
and were caught in the tangle of debris
a. high as the third story Of the main
etreet buildings. They were still in the
torn shreds of the harness with which
they had been htched TO the two seated
carriage that was found right behind
them. The spot in which they lay is
directly in front of the Goodyear Hot ell
Apparently they were standing at the
door when the water came.
It has been found that what was the
collar Of the Commercial Hotel has been
filed with soil even with the surrounding 2
ground. The water evidently washed
In at least ten feet Of loose earth.
The house OF Patrick Mitchell stood
. quarter OF mile below the dam. 1t
was lifted up. carried 100 yards and set
down again with its walls torn apart
On the third floor you could see to-day
. coat hanging upon a peg on the wall.
All through the swept district lay the
evidences of the way households and
places Of business were caught in the
midst Of everyday life. Here was a
woman bending over a heap of debris
sorting out the relics Of her home. a sheaf
Of Photographic and sofa cushions that
hnd hQon min clad with "a hupdla IF ba
thrown from a feed store.
Here was the broken nozzle Of hose
that had been upon the cart which was
left when it's volunteer firemen deserted
~ on their false alarm run. A baby's
shoe. a suit Of clothes from the general
store. the size tag still on it; a siphon
from the Commercial Hotel bar a piece
OF radiator from some house. a kitchen
UtenEil and handlebars OF bicycle were
mingled together in another heap.
An automobile with Pennsylvania IL
;Ceose $500 had been rolled over and
;over from the pulp mill to a spot mile
and half below. Its tonneau was
Ripped Oh. the chassis was twisted all out
OF kilter and the steering post was bent
double. but the tires on the three remain
ting wheels were still inflated and the
slass IN one of the headlights was only
This afternoon the wreckers came
upon half Of a woman's head lying in the
rubbish. There was nothing else near 1t.
"A young girls body with the back part
..of the head severed was uncovered too.
The relief work ia being helped greatly
by the arrival OF every train. Mayor
Hepburn of Philadelphia sent s.. 900 and a
considerable amount of clothing to-day
with the word that it was only the first
instalment Of what that city Is going to
do. Mayor Louis Fuhrmann OF Buffalo
called DR.. Dixon on the telephone to-day
to ask him what Austin needed most
The answer was men for the clearing work
Buhalo's Mayor replied that 400 men
would start down tomorrow.
Michael Murrins, Burgess Of Austin.
received telegram Of coincidence from
President Taft to-day.
1t Is State law that the county shall be
liable for the expense of burial of INDECENT
persons who lost their lives in such a
disaster as Saturdays. The Commits
sioners have notified DR.. Dixon that they
stand ready to pay the $40 required fol
each body. Five carloads of collins ar
rived in town to-day Father O'BrieI
received $500 to-day from Catholics
throughout the State, He is using II
privately for such purposes as he sees fit
1t is not for food and clothing tha,
this money should be spent so much az
for transportation out of town" said
Father O'Brien tonight. The people
are confused and depressed. They cam
think about helping themselves or better.