The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-05
READY TO PROBE Dam BREAK
GOV. TENER HINTS At CRIMI-
NAL PROSECUTIONS.
Engineers Said to Dr Ready to Testify
That Dam Had Been a Menace to
Whole valley for Many Months Re.
lief Fund stu Far From Adequate.

AUSTIN, Pa. Oct 4 Following tho
departure of Gov. Tcner this morning
after he had made a personal inspection
of the broken dam and of the scenes OF
devastation. II was said thpt criminal
prosecutions may result from testimony
that will be presented at the inquest that
District Attorney Harry l.. Nelson of
Potter county will hold on Friday
The inquest. al which Deputy Attorney
General William NJ largest will represent
the State. is expected TO bring out testi-
mony from engineers who have exa mined
what remains of the dam and from others
that for many months the condition Of
the dam was so bad that it threatened the
valley.
There will be thorough investigation
by the State Of the causes leading up 10
the collapse of the dam" Gov. Tener
said. The State will see that justice is
done 10 these poor people who have lost
their dear ones and their homes
The spectacle | have Witnessed has
been sad. and have been deeply touched
The State will do everything within ts
power 10 care for those who have sur
vived the disaster and to see that they are
supplied with shelter. food and clothing ="
Rain was falling a. the Governor walked
among the mounds of debris With him
was DIR. Samuel G. Dixon. the State Health
commissioner Adjt Gen. Stuart. Gen.
fleitz of the State Water Commission.
State Highway Commissioner BiGelow and
other officials
In his tour Of the valley the Governor
visited the Northern Pennsylvania Hos
mo aI .f,,,,,
slope overlooking the valley. He went
to the bedside Of the men and women
who had been injured, grasped each by
the hand and spoke words oi sympathy.
Six more bodies were recovered to-day.
making total of forty-four that have
been taken from the ruins. The men who
have taken census Of survivors and
missing have placed the original number
of the la tier at seventy-ive, and accord
ing to their figures with forty-four bodies
recovered not more than thirty-one more
are to be accounted for.
So a. to push tho work of digging in
the ruins Or. Dixon to-day contracted
with the General Electric Company for
the installation of electric lights over the
area covered by the wreckage.
There are now l 100 laborers at work
in the valley. each of whom is receiving
G.75 a day. They arc removing debrs
under the direction of experienced fore
men.
Tho feeding Of the laborers alone is one
Of the serious problems with which Dr
Dixon end his assistants have to contend.
81 sides the I 100 men there ara fully 1000
men. women and children survivors of
the flood who are absolutely dependent
upon the committee for food end clothing
The state troopers must also he fed All
Of Troop b and twenty -one men Of Troop
c are on the scene With such an army
fDlatalv V,n nj ms Il
with only single. tortuous line of rail
road between them and the tside world,
the relief committee. Of which DIR Dixon
is the directing power. is naturally con-
cernod over the fact that tonight 'here
is only enough food on the ground To last
are sorely needed by the committee. even
more than cash. for II is now difficult 10
purches' even bread in communities
twenty-five miles distant
The relief now exceeds $iOOnO Tho
Cambria Iron ani Steel Company Of Johns
town has contributed $1,000 and the cir-
Zcns OF that city. which once suffered go
fror, flood have given 5000 Tn" total
OF the fund is now $40. .20o. hardly an ade-
Quate ?mount to employ 100 laborers AT
81 - day and to house and feed more
than 1900 pcrsonss flor an indefinite time
Frequent rains and a chill wind have
accentuated the suffering Of the destitute
which includes even those citizens who.
before the food wore prosperous
BINGHAMToN. \. Y. Oct. 4.-The Bay
less Pulp and Paper Company. whose
dam wrecked the village of Austin. will
transfer it's plant from the Pennsylvania
town To Canada where the corporation
has recently purchased large tract Of
timber lands, according to u statement
made by the companys officers to-day
The move was contempla ted before the
recent disaster because of the destruction