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SAYS ONLY $50 ARE DEAD.
Representative OF the Bayless Company
So ReDOrts TO the Owners

BINuHAMToN, n. Y, Oct. l.-According
to report received tonight from james
II. Andrews the number Of dead at
Austin. Pa. will not exceed $50 and the
number of injured is not more than $50.
Mr.. Andrews was sent to Austin last
night as the representative of George G..
Bayless. president of the Bayless Pulp
and Paper Company. He reached Austin
this afternoon. He had funds for relief
work and the supplies that he has ordered
are being forwarded TO Austin tonight.
George c. Baylcss and his brother.
+. j. Bayless, who is secretary of the
company, probably will go to the scene
of the disaster tomorrow. Both were
at the railroad station last night pre-
pared to 60 to Austin, when they we're
prevailed upon by friends to send Mr..
Andrews and to await his report Of condi-
tions before leaving here.
The dam was built by the c. j. Brintnall
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Mrs. Eva French's house. The food car
ried the house 400 feet against an apple
tree. which was wedged into bay win
dow. and then Miss Davis awoke to find
herself unharme
man taking a bath on the fourth
fioor OF the Hotel Commercial went with
the tub to the ground floor when the
building broke UP. A night Waterman
VINO had just awakened had the roof
taken from above him and found himself
across the street in a tailor shop Just as
his bed was crushed by the debris.
Austin was alarmed late tonight for
Tear that the fire that burned all day
In = pile OF coal and sawdiist in spite OF the
i1~ould spread. The local fire apparatus
was swept away and the Smethport engine,
which saved the town last night. had been
sent back.
The engine was sent for again and
Burgess Backns of Smethport came to
austin TO investigate before he ordered
the engine back. He didn't want to leave
hisp Down town unprotected longer than
hrce5 5ary Finally he sent the steamer
back to Austin.
Cashier Harry Davis OF the First Ma
tional Bank of Austin had Just time to
close the vault door before the food
swept by.
The force of the rushing water was
such that two ton machine in the Bay
less mill was carried fifty Ia t and steam
roller a quarter of a mile.
When the water poured into the Sus-
quehanna at Sinamahoning, thirty miles
away. after flooding Sinamahoning Creek.
II raised the Susquehanna nine feet.
Costello. which is built around the Elk
Tanning Company's plant. where the resi-
dents are largely employed. was badly
damaged. although the property loss
was not so great because the buildings
were small and there was but one person,
Mrs. Peaslo, drowned.
The only colored resident of Austin
was drowned She was Mrs. Willard.
cook at the Davis house. and perished
in her home
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LUMBER MILLS INSURED.
Mr.. Van Vert. Manager Of the Emporium
Co., Tells OF the SjtuatiOu

Co.. Tells OF the situation.
MOUNT VERNON. y. V. Oct. Wv. Ever
ett Van Vert. who is the New York man
ager OF the Emporium Lumber Company
AT Austin, Pa. and whose plant was in
the path Of the flood, resides at 27i Sum
init avenue. Mount Vernon. He does not
know exactly how much loss his company
has sustained but believes that more than
s'wO,ooO feet OF lumber was carried away.
Il have grave fears for the safety Of
William 5. Walker. the vice president of
the Emporium Lumber Company, his
wife and four children" said Mr.. Van
Vert tonight. His home was directly
in the path of the whirling waters and
don't know If any of Mr.. Walkers family
escaped. Mr.. Walker was one of the lead
ing citizens Of Austin and was vice-prcsi-
dent of the Emporium Bank. The home
office Of our company is at Keating Sum
MT, which Is nine miles from Austin, and
suppose our men are very busy looking
after the villagers who escaped the flood
Mr.. Walker intended within few days 10
move to Olean. y. Y, which is ;,,st
across the State line.
We knew from our experience a year
ago that the dam might give way at any
moment At that time the dam nearly
gave way because the concrete founda-
uon sank; but engineers got busy and
dynanlted the top covering, and the mill
ions of gallons OF water then impounded
ana brimming over threatened the town
below were gradually drained of. This
caused our company TO take precauti ion
ary measures To save our property
Il understand that one Of our big mills
was des'royed' but our monetary loss will
insured"
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TELEPHONE GIRLS STORY.
Miss Lyons Tells How She Was Warned
and How She Warned Others.


and How She Warned Others.
AUSTIN. Pa. Oct. i.-Pauline Lyons
the operator Of the telephone exchange
at Austin. related her experiences to day:
Il was just preparing to leave my
board when l heard a sound like dis
tant thunder up the valley. Then I
had a call from a station near the dam
and maps voice cried that the dam
had broken. He said: Tell as many
as You can. Tell them at Costello's g.
afterward learned that this man was
Harry Davis.
The first thing / did was to have the
whistles blown. l thought that the
people in Austin still had n chance. The
noise became louder. almost deafening.
1t sounded as though q thousand trees
were swapping hko twigs. l worked
as last as l could ringing up homes and
particularly party lines.
The dam is broken'' was all called.
FROM the window ! could see rolling
down toward the town site the mass
OF woodpulp and water. We were on
higher ground than many buildings and
l fet that my chances were better than
the poor people in the lowlands. So
deafening did everything become that
l could scarcely hear my own voice.
suppose l put about three calls into
Costello. .! hoped and prayed that those
poor people down there would escape
to the hills before the food reached them.
! Then my board failed to work I re-
member nothing clearly as to what fol-
lowed. How l left the building and
be able TO tell
Hundreds OF tons of woodpulp thick
ened the water that ragged down the
valley. This mass. spreading out into
acres. crumbled every structure it met
Great masses of pulp now clog the ruins
throughout the valley
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DIED..

CoNNORS.-on September 30. Mary ConnorS
aged "a years. At the Chapel OF the stephen
Merritt Burial and Cremation Co, sih a, anu
lSih 81. lntcrment San Francisco, al
ELklNS.-Robcrt Cecil EiSlns Funeral at '!is
FUNERAL CHURCH" 2ii -:43 West :3d 'tR,sx
L, CAMPBELL BuILpISo,, bet 7th and sta AVS
LIE MErANER.-On October l. Leon Phillppc le
Mctaycr Baron dc Guichainyici agci "
years. Funeral at the chapel o! the Sephe!
Merritt Burial and Cremat ton CO. sth q apu
10Th 81. Notice OF Time hereafter
MANlERRE.--At his residence, New NcrN' On
Sunday, October !, igli, Alfred Lee sol "
the late benjamin. 7. Manierrc.
Funeral at West End Collegiate Church a. nc
corner OF West End ay and 77th ST on
Wednesday morning, October 1, at 10 ocioeS
lntcrmcnt Woodawn Cemetery al CONVEX
irnce OF the family.
RrDD Passed into the life beyond, from n,'
home In Ilrooklyn, on Sunday, October J. l'lh
frank Iludd. beloved husband OF ANNE l.
hudd IN the 6sih year OF his age,
Funeral and in'crmcnt private. Kindly '"'
flowers.
TlLTON. On saturday, September 30. lWl' ~
Chicago, Ill. Henry a., husband OF Louisa"
Triton.
Services TUESDAY morning. October g. II o eloeS'
~ Chapel Morayian Cemetery. New po''
Staten Island.
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Company, of which the owners were
c. j. Brintnall and 7. B. Crary of this
city and George Reynolds OF Rutland. VI
Brintnall was killed in an automobile
accident in June. 1909. in the progress of
the work and Reynolds had active charge
until the dam was finished.
A member Of the company said tonight
that the trouble with the dam two years
ago was in the centre. which slipped
fourteen inches at the foundation. This
part of the structure. it was said. etood
fast on Saturday, when the dam gave
at the ends,
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TAFT OFFERS HELP.
Sends TeleErams Asking for Facts and
Promising Public Assistance.

OMAHA. Oct. President Taft while
en- route to this city to-day sent this tele-
gram to acting Secretary of War Oliver,
Gov. Tener of Pennsylvania and Miss
Mabel Boardman. president of the Amer-
can Red Cross, regarding the Austin. Pa,
disaster:
have just sent the following telegram
to the Mayors of Austin. Costello and Whar-
ton: Il have been shocked and Mortified by
the news of the catastrophe that has beialle =
your thriving village. l want TO express to
you my sympathy IA an individual and as
President OF the United States. in which !
am sure the entire nation joins. Such as
sistance as can be rendered by the Govern
ment or the Red Cross is at your disposal.
Please wire me at Omaha as to the extent
Of the disaster and as to your needs.
WILLIAM II. TAFT"
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NEW JERSEY OFFERS HELP.
Gov. Wilson Orders Military supplies Sent
to Austin II They Are Needed.

TRENTON. N. j.. Oct. Gov. Wilson
to-day directed Adjt, Gen, Sadler to make
immediate arrangements to give assist
ance to the Austin flood sufferers should
1t be needed. Gen, Sader sent this tele-
gram to Gov. Tener:
"Gov. Woodrow Wilson, desires me to
extend through you to the people of Penn
sylvania the deepest sympathy of the
people Of New Jersey at the awful disas-
am instructed to ask you il New Jersey
can give assistance. Any or all of our
military stores are at your disposal"
Gen. Sadler made arrangements with
the Pennsylvania Railroad for the i'm
mediate transportation of military or
medical supplies should they be needed
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National Red Cross to Aid Sun nercr..

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The National
Red Cross will probably take action to-
morrow to aid the sufferers Of the food
disaster at Austin and Costello. Pa
Ernest p. Bicknell. relief expert Of the
society, left Washington last night for
the scene of the disaster and is expected
to arrive there to-day. The officers OF
the society are awaiting a report from
him as to what character Of relief meas.
ures are most needed before calling upon
the public for assistance.
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special Prayer by Bishop burgess.

GARDEN CITY. l., L.. Oct. THE Right
Rev Frederick Burgess, Bishop of Long
Island. made special prayer at the
morning service in the Cathedral here
to-day Tor the food sufferers. He asked
for the protection of tho town of Austin
ones, care for those bereaved and peace
for those who were gone.
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lNDENTAkERS.
FRANK y. Campbell. 2AI-3Asw 2sd 2sa.ss ~
Chepcls. Ambulance Service. Tel lo-% .hs''
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Immediately after the bulk OF the
water passed flickering fires began to
appear long the waste Of the Buffalo
and Susquehanna shops. Torches that
we're used in work about the engine rooms
were lighted and fires were burning in
some OF the furnaces. When the water
broke of the natural gas pipes the spread
of the flames was immediate. Over the
wood upon the surface of the water the
fire danced and in a second the kindling
OF the Standard Wood Company was
afire. There was no apparatus with
which to fight it,
One OF the first calls for aid that went
out from the roadhouse up the valley
all the rest Of the telephone and telegraph
wires were down-called for engines.
Flat cars brought them early this morning
from Olean and Remove. but the job was
hopeless The smouldering fire. now and
then putting out into a column Of sparks,
kept on through the day and through the
evening One Of the engines was not even
unloadcd, The strip OF fire was segre-
gated by the pools of water left when the
wave had spent itself
1t did not take long for the tide to soa X
into the sandy soil OF the valley in the
Allegheny foothills. An hour after the
deep waters rushed by men waded up
t. their hips across the track in the town.
To-day planks had been placed across
the rivulets and II was possible to walk
across almost without muddying one's &
feet. But then the rain came and with II
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I'm on easy street now. I've got the
new dam finished and feel safer"
Nobody thought the dam was danger
Gus except the women" said the Burgess.
-Supt. Hawley told me he would have a
man always ready to blow the whistle
to warn us il the dam broke. The man
was ready yesterday and ran for the
whistle, but before he could blow it the
mill was in ruins.
"When the fire whistle blew l thought
some one was fooling and ran over
where the boys pulled the fire engine out,
When | saw the mountain OF spray comm &
down the street with toppling buildings
behind II knew what had happened and
ran for my home. ! saw my wife reach
high ground safely and was able to help
the postmaster and his wife.
Austin seems to have been i'll fated since
it was founded twenty-five years ago
as lumber and paper mill town by Wes-
ley Garrison. The Bayless mill was
opened eleven years ago and in the last
ten years the district wiped out to-day
has been twice destroyed by fire. II
is said that not cent OF insurance pro-
tected any OF the heavy flood losses, but
there is no doubt that the plants will be
rebuilt.
There was no lack of food to-day A
car stacked to the roof with 30. 900 pounds
of smoked meat and other supplies
furnished by the commissery department
of the National GuPrd Ind not been
touched Other cars of supplies were on
their way from neighboring towns
Austin was in darkness late tonight
because of the wrecking of the natural
gas mains. which not only supplied light
hut fuel. crew Of men working hard
ak day got the lightsturned on at II o'clock
The great loss of life was due partly
to barbed wire fences. The wife Of pr.
f.. A. Mausua, with her little girl Mrs.
II G,,L md Mrs. WAlpAtt lart al,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-25
Perils Of Governor Wilson's Author
ship

ship
Governor Woodrow Wilson is be-
ginning to discover how perilous 1t is
to write book Maybe when he pub
lished his History of the American
People" he did not expect to live to
be candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination. He has re-
Gently come under the severe CEN
sure of Col. w. II. Stewart OF Ports
mouth, Va, who, in addressing
gathering. of Confederate veterans at
Newport News, read part of DR..
Wilson's description of the battle be-
tween the Monitor and the Merrimac
and then exclaimed IF THIS is the
way a Virginia-born historian writes
her history, may God deliver us from
another SUCH"
The sentence to which the fiery col
onel objected most emphatically was
] this: ION the 9th of March these two
novel craft made trial of each other
and the Virginia (Merrimac) was
worsted." According to the objec-
/ tors. judgment (and he said that he
had been an eye witness of the en-
counter) it was the Monitor that was
worsted. Colonel Stewart does not
subscribe to the Biblican assurance
that faithful are the wounds of a
friend" He remarked further to the
veterans:
I'VE may not expect justice from
men like Elson, but when one born
on our own soil speaks untruthfu
history, It cuts deeper and makes
more insldious wound than one hun
dred of Elson's flaming ISLANDERS, fol
they fall OF overloaded prejudice anC
ignorance"
The Richmond Times-Despatch ap
plauds that sentiment and says tina
Colonel Stewart deserves the thanks
Of all the old soldiers of the Confed
eracy and all the people of the Soutl
for his manly defence of the truth o
history" What Is Governor Wilson
going to do In this critical emergen
; cy? VIII he throw "The History o
the American People" overheard a
he recently threw overheard hi
Princeton lectures on the initiativ
and eferendum?-New York Trit
une.
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Can You Prove That You

support your family by your own
efforts and that no assistance is rem.
dered by friends or charities? Such
proof entities you to life insurance
at cost and commands you to take
Il now. National Life Insurance Co.
of Vermont tMutual) Earle S.
Kinsley. General Agent, Mead Build
ing. Rutland VT.
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ron sALE-A unusally good bargain IN
T Village property centrally located modern SI;ra
house slated roof, there is living room, dlnlns
room bed room. den, bath room emma u e, wood
had with nlenty roam for wood and coal, ana
aree attic over shed and kitchen, there are Are
three large sleeping rooms on second floor. the
OF is 5ix2iO nice lawn, plenty OF shade, SoI, lo
1870 10 in Arst class repair. rooms are all
ppswly papered and painted and not ono dollar pas
has eot 40 he expended for anything. PIice
nj no 81 800 cash. Nash Hutchns o4u
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LOST

Il osr-Two pairs OF Rosary Beads one amt ,e,
IL thyst aud the other moss color; somew h ~
between the Holden Leonard nun Anv ,ho
hammer Office. ~
osr-straycd or stolen small Bull Dog
IL belonging 20 9. Lynn WOOD, cog VIZ hs NesS
fond OF children and would make irlehuS eNa'
easy. Reward offered 90 finder. 'o
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FoR home I psSe on s s0W viii rent
This Mace with the expenditure OF little
money would make an excellent MOTEL me
house IA large. attractive ana sDlendidly ouil'
II Interested call. 4. l.. Bottuum. O''N'
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Stove Doctor

Repairs for all kinds of Stoves fur
nished promptly. Bill peddling and
nil kinds Of work solicited.
e. S. Buss,
ri ooo.t it6 Putnam 81.
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x-op e.xE-Mo0ern room house in good
tOiocatinn house has city water, toilet,
and In fine repair, barn l4x2O stall room foT OF
two hors. & hen house. good garden, lots OF
fruit. lot is 6Oxll5. Price sl'soo' Nasn
Hutchins.
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xxrANTED-Hep wanted, honest man OF
w woman wanted in every town 70 repae.
cent well-known wholesale Or n. hzpe ersnce
I.s,s ,J,.asant work FAIR salary TO start. BIC
Ian. BLACK \ CO.. 800 Beverly St., boston,
Mass.
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COR. sALE-Double house centrally located sao,i
+ on trolley line, house in tne repair Ie1Ss
or $50 year and always renteui io ~ = INT
china
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MISCELLANEOUS

An espor,onccd practical nurse, making y
snsriaitv on confinement cnecs. Mre. n. II.
Kmoa, cars Of A. J. Knapp. a. the reservoir,
Tel. isb-ie WV
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xvJANTED-A competent girl for general !,
w homework In family OF two. Apply az
q Monument Ave.
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x,op s.rE-A handwoven blue and white
snread, Mad in lsi3. Beautiful desl gn
and in excellent condition. Inquire ll' SCUM sou
treet or telephone 1884. '''A
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WANTED

xxrANTRD-work by competent woman
w on the day or nour. Ironing baking y
cooking. plain sewing or sweeping; WHY w.. !"
iss Beech an eel or telephone 2lo-M oVo
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T,op sAIE-One five-passenger twoeyhn
Il der twenty horse-pow auto In COCO con-
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Box 81.
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xvTANTED-Men wanted TO learn the auto
w mobile business, road driving ana re-
Dalring send stamp for particulars New
England Auto School, to9IIemont s'' b ,Hs,o,
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Tor sALE-HOuse of eight rooms, rooms
L with toilet. Also, stable auo "a rear
81 The mouse. Lot 6Oxli0. W. J. heagnssr'
Agent. 1u
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cor sAIE-i three year old colt comi,ngsIt y,
nnbroken, good lumber wagon with l 10 ~
hay rack. two seated canopy top wagon
Rreese brothers Hoosick n. Y "u
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Good Republican outlook In New
York
While II Is not true that as goes
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IxrANTFD- Mattresses, wanted at once
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Women. sell guaranteed hose,
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LOW PRICED ADVERTISING |
FOR GALE

EOR sAIE-Two second hand coal stoves
Il and one wood stove in good condition: 5.
Everett Harwood. Bennington, VT. nt
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no nFNr-Two oihce rooms in savings
Il llank building. w"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-08
MoRETOWN.

Mrs. Carrie Osborne has been visiting
relatives and friends in town.-Mrs Os-
borne and Mrs Ella Prescott took car
rage drive through Middlesex. Water
hurry and Waterbury Center on Memorial
cay.
C. D. Ashley and guest. Mrs. Addie
Young, We're in Montpelier Tuesday
Mrs. Guy Howe and two children of
Mortified are visiting relatives in town
Roy Atkins was at homo Sunday from
ontpeier.--Agnes Murphy and sister
visited friends in town Saturday.-Mr and
Mrs. b. S. and Mr.. and Mrs j. w Bates
were In Montpelier Friday.-Myra Dumas
and Nancy Flanagan visited friends and
relatives in Burlington Sunday.-Birton
Ward is In New York State on business.
" Walton Wilcox and Roland Griffith
went to Montpelier Tuesday. -Addie Saw
Yer was in Montpelier Tuesday.-Roy
Russell has finished work for H. o. Ward
and is to run an express team at Mont
pelier-Fred Shontell was in Montpelier
Tuesday.-Mrs F. T.. Johnson Is gaining
fnd expects to return home soon.-Muriel
Shea was in Waitsfeld Tuesday.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-08
NORTHFIELD.

Local Forecaster w. A. Shaw of the
United States weather bureau reports
mean temperature for May of IS degrees,
with a maximum OF 90 on the END and a
minimum of q on the 9Th. The mean
temperature has not been exceeded and
has been equalled but once during any
May In the last Is years. The normal
temperature for the month Is 81 degrees.
The greatest daily range was 45 degrees,
on the 18th. and the least daily range was
degrees, on the oath. The precipitation
amounted to only 80 inch, which includes
CO inch of snow. The normal precipita-
ton for the month is ESQ inches. The
prevailing wind was from the south, the
total movement 1868 miles. the average
hourly velocity 7.6 miles, and the maxi
mum velocity 20 miles per hour, from the
north on the Goth. The month was made
Zip of 10 clear, s partly cloudy and 10
cloudy days. Rain fell on only days. An
aurora was noted on the 14th, solar halo
on the 18th and fog on the 26th. Thunder
storms occurred on the 1st, 10th. 23rd, 25th
and 10Th. and killing frost on the Bird, Attn,
9Th, 9Th, 14th and 18th.