Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-02

- ,,'on who was found with agbt
one nia" n.as locked up in a fre"'
car. ,os q, n,gress
in the town hall at the uhe Ig by,
hroke A hatless man. oas' Dam
- - NJ IN the crowd about toctors
s,,rstine. and the election ,nok 10
and voters dashed OUT any lInmark-
a. Hills leaving their balio were
cd some escaped, nut into the
roo late and were whir p, Of itself
debris which formed
lust below Main street. 3 at least Is
The jam al TINS poi" four blocks
-, high and three o;aritv of the
ING In this mass thesnieht 20 lie
victims are heneseu The halves of
mangled and burness huge sections
hovses. telephone pfand tjmbers are
nf hrick walls. treta together SO i'm
|interwoVen anu ~ rescuers have TO
penetrably tna' the debris inch by
sght their way il
inch. .or more men work
There vert late today. Heavy
ling in the re tied about the big
logging ropes reckage, the rope ends
ger pieces oiuntil two or three hun
being paid oroom for a hold. in this
dred men the ruins were forced
primitive 70 fall again into the tan
apart, oitfk e the work all the more
gle and
difficult. af debris which formed at
The aved the western part OF COS
Austin taycd the flood long enough
| tello. e alarm spread down the val
to lei give the residents OF Costei-
ley to flee to the hills. The east
lie dc of the village. however was
erEy destroyed, rendering ABOUT
| en5ople homeless Only one ooey,
az of an unidentified woman, mao
recovered up to late today
no work of clearing up the deprls
!. under ,,he direction of Senator "A.
Rahsatfh who lost his father,
other wife Nand home in the .Aood
nd was hinsllf painfully hurt in es-
,ning the disSefer Prothonotary f.
Wandell is also Neading in the work.
uring the night the food suppfes
ere scarce and the rescuefs, MANY
. whom were unused to such heavy
.ark toiled without so much as ASK
,g for anything to eat. SEVERN VI
nom collapsed today and had TO De
iyen medical attention.
Governor Dix telephoned from Al
any that the state of New aolk was
to send anything the sliier-
re needed as soon as Pennsylvania
vou1d make known what WAS accept
bile.
There was no lack of willing hands
women from miles AROUND
lrove 10 the scene and between com
orting the Austin women VINO mao
ost husbands and children ana g teiile
uncheons for the survivors Nere
,usy all day and into the aight
men fouht their way
hrough woods and brush for mils
,r more to get pure water Tor CONES
md farmers drove in with lafs'
quantities of fresh milk.
In order to be fed one had to be
for as resident OF the ilooo
stricken town or a commissioned Hoeo
worker. Guards were placed at the
loor of an old wooden building Whieh
stood outside the path OF the hooo
where the workers and survivors were
fed and saw that the rule was en-
forced.
Later in the day after the supply
rains had arrived three ioaVes oil
bread. two cans of tomatoes ana :
pound can of roast beef were ISSUED
rs a days ration to the head OF eacI
surviving household.
Two morgues were established dur
ng the afternoon. One is in the Higf
school building and is for the recep-
ion of all bodies taken from the eas'
iae of the valley. The other is IN
he bid Odd Fellows building for the
,oaies taken from the wreckage on
he west side of the town.
Jrpon the arrival of a special train
With officials representing state
of Health Dixon, a
Meeting of the sanitary officers phy-
icians. surgeons, and nurses was
,eld at which an executive organiza :
ion was fOrlneu. Nouhes hi'
hector DR.. L. H. Ashcraft OF Cou-
ersport was placed in charge. "A re-
ef committee was formed with AT
orney w. S. Dubois of Coudersport
6 chairman: a finance committee
With M. NJ. Metcalf of Austin IN
barge. and a supply committee with
rep. w. X. Sweetland of Couders-
,ort as chairman. John f. Stone was
,iven entire charge of the distribution
# provisions and clothing.
The state officials here inciude
thief Sanitary Engineer +. h. SNOW
thief Medical Inspector Peyer, Dr'
Thomas A. Stules and assistants.
rhey soon found that the local or
,anization was entirely able to cope
With the situation. After outlining
he work they will return late to-
light. The state will probably send
100 men to continue the recovery OF
bodies tomorrow.
Luther d. Seibert. aided by the au-
horities. has begun a census OF the
living and dead and is Intervening
very man he can find. AS many OF
he survivors are foreigners, ne is
having hard work to be understood
He hopes to complete his census by
tomorrow.