Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-03
Notice Served on Trains,

Notice Served on Trains.
Both automobiles being utilized by
press correspondents were pressed in
to service by the health department.
which sent men to keating Summit
the junction of the 1tiffalo r. Sns
situatedD, and the Pennsylvania and
Erie. These health department repre-
sentatives were instructed to go
through the trains at the junction
and serve notice on all passengers
that only those having business at
Austin would be allowed to enter the
town.
Caring for Orphaned Children.
Bromley Wharton, secretary of the
state board of charities, and Herbert
NJ Peck of Philadelphia, the special
agent of the Children's Aid society.
are now making arrangements to care
for children who have been orphaned
by the flood. These children will for
the present be put in receiving homes.
In no case will any of the children
be putin almshouses,' said Mr.. Whar-
ton, today
A Relief Committee Formed.
The first actually effective step to-
ward an organized movement to ex-
tricate the community from it's des-
olation and assuage its grief was ac-
con1plished today when DR. Samuel
G. Dixon, state commissioner of health,
called a meeting and appoint(d a
committee which Immediately proceed
ed to start work on systematic basis.
DR.. Dixon is president and the other
members of the committee are A. c.
Goodyear, president of the Goodyear
Lumber Co: NJ. NJ. Metcalf, general
superintendent of the company: J. O.
Crockett, general manager of the Buff
falo & Susquehanna railroad: J. S.
May, superintendent; G. D. Raynard
assistant superintendent; w. E. Far
ris. general freight agent; Frederick
Hamiin, general superintendent Bay
less Paper and Pulp company; Robert
krehs. forest superintendent of the
Goodyear Lumber company; State
Senator F. e. Baldwin; Burgess Mi
chael Murrins of Austin, DIR. Dixon's
staff, and Lieut. William Maier and
staff of the state constabulary
Restoring Order Out Of Chaos.
Within an hour of the close of the
meeting steam derrick anch a hun
dred men Were at work in the main
street of the village. Telegraph poles
and logs were torn from the ruins and
thrown aside. while the laborers work
cd to clear the tracks of the Buffalo &
Susquehanna railroad down the valley
10 Costello
y Bridges BEING Replaced.
At the same time another hundred
men were sent to Costello to work
through to meet the crew from this
place. hundred men are construct
ing two bridges to replace steel struc-
lures that were washed away. The
railroad tracks lay in the middle of
the devastated district and their re-
placement is necessary to get wreck
ing trains in. The ompany plans to
work from either side of these tracks
with the hope of expediting the re-
covery of any bodies which may now
be buried.
A Bread Line Formed.
The bread line was formed for the
first time liz Austin today. Hereto
fore, relief had been given as the
needy ones became known through
neighbors' or friends appeals The
supplies today were placed in Odd
Fellows hall and were guarded by
members of the state constabulary as
they were handed out. Only the name
of the applicant, number in his fam
lily and his address before the~disaster
was asked. AS fast as persons turned
away with arms full of bread, meat,
potatoes. coffee and tea, theiTN places
were taken by others.
Rains Swell the Streams.
The heavy rains yesterday augment
ed all the streams in the mountains
and for time some anxiety was caus-
ed by thu rush of water out of the
Nelson branch of the Sinnemahoning
creek. The mill pond began to fill
the water being held back by the pile
of wreckage about the lumber mill
Men We're Set at work clearing up the
pile. and an outlet was made for the
wafer.
Many Carpenters Needed.
State Sanitary Engineer F. Herbert
Snow, who is in charge of the work
of getting out the bodies and clearing
away the wreckage has sent in
reouisition for several hundred car
penters, and they are being rushed
here today on a special train with
tools. No lumber is needed, because
enough can be had from the ruins.
Will BuId Sheds and Kitchens.
AS soon IS these men arrive they
will erect sheds. kitchens and such
Is may be needed properly
10 care for the homeless. Unskilled
labor for some of the Work is being
furnished by the Goodyear Lumber
ccIlpe ny, which is taking this meth
cd IF providing temporary employment
for its men, thrown out of work by
the flood. Hundreds of the men who
we're thus placed are also being put
on the payroll of the state health de-
partment
Taking the Census.
In taking the census upon which to-
nights estin1s te of the dead and miss
ing was based, care was taken to trace
go far as possible, all survivors who
left town after the disaster to &c with
relatives or friends.
Twenty five Coffins Arrive.
twenty-five 'coffins reached Austin
Today and 100 more ordered by wire
IRE expected here tomorrow Burial
permits are issued as rapidly as iden-
-Ifications proceed. Outgoing trains
carried several bodies to nearby towns
-oday, but most of the victims will be
aid away in Austin's burial grouna,
which was untouched by the flood,
Pathetic Incidents.
Relief workers today found one wo-
nan with five small children whose
;lotheS averaged less than two gar
merits eaell. Three, men carried arm
''ils of garments TO the house where
,he and her little ones had been cared
or A wor.an. nIistal>ing the relief
station for the, one where food is sup
Dlieh. begged food, showing a copy of
Tennyson's poems. and box halle
illed with pulserized chocolate.
This is all ] saved she said Il
ilept Saturday night on the ground
with ths book for "a pillow and the
ocolate mixed with cold water is ali
hat | had to eat until Sunday night"
\ gaunt old man. with suuken eyes.
lac only In shirt and trousers, pluck