The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-10-02
DISASTER
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flood "a NOT spend irs force until IL
raced Tor more than zen miles from
%" reservoir Wharton. s'Il further
GA. suffered somewhat bat ls prac-
ticaiiy intact. The loss OF lfe 40
Costello. ~a,re ;a, residents sst
more Warnitr. is believed to o.. bat
three.
Property Loss SIX Millions
tn" r-opefts loss iu the valley -
estimated 80 upaArds os g. GOO 900
lr Austin. out o. fi, hundreds pa.
rcc'ly ,uvclop.i iu -h- i.I.A.. hard.
e dozen survive The furious Good
i.t loose when rho Easl,-. p4.p -
Paper COMPANY dam crumbl~I in
yesterday afternoon. picked up "a
huge" battery ~ heavy timb,r- in The
Wil yards 40 tho foot of tIr dam.
and. with these thousands OF plauhs
and lue, rammrd IFS path with terri
hl" havo, AZ fhc hospital today
Their" were bur EIGHT injured FOR ,h.
care az Do. small army of physicians
and nurses. who poured into thc dsv
arfdtcd town al night and day Tho
medical surp'ir- remained unused iu
The cars rushed here by Tho railroads
Rf8NAafffb turned BACK.
The state constahulary arrived this
afternoon % took charge 81 tho situ
alton which seemed roo appalling f1r
th" local committee. which bad
worked an night immediately orders
were issued % the railroads Co bring
no more s~irhtsccrs 90 Austin. and
scntinels were placed on the chief
roadways With instructions 20 pass
nnnn IrrF u..rLuu.r U.Ua-
tomobiies and carriages were turned
back
During tho night searching PARTIES
with engine headlights. automobile
lamps. pine torches and -imp-oyi-ed
lanterns ~ every sort uotcd their
way into every pile % wrcckare tha,
was accessible. seeking any who
might be alive. hut scarcely q body
was found in which llfe was not OK
tinct The night had been one o.
hardship and horror which severely
tested the mettlc Of fhe men whom
c-ircuns'anco had pressed into ar4t-
AID rcscuers % the devastated VII
laFe
Men who shuidered az the touch az
a dead body al tho outset Indifferent
ly searched manr'cd boli.s for pa
pers 81 Identification ers they had
been long ~ work i0 tho debris one
corpse among 90 many did nor scsm
CHASTITY the sensation was appalling
Great Dam Crumpied.
The Immediate 81 the ohlifa--
alton o. Austin covers au area three
clChfhs 81 a mile vide and ono and
three quarter miles long This CON.
prised The business section and fha
valley residence portion and was
bounded hy Main. Vu. kabp- and
Thorn streets and Costello avenue
crossed hy lesser thorouehflres
Nearly n mile above stood the mann
moth concrete darn ~ Pho H7tless
Paper & Pulp Company. six hundred
feet long. fftvfWu fcet high and
thirty feet thick 80 fae bottom. taper
INK 90 a thickness ~ three feet az the
op
Back 81 his dam. yesterday lay a
reservoir % water a mile and "a half
Ions and IN average of fhirty-nve feet
deep Directly in front o. the dam
stood the plant of tts Hay'asa CON.
pany. with four main bu.ldIrrs
STACKED hiEh nearby was 1000.
cords ~ bo-.Hch wooi and slabs. and
also H portion of flo company Im
msnse timber stock. tOtalinE Boo tho
Austin valley 5000. 600 feet % hard
wood ana ~. 00U. 600 OF hem.ock This
was "a hveyear supply. practically fre
last large cur ~ The region ff was
valued af f2.Iou.nnH.
s mill stream. Freeman run.
flowed flr0ush fhr fnar into eirrt.
mahouine creek. leading fo tla Sue
q|uer1nna river Tn. town proper
uas % smart Little place oi comfort
able frome houses and more subsfan.
Ga business buildings along The main
street which ran from side fo s.le
across the rlvIr.
The principal business bindings m
cluded fhe trlrt structure occupied
Jointly BY 'he Austin bank and fie
posfof.cc. the dsrar' uent store orr
r Buck. the Goodyear hotel and -he
Commercii HcYso and Numerous
rcnerai stores
Fve minutes AFTER The dam burst.
this stage bad beer swept o. lts
scenery and settling N.1rr che foot.
hills were thrown fe.rs-cpsI houses
50 ci'rcr end 90 Main street brick
~huilclnEs acted ls buffers aa 'ha
twenty i've foot vail cf water rushed
downward with its ~ass % debris
Almost h.IhHFh. The wood. steel ans
brick wcr. piled. a STRANGE mixture
a. the contents cf stores and homes
ard ~ varied lengths fuhers and
sticks
Break IN Dam ~ Patch.
The uroCEaEc % -ha dam has been
as complete az 10 vas sudden Two
Immense sections ron fcn o. bottom.
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