The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-01

didate for sheriff of Potter county
 was on Main street when the amrm
 was given. His house was only a short distance away. He ran to 1t with all his speed and arrived in time to give his wife and family warn ing. They fled to the hill and es- capped. William Nelson, one of the most prominent merchants of the town and his wife. were lost. It is said they were walking on Turner street when the wall of water rolled down that thoroughfare. Their bod ies have not been recovered. Every house on Turner street was destroyed by the flood and timber piled high.
 The five or six churches in me town are all gone, the only public institutions left standing being the hospital and the school house.
 Among the principal places destroy ed was the plant of the Emporium Lumber company, not vestige of 1t being left. A part of the plant of the Bayless Pulp and Paper com pany, whose dam gave away, also dis appeared and the Commercial Hotel and Davis House went down before the rush. The White House, another hotel. was burned and 1t is believed a number of persons perished with the building.
 Whole families have been wiped out among them being some of the leading residents of the town. but in the darkness and confusion tt is im- possible to tell just who Is left. The number of dead is now estimated from $50 to 1000. The population of the town having been s2OO before tho disaster.
 One of the spots where the flood was most severe was at the junction Of Freeman Run with another small stream in the middle of the business section. The primary election was in progress in 8 building not far away and many men were in the vicinity. They dd not sieed the warn. ing shout and all of them are heliey- ed to have been carried away. Not a trace of the building fin which the election was being held can be seen tonight.
 An incident of the flood came 70 light when Harry Davis. the aged engineer who was standing near the dan ~aien 1t 6lole. founi tiiat h,s family had Been saved. Even while searching for them, distracted by the fear that some of them had been lost, 4he fnnnd time ta answer the teie- phone and reassare frightened per- sons living at a distance who. near ing rumors of the calamity, feared for the safety of their loved ones. Davis lived not far from the dam and Glis house being on the hillside he was in safety but all the members of his family were not at home when the dam broke. He was first to give details of the catastrophe to the Associated Press.
 < Among the victims of the flood were Mrs. Elliott and her daughter They were walking on the street when they heard the roar of the ap- preaching avalanche Not knowing what had happened, but impened by the Instinct of self-preservation, they ran into the nearest building, which chanced to be the house of one of their friends. They had scarcely en- tered the doorway when the roaring water was upon them. The house crumbled and persons on the hill- side saw it lifted high into the air. Mrs.. Elliott was seen to reach for her daughter and with arms clasped about each other they were swept from view. With them went board. CT at fine house they entered. He made a vain endeavor to save the women but was struck by floatiag timber and his body was found along the bank of the creek just before nightfall.
 While Austin is suffering all the tortures of ruined community those of it's people who had friends and relatives living in Costello, town of 700 people, three miles away, fear for their safety It is said here Costello has been wiped out. for the flood swept down Freeman Run to the Sinnamahoning river. Through all those three miles the valley seares loses the aspect of q gorge. Never more than foo feet wide. and eneIos- ed on two sides by high walls 1t allowed the great wall of water but little opportunity to spread out and lose it's force.
 Those here who know the nature of the country through which the stream passes are convinced great damage has been done at Costello.