Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-04
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Going on in The Flood
Stricken Town Of Austin.
More Food and Money Needed
To Supply Demand.
Dead List Now Numbers 80, with
About 40 Missing.

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recovered from the flood wreckage here
today, the head of another, and a skull
badly charred the total number of
known dead in the catastrophe that
almost obliterated this community last
Saturday, now stands at SO. All but
one Of the bodies found today were
identified.
With the almost hourly revision of
the list of missing the remaining num-
Der is only Appropriated. This is Civ
on out officially as about 40 and the
feeling is expressed tonight that a
number of these never will be found
The body of Arthur Ainsworth, one
Of those recovered today, was found
pinned down to what was the sidewalk
by a heavy sign that marked his legal
Office. Ainsworth was a former dis
trict attorney of Potter county. The
position OF the body and conditions
surrounding ii indicated that he had
been buried in the avalanche of debris
while leaving his office.
All the bodies as fast as they are
identified are placed in plain caskets
and are given burial. with the states
ASSISTANCE WUcTe HeGQGu.
Although the expected number of la-
borers have not come in, there were APP
proximately 600 at work clearing up the
wreckage today and the chaotic appear.
ance of the village is fast being changed.
At the and of Main street and along
Rockber so much has been cleared away
that several families were enabled, with
official permission, to take out what was
left of their household goods.
The first business enterprises since the
destruction OF the village appeared today
when several storekeepers began to dis
play their wares.
Considerable anxiety is felt tonight by
the state officers in charge: because of the
non-arrival of several caa.. Of supplies
that have been reported -. the way.
We want food and we want money,
was the appeal of Or. s T. Dixon, state
health commissioner in charge of the
work today. The food supply is getting
low and as we increase our working force
we must find way TO feed them.
The regular water supply has been re-
established and tomorrow, morning it is
to be made available.
The inquest into the deaths and the dis
aster will be started here at II \. NJ.
Friday by II. w. Nelson of Coudersport,
Pa, district attorney of Potter county.
Gov. Tener reached here tonight, sew
eral hours behind his scheduled time. to
inspect the broken dam and the territory
devastated by the flood of last Saturday.
With him came Adjt Gen. Stewart. State
Highway Commissioner E NJ BideloH,
Gen. Fred w. Fleitz, vice president of the
State Water Supply Commission and
Farley Garnett a member of the Water
Commission.
This is no time to talk Of investiga-
ton or of suing anybody said Gov.
Tener shortly after his arrival when re-
ports that his visit was in connection
with an official inquiry were brought to
his attention What We are doing and
| want to do as far as is possible said
the governor lis to recover the dead that
may be in the ruins. ="
Later, however, the Governor discussed
the question of responsibility in such dis
asters and made one definite statement
as to his intention.
81 will not only recommend, but will
urge the passage of legislation which will
give the state control over such dams, not
only those to be built. but those already
built.
DIR. S. G.. Dixon, state health commits
sioner in charge of the situation. an.
nounces that everybody is being housed
| and sick or injured are being properly
cared for.
There Is still need for money and more
food supplies until the emergency is over
A survey of the flooded district today
shows 167 homes wiped out. besides D.
| stores. four hotels, five churches and five
factories, including the Buffalo & Susque.
hanna Railroad shops and the paper mills
I'VE expect to have the ruins cleared
by tomorrow night. We win work all
night tonight by torches searching fol
bodies Under no circumstances will
we burn the debris until the last body
there has been recovered. What We
need most is food. Please urge the pub
lie to send foodstuffs. Two carloads
came in this morning, but it Will last
only today and our reserve is OWN
ding. we have word from our repre-
lsantatves In Costello that the situa-
| tim there .has,xInproved We expect
n send 1sO. Aa3 to aid in the work