New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-04
GOV. TENER IN AUSTIN
TO SEE FLOOD DAMAGE
Will Urge Legislation for State
to Control All Dams, Pro-
jeCted or Built.
DEAD NOW 80; 40 MISSING
Work of Clearing Wreckage Be-
ing Rushed -- Inquest Will
Begin on Friday, but Plans
Are Vague Yet.

Austin, Penn. oct. 3--GovernOr John X.
Tener reached here tonight. several hours
behind his scheduled time. 20 inspect the
broken dam and the territory devastated
iv the food Of last Saturday. With him
came AdiJtaut General Stewart. +. NJ.
Riec'oW. state Highway Commissioner,
General Fred W. Fleitz vice-president OF
the state Water Supply Commission. and
FARLEY Gannet;. "a member Of the Water
Commission
This is no time TO talk Of investigation
or Of suing anybody" said Governor Tener
shortly after his arrival when reports that
his visit was I'm connection with an official
inquiry were brought 20 his attention.
What we are doing and want to do as
fast as is possible is 10 recover the dead
that may be i'm the ruins.
Afterward, however The Governor dis
cussed the question Of responsibility in
such disasters. and made one definite state
nent as 10 his intention.
II wifi not only recommend, but will
urge. the passage of legislation which Will
give the state control over such dams not
only those 10 Dc built, but those already
built"
Al a conference behind closed doors, in
which the Governor and all the state OFF,
cials al present here participated, DR.. s.
O. Dixon State Health Commissioner, sub
mitted report Of what had been done and
what was proposed 20 be done in rescue
and relief work The Governor signifed
kts approval OF the report.
A4 daylight tomorrow Governor Tener,
with several engineers and departmental
heads. Will start on a tour Of the country
secured by the food stopping at the Bay
less dam for an inspection OF it, and will
leave about a. m. for Harrisburg. While
here the executive IS quartered in a private
car, 10 which q diner IS attached.
With six bodies found in the food wreck
age here to-day. the face OF another and
skull so badly charred that neither the sex
nor age Of the victim could he determined.
the total number Of known dead in the dis
aster mat almost obliterated this com
nunity last Saturday now stands at thirty
eight All except one of the bodies were
Identified. They are.
Mrs. Preston .Wolcotr, hfty-eight Ar
thur Ainsworth forty-hve; Mrs. Daniel
Pearson. fifty; Ellen Benson. ten; Mrs.
Thomas Lawler. twenty-five, and Mary
Karp Qece only, twenty-five.
with the almost hourly revision Of the list
OF missing due 10 defects IN the census
and incomplete information, the remaining
number unaccounted for. approxlmated
only. is given out officially as forty. The
feeling is expressed tonight that several
Of these never will be found Those not
having been consumed in the fire, IL is
thought will have lost any semblance 70
human form before being uncovered. 50
deeply have they been buried. The wreck
age has frightfuly torn and manged the
bodies that have been recovered.
Killed by His Own Sign.
The body Of Arthur Ainsworth. one Of
those recovered to-day was found pinned
down 10 what was the sidewalk by
heavy sign that had marked his law Office.
Mr. Ainsworth was n former District At
torney Of Potter County. The position of
the bSdy and conditions surrounding II in
dicated that he had been buried I'm The
avalanche Of debris while leaving his office.
% Although the expected number Of laborers
has not come in. there were almost six
hundred at work clearing up the wreckage
to-day, and the chaotic appearance Of the
village is fast being changed. At the end
OF Main street and along Ruckber so much
has been cleared away that several fami-
lies were enabled with olncldl PERMISSION
10 take out what was Of use Of their house
hold goods.
Storekeepers Resume Business.
The first business enterprises since the
destruction Of the village appeared to-day,
when several storekeepers began 10 dis
play their wares. One tobacconist salysged
a quantity OF cigars tobacco and olga
rettes hut soon sold out his stock 10 to-
bacco users who had already begun to feel