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the depression that had been resting over

II meant hard walk for the bearers o
the rough board litters upon which tn
sheet covered bodies were carried Their
was no semblance Of road down the stee
slopes and horses we're out of the question
In the paths the carriers slipped dow,
the path on one side. walked across tn
flats and over the planks that were slip
perry above the little streams. Then NJ
the other side they worked their way
The sheets across the bodies were damp
ened and clung close.
| Sometimes one Of these procession
halted the work Of the wreckers who wer
working under the direction Of +. Herber
Snow. chief sanitary engineer Of the State
The plan adopted by these crews frop
out OF town was to fasten a rope about |
bundle Of loose boards high up on thu
piles and then to attach as many pair
OF hands to the far end as could find q
place. The gang boss at the top callet
the time and the arms heaved in unison
Down would come packet Of cracking
splinters-doors. window frames. some
times with the curtains still in them. an,
loose boards without number.
coNsTABULARY ON GUARD.
Before the arrival Of the State Con
stabulary there was too much running
! over the ruins. The first word that Chic
, Of Police d. f. Baker said to Lieut.. Myers
who came in command OF the 100 mel
Of Troop c from Pottsvile, was an appea
to prevent body robbing The chief sale
that it could not be stopped as long a,
visitors were allowed indiscriminatel,
about the wreckage. The cavalry polic'
| soon put a stop to that.
The members OF the constabulary are
working here without their ponies. Al
every crossing of the valley. at tn, en-
trance to the morgue, at every necessary
point the keen eyei constlbulary lieu-
tenant has posted man. They were
assisted by a detail Of forty men OF
the Eighth Regiment undsr command Of
Mnjor Finney and Capt. Schell. A de-
tachment from the Governors troop az
Harrisburg is also here to help.
SYSTEM IN RsLIEr WORK.
The relief work passed tonight into
the hands Of DR.. Samuel G. Dixon. State
Commissioner OF Health. who came in on
one Of the emergency trains. Through
the day the man in charge was DR.. b.
Franklin Royer. chief medical inspector
of this Commonwealth. who was in Phila-
delphia on his way to look after some
typhoid in South Bethlehem when Gov.
Tener reached him by tele2hon, and
ordered him to Austin. With DR.. Royer
came DR.. Thomas II. A. Sites. chief Of the
State tuberculosis Dispenslries: Drs
J. c. B. Flowers. Phillips. Douglas and
McNfullin from Harrisburg; Bashore from
West Fairview. Plank from Carlisle,
Trainor from Williamsport. Fullmer from
Remove, Summons from Shamokin. Toole
from Milton. Cressinge from Sunbury
and Falk from Emporium. Also there
came a dozen trained nurses under Miss
Alice O'Halloren. chief visiting nurse Of
the department, and Miss Anna s. kutzer
OF Harrisburg
NURSES HELP IN THE FEEDING.
All day under the guidance of DR.
Flowers these nurses have been working
like slaves. not at bandaging but a,
making sandwiches and washing coffee
cups In Odd Fellows Hall they
made their free lunch counters for the
townspeople and the workers from on,
OF town. The other visitors. and thers
were hundreds of them. had TO rely upor
their own resources the news
paper men. who were the guests Of the
mat ron Of the hospital. comfortably anc
safely situated on the crest OF Goodyea,
Hill
The sightseers came in every sort o
conveyance. Automobiles stuck in the
mud along the road from Keating Summit
Some OF them were more successful and
landed their passengers where they coulc
walk over the plain to their hearts con
tent until the constabulary came.
The trains ran up the switchback road
from Heating Summit according to the
sweet will OF the railroad officials This
stretch Of track was not damaged; i,
was on the line that led down the valley
to Costello aud Wharton and en- to Sin.
nemahoning that four or five miles were
destroyed.
The folks who managed to get to Austin
brought their own food. There WASH,
morsel to be bought in the town. The
relief trains that have come in SO far
have brought adequate provisions. hut
In the days that are to come the fund OF
SI5. 600 which arrived from the Red Cross
through its agent, Ernest Bicknell of
Washington. will be most useful.
CLOTHING AND BEDDING NEEDED.
Just now the doctors and nurses say
that they need most wome ms and chill
dren' clothing. bedding and sheets, There
are not even sheets in town. they say.
to cover the dead. They have asked
the newspapers to let the public know
that these are tho greatest need DIS.
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT 81, 600. 900.
Accurate estimate cannot be obtained
of the financial loss that the disaster will
mean to Austin. But the opinion of sew.
eral towns men who are in a position tC
know places it at $4,OO0,OOO. OF this tc
the Bayless COMPANY Is assigned 81, 800, ;.
900; Goodyear Lumber Company, 81. 900, :
OO0 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
$500, 900 and the rest in proportion.
Something like 5000 900 feet of hemloch
wont down in the flood.
The people of Austin hardly believe
that the town will be rebuilt. One man
expressed his belief when he was telling
that the fall pri maries were held on Satur.
dav and that the result was not known.
will you hold the primaries AGAIN."
he was asked.
what for?" was his answer.
NEW JERSEY OFFERS HELP.
Gov. Wilson Orders Military supplies Sen,
to Austin n They Are Needed.