The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-02
TO zoo DEAD IS
{ ESTIMATE IN
'OOD HORROR
Parties Work Frantically at
( Debries in Austin, Which
Destroyed When Huge
Dam Gave Way.
Of Disaster Had Hung Over
for a Year, But Repairs To
Dam Were Neglected.

IA, TIN, Pa, Oct. 2.-Under direc-
have state police and health author
progf rider has today replaced chaos
day sA search for bodies of scores
Omake victims killed Saturday when
Ayless Paper Mills dam broke,
100 out most OF this village.
dnned by the disaster, survivors
e little concerted effort to recover
Ss-or care for homeless until state
ties took charge Sunday after
repair The number OF dead Is today
Ms iated at from 100 to 200.
rieulirty-six bodies had been recov-
ney early today. These were housed
Wtemporary morgues. school
mAse, a warehouse and a residence.
No.ost OF the victims have been iden-
-. The majority were women and
tnof rem. Mills and shops employing
OF the male population are 10
aus on the hillsides beyond range
uue food.
Is from burning debris led res
.asa to make frequent attempts to
s.,'..a the victims yesterday. None
IN esccued, however. Soon the vol
81, OF cries decreased and by morn
oe w,nly the crackle of flames came
ths the charred heaps. Scores Of
nIst. 3 were burned before the flames
Tl under control. Sunday rain him
fy. N rescue work, and swelled the
mou nmed stream, Freeman's Run,
who has cut half a dozen new chan
the fthrough the wrecked town.
CHIEF ms Of refugees who had i'm
port la shacks were drenched. Not
TO the an two score persons who
be pres killed outright or burned to
Austin the debris, were injured.
built + these will die. But several
Eprang u only local hospital, the Aus
tally deal.
years az the survivors have abandon
place, kwn, most OF them having lost
standing and are facing a food famine,
& lives wts having been destroyed.
but thriice and health authorities are
source ge OF distribution of food rush.
up an a nearby towns.
owes brough the night squads OF
ast = worked franticaIly at the
ave OF debris and sought to check
ulatir aoldering fires which even yes
81 IL s's deluge OF rain had not
Ill yhed.
S tg the hills above the workers
sfupl stands an apathetic crowd,
"a laing the work with dull. listless
kss They are waiting for someone
okiome and tell them that the body
=, 96 loved one has been uncovered.
at!t and horror have almost de-
Wed them OF feeling, but there Is
efyit topic Of conversation that never
o., o.,lishes--who was responsible.
Ais now known that for over
" the shadow of disaster has hang
ttt the little town. At that time
peous defects were discovered In
dam. An investigation was made
Gut T.. Chalkley Nation. designer OF
= structure, recommended certain
ma Airs. Nation now claims that IL
sn Recommendations had been car
trf.oug Saturdays catastrophe would
ieeis~ nave occurred
sgerett Van Vert, New York
Nftager OF the Emporium Lumber
owners of the dam, admits that
Gear ago the company officials
= sht the dam might give away at
.t iment. But he insists that
url repairs were made at the
Was HamIin. superintendent of the
ne Mn, Is in the Austin hospital
: ou offering from a complete ner-
.. collapse.
Ro Investigations to fix RESPONSE
for the disaster will be started
ay. The district attorney of Pot
county will conduct one and John
uindine, state water commissioner,
inaugurate another.
lie property loss in and about Aus
is estimated at about $3,000,0 900,
Which $1,000,000 was sustained by
,Bayless Pulp Mill, which was com
: 'ely wrecked.
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