Children Torn From Parents Amid Flood Aftermath
Survivors receive ample supplies and medical aid led by E F Bicknell who brings 15000 dollars. Flood damage is vast with collapsed dams, overturned locomotives, and ruined homes in Keating Summit area near Austin. State constabulary restore order as investigators probe cause while election ballots lie unmarked in debris.
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E. F Bicknell
National Red Cross
Austin
Goodyear
Keating
Summit
Corpnam
Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad
Keating Summit
Olean
Galeton
Renova
Smithport
STATE
Baker
Ernest Hamilton
State Constabulary
Main Street
Dawn's Coming Shows Ghastly Death Scene in Austin Valley
Dawn reveals a flood disaster in Austin Pennsylvania with hundreds feared dead or missing. The Bayless Paper and Pulp dam failure unleashed a devastating wave that destroyed 400 houses, three churches, mills, and 20 business blocks, with costs exceeding $6 million.
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Austin
Penn
Allegheny Mountains
Austin and
Costello
Valley Residence
Main
Ruckaber
Thorn
Costello Avenue
Bayless Paper and Pulp Coupany
Bayless Company
Austin Dam Disaster Destruction and Aftermath
A massive dam break at Bayless in Austin caused a 25 foot flood through Main Street destroying homes and businesses. Rescue efforts, looting fears, and an inquest into the dam’s failure followed as officials estimate up to 150 lives lost.
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Sinnemahoning Creek
Austin Bank
A. R. Buck
Goodyear
Commercial House
Potter County
Bayless
Bayless Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
State Arsenal
John Tener
Harrisburg
Fitmey
Eighth Regiment
Sunberry
State Constabulary
D. E. Baker
B. & M. Siebert
Citizens’ Committee
Michael Murrin
Burgess
P. W. O’brien
St. Augustine’s Church
Austin
Esi
Batless Company
O’brien
Cochwear Lumber Company
Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad
Sinnemahoning
J. C. Burchard
Costello
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Pelletier
Wharton
Bayless Paper and Pulp, Company
Buffalo & Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Boston & Albany
R. R
Berkshire Hills
Albany
Hudson
New York
Boston
People’s Line
Hudson River
New York City
Fall River Line
Boston City
Washington Street
Port Hill
Trinity Place
Oxford
South Station
NEW York Central Net
Tremont St
Pasteur
Schlitz
Jos
Milwaukee
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