Survivors recount hairbreadth escapes in flood wreck
Rescue teams toiled through debris as 400 left homeless in Costello after a devastating flood. Senator Baldwin led operations while state officials mobilized aid, food, and morgues. Health and relief committees formed, with census efforts under way and 200 state workers poised to assist.
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Odd Fellows
Dixon
F E. H. Ashcraft
Coudersport
W. S. Dubois
M. M. Metcalf
Austin
W. K. Sweetland
John F. Stone
F. H. Snow
Peyer
Thomas A. Styles
Luther D. Seibert
Lydia E Pinkham’s remedies praised by two women
Testimonials from Mrs Christina Reed of Peoria Illinois and Mrs Ling Pryrovux of New Orleans Louisiana claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash saved them from surgery and relieved long standing feminine illnesses. The notices emphasize widespread unsolicited testimony supporting the product.
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Peoria
Lydia E. Pinkham
Christina Reed
Mound
New Orleans
Ling Pryrovux
Kerlerec St
Lydia Eham
Baby Girl Found Cooin g Under Ruins In Pennsylvan ia
Rescue crews discovered an infant among debris in a pulp mill ruin near Austin Pennsylvania. The baby girl, wrapped in a blanket, cooed and cried as rescuers arrived. she remains unidentified. Nearby, two girls and a man were found dead or gravely injured as floodwaters swept the area.
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Austin
Penn
Martha Kinnicut
Mra. Kinnicut
Wrecked Parsonage Becomes a Refuge
In Austin Pennsylvania on October 1 Rev P W O'Brien watched a 20 foot flood surge toward his parsonage and church. He reached the street as water carried the parsonage about 100 feet to rest on wreckage. The ruined parsonage housed around 100 women and children and O'Brien held services there that day.
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O’brien
Devastating Flood Strikes Bayless Mill Area Injuries and Deaths
Rescue stories emerge from the Bayless Pulp and Paper mill flood. Robert Cransie describes a near miraculous escape after the dam broke and a wall of water swept through the plant. Dozens were injured or killed, with at least six confirmed dead and many more missing as workers and residents faced the rising flood and wreckage.
Cave Under Timbers Saves Night Worker
W. D. Robertson, a night watchman at Bayless Mills, slept on a Starkweather building third story when flood waters roared. He watched the house collapse as water rushed in, fell two stories, but rode a timber bridge to safety. He said he feared for his three children in Erie and thanked God for his escape.
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Frank Robinson
Starkweather Building
Robert Cransie
Bayless Pulp
M. A. Devereaux
Emery Worth
Worth
W. D. Robertson
Bayless Mills
Starkweather
Erie
Miracle saves bereaved man after dam disaster
In Austin Penn on October 1 James Leeman a night worker slept through the alarm as the dam broke. He was swept from his home onto debris then reached a landing miles away. His wife and four children perished in the flood, and he became violently insane requiring restraint by several men.
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Austin
Penn
James Leeman
Cyclist Races Flood And Saves Costello
In Costello Penn a flood disaster kill two and leaves about 150 homeless. Edward Young rode three miles on a bicycle to warn Costello as the dam broke, enabling families to flee to hills and save lives. A. R. McDonald and other telegraph operators issued warnings from Austin, though some delayed. The town lost its hotel, railway station, and dozens of buildings, with 50 destroyed.
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Costello
Penn
Austin
Edward Young
Standard Lumber
Young
A. R. McDonald
Western Union
Galeton
McDonald
Edward W. Earle
Hodges
Telephone Girl Heroine of Flood Warns Town of Danger
Pauline Lyons 19 year old telephone operator in Austin is praised for warning the town as flood waters and pulp wood rushed down the valley. She blew whistles and rang bells to alert residents and managed calls until her exchange was overwhelmed.
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Austin
Penn
Valley of Death
Pauline Lyons
Miss Lyons
Costello
Harry Davis
Buffalo & Susquehanna
Exchange
Vally
Opera Sa
Senator Baldwins Family Perishes in Flood
Austin Penn October 1 The aged parents of State Senator F B Baldwin and his sister were lost in the flood. The three tried to reach higher ground but were swept away after running a block and were never seen again. The bodies of Mr and Mrs Baldwin were recovered.
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Austin
Penn
F. B. Baldwin
Baldwin
Suteversa
Girl Endured Axe to Save Leg After Mill Accident
Mary Blatts, a counting room employee, recounted at the hospital how a mill disaster trapped her under a grinding stone. Rescuers freed her after an axe amputated her leg to prevent death. she urged volunteers to help, while a friend refused. Doctor Ashcroft praised the skilled amputation and predicted recovery.
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Austin
Penn
Mary Blatts
Joe Venarys
Joe
Mary
Ashcroft
Stomach Sufferers Turn to Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Article promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a non medicine aid for indigestion. It argues stomach illness stems from overeating and poor digestion and claims the tablets supply natural digestive elements to help the stomach regain function. Readers are invited to try a free box and request more information.
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Stuart
Marshall, Mich
A. Stuart Co
Wakes Up in a Fright and Turkey Wakes Up in a Fright
Italy wins the first round and Turkey wakes up in a fright as the ers appeals seek to back out. Voices praise a good fighter while the Wilson brothers confront lorpticians who prey on the news. Irregular phrases and garbled names appear.
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Italy
Turkey
Theers
Wilson Bros
Lorpticians
Leenp Defencet
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Aule
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F. J. Wandell
Dix
Albany
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Colonial Fish CO
Dock Square
Joseph McKinney
Bayless
McKinney
John Harvey
Clara Dittenhoffer
Thomas Reese
William H. Gerhardt
Madge Nelson
Ralph Tonofaro
Red Cross
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Java
NEW York Mattress CO
Boston
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