Rock Strata Slide Caused Bayless Dam Failure
The Bayless dam failure is blamed on sliding rock strata under the dam caused by pressure from behind the structure. Water penetrated beneath the foundation, softening a clay layer and allowing a rock layer to slip about 18 inches, leading to initial movement and eventual breach. Authorities cite inadequate setting of rushed concrete and unanticipated under foundation water as key factors.
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Bayless Dam
Engineering News
Pele
Austin
Penn
T. Chalkley Hatton
F Engineering
Engineer Chalkley Hatton Led Dam Blasting Efforts
Hatton a Civil Engineer and ASCE member directed dynamiting to save Austin and Costello. After the dam opened he supervised fault investigations and reported to Engineering News about concrete foundation tests and lack of fracturing, noting further findings.
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Chalkley Hatton
American Society of Civil Engineers
Austin
Costello
Deafness expert offers free home treatment treatise
An eminent New York physician Dr Courant touts a home method to cure deafness by removing ear inflammation causes. He claims most cases stem from inflamed membranes and that vibrations and non surgical approaches work best. He offers a free treatise by mail, promising no charge and personal case opinions.
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New York
Courant
U. S
George BE. Goutant
N. Y
Cascarets Promise Quick Cure for Indigestion
An ad touts Cascarets as a remedy for sour stomach, belching, heartburn, and indigestion. It claims the product cleanses the stomach, reduces bile, and removes waste, promising relief by morning and lasting benefits for months.
Dead in Austin Mostly Children
The story notes the stark absence of children among Austin survivors as wreckage is cleared. Dr. Thomas H. A. Stytes, chief of the State dis pensaries, says many victims are believed to be children, with bodies recovered in large proportion.
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Austin, Penn
Thomas H. A. Stytes
Dams Declared Safe After Austin Disaster Fear Subside
Massachusetts residents along Nashua and Wachusett river valleys are reassured by civil engineers that the granite and concrete dams, including Wachusett and Holyoke, cannot fail under expected conditions. Experts cite solid foundations and proper design as preventing a repeat of historic floods such as the 1874 Mill River disaster with its extensive damage and loss of life.
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Mill River
Williamsburg
Northampton
Connecticut River
Connecticut
Holyoke
America
the Post
Holliston
Austin
Massachusetts
Disaster in Austin Flood Brings Heroic Rescues and Loss
Austin Penn Oct 1 Floodwaters caused chaos as residents faced walls of water. Verne Middaugh tried to save his mother. Madge Nelson survived a half mile carried by a mattress. Thomas Lawler and Bertha Kearnes suffered severe injuries. John Dezeal warned others and saved children. Fires broke out at lumber yards with 8,000,000 feet stored. rescue efforts failed amid extensive wreckage.
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Austin
Penn
Verne Middaugh
Madge Nelson
Thomas Lawler
Commercial
Lawler
Michael Materri
Summit
Costello
Bertha Kearnes
Goodyear Hill
John J. Dezeal
Carrie Foley
Dezeal
Raiflroad Avenue
Higgins’ General Store
Main Street
Face Paint Tabooed Brought Into Public Eye In Chicago
Dolly Madison in Chicago News condemns face painting as social ostracism and urges shelving the practice. She promotes mercolized wax as a safer, inexpensive substitute for a natural complexion, applied at night and washed off in the morning.
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Dolly Madison
Chicago News
Casket Shipment Heads to Austin from Wellsville
A Wellsville casket factory has received an order for a carload of coffins and has begun shipping them to Austin. The delivery was reported on October 1.
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Wellsville
Austin
Thirfing Warning Jore Barely Saves Life in Flood Near Austin
Boyd Lockhard, a young businessman, narrowly escapes a dam flood in Pennsyl vania. He misreads an alarm as a joke, then sees a 25 foot high wall of wood driven by the mill debris. He climbs to safety on a hill as water surges within 10 feet.
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Austin
Penn
Boyd Lockhard
Boston's Help Ready Declares the Mayor
Mayor Fitzgerald, returning from Pittsfield, pledged readiness to aid flood victims in Austin and Pennsylvan ia. He said he would assess the situation with Pennsylvania authorities before acting, noting the disaster involved two small places and that Boston has provided help in past crises.
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Fitzgerald
Pittsfield
Austin
Penn
Pennsylvania
Taft wires sympathy and offers help after Texas disaster
President Taft, arriving after an all night journey, learned of the Austin Penn disaster and telegraphed sympathy to the mayors of three towns. He directed Acting Secretary of War Oliver to send an officer to assess aid options.
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Omaha
Neb
Taft
Austin
Penn
Oliver
Washington
President seeks Red Cross aid after disaster
The federal government sent a message to Miss J.0 Boardman head of the Red Cross noting a resident had received Red Cross assistance. The President telegrammed Governor Tener asking for aid suggestions and on arrival asked for the latest disaster news saying It is terrible.
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Boardman
The
Red Cross
Tener
Auto Hits Tree in Brighton. One Dead Two Injured
A Boston auto driven by Jesse E. Ames crashed into an oak on Commonwealth Avenue near South Street Brighton. Passenger Loudon suffered a skull fracture and died. Ames and Mrs. Ames were injured but not seriously. Loudon, a clerk, lived near the Ames home with his widowed mother.
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Commonwealth ~Avenue
South _ street
Brighton
Loudon
Boston
Jesse Ames
Ames Auto
Ames
C. A. Baldewin & Co
South Market Street
Walter J. Brown Honored with Diamond Bracelet Gift
More than 100 business associates and friends of Walter J. Brown gathered at the Hotel Langham banquet last evening and presented him with a magnificent diamond lock et. Toastmaster William J. Kilmartin delivered the presentation speech.
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Walter J. Brown
South End
Langham
Brown
William J. Kilmartin
Navy court martial to rule on Lt. Merriam case
A general court martial board of the navy will convene in Portsmouth to try Lieutenant S. A. Merriam of the United States Marine Corps on duty at the naval prison. He faces charges of intoxication.
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Portsmouth
N. H
the Navy
S. A. Merriam
United States Marine Corps
Naval Prison
One Dose Ends Indigestion and Stomach Gas
An old advertisement promises rapid relief from indigestion dyspepsia and stomach gas with Pape's Diapepsin. A single dose digests food in five minutes, relieves belching heartburn and nausea, and costs 50 cents at local drug stores.
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Fcracr
Cousent
Fall River Line
Parloc
Eket
Corner Court
Fort Hill
Regal Tonic
Mackinlay
Bond
Austin and
Garratt
Middle West
Austin Dam
Yuma
Clinton
Lancaster
Nashua River
Wachusett
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board
New England
Chicopee
Palmer
Ware
Wousatonia
Lee
Dalton
Easthampton
Amazing Rescue
Flood
Jore
W. J. Brown
Merriam
United Shoe Machinery Company
Mechanics Building
Huntington Avenue
Tinted
Si Wore
Neta Ttiche
Mechanics’ Building
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