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Show RBfi-fllfiJ i 3 ft8! IJfA I Ld LrSLfl i Kb ELuhJ B AT II QTIN As wo in Thirty-two Known Dead and Fifty-four Missing Austin, Pa., Oct 3. Relief work of tho night and early morning revealed no new horrors and Austin today believes be-lieves that It knows tho worst of the calamity that overwhelmed it Saturday Satur-day afternoon when the waters of tho broken Bayless dam swept the. valley The list of known dead stood this morning at thirty-two, while the hash town census showed fifty-four still missing. Effectlvo organized relief Is well under way and help is being offered from many communities in tho state. Commissioner Dixon, of tho state health department, says that money, men and food supplies are In great demand. Phllldelphia sont word that ?5.000 had been raised and was on the way Dubois, Pa , had 150 volunteers and 200 lahorers that would be in this, morning, while "Wellsboro, Pa., had, raised $2,200 In a few hours and had dispatched the cash in an automobile. The cash Is needed largely In transporting trans-porting the afflicted to friends and relatives in other parts of the country coun-try More laborers on tho state payrolls have been ordered this morning. They will bring their supplies with them. It was definitely learned this morn--ing that Costello' does not need aid. The citizens are able to care for any In distress, having sovcral warehouses full of needful supplies and all tho money needed. Some clothln.? for women and children will be required Eighty laborers reached Austin during dur-ing the night and 200 more are expected ex-pected this afternoon, swelling the total to-tal laboring force to 800 men. Health Commissioner Dixon said: "Wo expect to have the ruins cleared clear-ed by tomorrow nlgM. Under no circumstances cir-cumstances will wo burn the debris until the last bod there has been recovered re-covered What wo need most is food Please urge the public tosend foodstuffs food-stuffs Two carloads came In this morning, but It will last only today and our reserve Is dwindling We have word from our representatives In Costello that the situation there has Improved " Up to noon one more body and a charred skull had been recovered. A survey of the flooded district today shows 1G7 homes wiped out, besides G4 stores, four hotels, five churches and Ave factories, including the Buffalo Buf-falo Si Susquehanna railroad shops and the paper mlll6 About 250 houses were left standing. |