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Show GOVERNOR VISITS FLOODJDfSTRICT AUSTIX, Pa., Oct i In a drizzling rain, with roads washed by mom.-tain mom.-tain streams, Governor John K. Tener. who arrived here last night from Ilar-risburg, Ilar-risburg, started today on his tour of inspection of tho destroyed district, including the dam of the Dayless Pulp and Paper company, the going out of which resulted In tho death, distress and privation which has over- j spread this village I Strongpr than over this morning was tho general opinion that tho governor's gov-ernor's visit indicated that tho state officials arc looking over the situation situa-tion with a viow of ascertaining their' authority in conducting an investigation investiga-tion as to tho liability and responsibility respon-sibility for the condition of the dam. 11 is positively asserted by Gcncrnl Fred W. Fleitz. vice president of the state water supply commission, that at no time, was the state made cognizant cogni-zant of the construction, repair or condition con-dition of tho dam. It had been said that at the timo thp dam was ropalred a year or morr ago a state engineer had Inspected it at the request of the company, and his report was that it, was unsafe This roport. General Flotyz says, is untrue, "the stato has never, boon consulted in this connoc-tlpn." connoc-tlpn." , State Senator F. E. Baldwin of counsel for the Dayless Pulp and Paper Pa-per company, was among those In closo touch with Governor Tener during dur-ing his visit here. j Aside from the governor's sojourn i the situation early today assumed tho routine of clearing away wreckage, the oarch for more bodies and renewed renew-ed offorts to got men, not only as laborers, la-borers, but as cooks, whoso services are soroly needed Tho replenishing of food supplies, too, is taxing the energies of the commissary as well ! as the railroads The seventeen nurses from the state dispensary havo hoen worked almost to the limit of ' thoir strength, having been forced to do duty at the morgue as well aa cooks and serving maids at the com-mlasary. com-mlasary. Thoro has been a remarkable ah-soncc ah-soncc of ceremony In the burial of the dead. Thorc are no carriages or vehicles hoyond ono rough undor- I taker's wagon. In most Instances when a body is turned ovor to "relatives, "rela-tives, a simple service is read and tho casket is borne to one of the two little lit-tle cemeteries here by friends. Several Sev-eral of the bodies have been shipped 1 away. A strict guardtis still kept on tho Incoming roads and none is allowed al-lowed to pass without authority. Incoming In-coming trains carry only necessary baggage or freight and passenger coaches are locked at Keating Summit Sum-mit to keep tho idle qurious from crowding aboard and coming on to Austin. |