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Show Dam Breaks and a Town in Pennsylvania s Swept Away Pittsburg, SepL 30 Reported at Bradford, Pa,, that a mill dam at Austin, Aus-tin, Potter county, broke this afternoon after-noon Nearly ovcry house was swopt away and 100 to 150 lives said to be lost Corning N. Y., Sept. 30. Tho dam of the Bayliss Paper Mill at Austin. Pa., broko this afternoon. Hundreds of persons are reported to have been drowned. Relief trains aro going In from Buffalo, Addison and Cornlns. Austin has a population of 2,500. Buffalo, N. Y, Sept 30. Word has been received hero of the bursting of the Emporium Lumber company's dam at Austin, Pa. It is Bald 300 to 500 lives have been lost and that what remains of tho town is being burned. All lines of communication with Austin aro down and no details of tho disaster arc now obtainable. |