Show SCENES APPALLING I IN STRICKEN TOWN Men and Women Carrying g Torches Search for Lost Ones In Wreckage MANY PERSONS BURNED Fire Allowed to Take Its Course Until I II I It Dies Out Thousand Out Thousand Buildings Buildings Buildings Build Build- ings Destroyed D By Fy Associated Press Austin Pa Sept 30 It It Is estimated tonight ht that over 1000 buildings have I been torn from their foundations and crushed In the flood or have been de destroyed destroyed de- de by fire tire The vAlle valley of at Freeman run Is narrow narrow narrow nar nar- I de-I row and the town was built along Its banks All the buildings s In the lower part of ot the valle valley were ere swept clear of ot their foundations b by the torrent and man many of those which remained quickly fell tell a prey to the flames There was no one to attempt to stop the fire tire and It was allowed to burn Itself out the I survivors of or the flood standing 1 Idly 1130 on the hillsides stunned beyond the power yer to act A feeble effort eUort was made In inthe tho the lower part of the tho town where the flood lood soon sp spent nt its force torce to save property property prop prop- erty and lives Jives but It was wa sporadic Tho The full Cull force forca of ot the tho catastrophe could be seen better belter from that point than from any other It is reported that some lives were saved at this point The scene in the village tonight Is appalling Here and there there- can be seen the tue light ht of some torch or lantern as a distracted father searches along the I bank for some evidence of his family and home Men Ien who a a. da day ago were wera I among the most level headed in the community know not what to do There Thero is no leader and hundreds are waiting for morning before the they will attempt to act The few tew who are trying to bring some order out of ot chaos are arc handicapped handl- handl capped b by the cries of ot the unfortunate I Search for tor Children In lu Darkness I Many women who had lost host their children chil dren wandered in the darkness crying I their names In vain hope they would answer while here hero and there a worn and broken man stood StOOl at the ruins of ot othis his home dazed wondering wondering- when tho the bodies of ot his family would be found But it is the general g belief belle some of ot them never will be recovered Many were burned In the fire and others were ground to pieces by br the masses of or timbers timbers timbers tim tim- bers and stone swept down by the tho flood The Tho terrible terrible- force of or the water Is shown by the stor story of ot one ono man who declared he lie had seen a two story brick building crumple like a a. house of ot cards while no correct e estimate of ot the damage damage dam dam- amage am- am age can be made until tomorrow It ItIs Itis Itis is stated that there are not enough h houses left heft in the village to cover the survivors Tho The railroad shops probably will prove to be the death chamber of ot the majority of ot men who are employed there A rescue party part was as driven back backby backby backby by the tho smell of ot burning flesh Strong Strongmen men became cowards and until help comes cornea from the outside little can be bedone bedone bedone done to ascertain the loss or succor the tho injured Those so fortunate as to leave the theUne theline theline line Une of ot tho the flood were called to help the survivors from the valley valle and tho the food supply was soon exhausted Many Incidents are arc being told to tonight tonight to- to night of ot miraculous escapes and ter tor- terrible tor- tor deaths Mrs the young wife wiCe of or Dr was bathing her hor Infant child when the great wall of water swept Into the town The house was torn from tram its foundation and crushed d. d almost Instantly n tJ and 1 t. t the e entire ti ur l was wa Va ui u the Pennsylvania hospital on the hill lull safe sate from the tho flood performing an operation operation op op- op- op and escaped He lie Is almost wild with grief Police Chief Chiet Dan Baker was on Main street when tho the alarm was given Ivon His house was only a short distance away He ran to it and arrived In time to give his wife's family warning They tIed fled to the lulls hills and escaped William Nelson and his wife were lost It is said the they were walking on Turner street when the wall df dt water rolled down that thoroughfare Their bodies have not been recovered Every Every house on Turner street was destroyed The five Cho of six siz churches in tho the town are arp all gone the only public institutions institutions institutions loft left standing being the tho hospital and anti the school house houses above the flood line lino Among the principal places de destroyed destroyed de- de was the plant of 01 tho the Emporium Lumber company compan A part of the plant of the Bayless Pulp Paper laper company al also o dl disappeared appeared and tho Commercial hotel and the Davis house went down Tho The White house a hotel was burned and it Is sal said 1 a number of persons perIshed perished perished per per- in the bun building ln One of ot the spots where the tho force torce of or the tho flood lood was tas most severely felt Celt WaSat was wasat as asat at the the- Junction of ot Freeman run with another small stream in the middle of ot the business section A primary election elec elec- tion was in pro progress and many men were in the vicinity All of ot them are arc believed to have been carried awa away With the building went all the rec rec- 0 Harry Harr Davis an aged erl engineer who was standing near the tue clam dam when hen it brol broke c. c found that his family lund had been saved Even while searching for them distracted by the fear tear that the they hind had been lost host he lie found time to answer the telephone and reassure frightened perSons persons persons per per- sons living at a distance who feared for tor the tho safety ot loved ones Among Amon the victims of ot the flood nood were Mrs Irs Elliott and her daughter The They were walking on the street when the they heard the roar of of the approaching water Impelled by the tho Instinct of at self self- preservation they the ran Into the nearest building which happened 1 to be bo the hou house c of ot a friend They had hall scarcely reached tho the door when tho the house crumbled and persons on the tho hillside saw sa sait It lifted high In tho air Mrs El Elliott Elliott El- El liott Hott was seen Been to reach for her daugh d daughter ter and with arms clasped 1 about each other they were swept from view leW With them wont vont a boarder hoarder at the house they entered 1 Ho He mae made a vain endeavor to save the women but was struck b by a I flowing timber and his body bodJo was found along tho the creek creel |