Show FLOOD TAKES TOLL IN SEVERAL L TOWNS Heavy Loss of Life Reported t I in Costello and Wharton DETAILS SO FAR MEAGER Catastrophe Parallels in Many Respects Respects Re- Re spes Johnstown Disaster of 1889 By Associated Press Austin Pa Sept 30 Austin Austin a town of ot Inhabitants in the northern part of oC the thc state was swept out of existence existence ex ex- toda today and more than SOO of its people were killed by a flood which followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed the breaking of ot the Ba Bayless Pulp and Paper company's dam a mile and a ahalt half halt north of the town Almost 00 I gallons of water vater rushed over the place In a wall Wail ten feet high wrecking wrecking- I every structure In its path Fear that the towns of Costello and Wharton also in the path of the flood had lund been destroyed was expressed to tonight to- to nl night ht Reports that Costello was vas wiped out and persons drowned there were prevalent but destruction of all communication into the town made confirmation confirmation con con- Impossible It was learned that the flood caused heavy loss of life Ute and property In Costello Costello had about bout Inhabitants Wharton a smaller town was wras also reported ort t to have e sustained s Ll heavy ea darn dam Ia 1 in HI me ule 01 Ul scores of natural nat gas mains as the buildings were cre swept away added fire to the thc general gen gen- en- en eral horror of or the flood and hundreds of those imprisoned in the wreckage e were burned to death Tho The contents of or the dam darn which was filled to overflowing b by the tho heavy rains of two weeks swept through a natural gorge g in which Austin Austin Austin Aus Aus- tin and Costello were situated d. d While many residents of ot Austin es escaped escaped escaped es- es to the hills the warning given b by bythe the blasts of ot the Ba Bayless less mills whistles was too brief for tor hundreds of ot others The Tho catastrophe paralleled In man many re respects respects respects re- re the tho destruction b by flood 1001 of or Johnstown Johns Johns- town Pa in 1889 1859 in which more than 2800 lives were lost The extent of ot the loss of ot life lite and the destruction of or property property property prop prop- erty cannot be known for several days The property loss surel surely will be several million dollars Within an hour of ot the first general Jeneral knowledge of 01 the calamity special trains bearing physicians nurses and food supplies were on the wa way to the scene Hundreds ds of ot automobiles bearing rescuers also tolled toiled over O the mountain roads to len lend 1 aid The Thc food tood supply of or the town was de destroyed de- de and anti Immediate aid to survivors was urgent II of those who es escaped escaped escaped es- es were seriously Injured In the collapse of their homes and the panic of or the rush for safety Temporary hospitals hospitals hospitals hos hos- were fitted tilted up in nearby farmhouses farmhouses farmhouses farm farm- houses and improvised structures fashioned fashioned fash tash- from Crom the wreckage The Red Cross also made preparations for Immediate aid aliI to survivors sunI The Intense c heat beat of ot the tho fire tire sweeping from the natural gas as mains made it impossible for rescuers I to visit the scene of or destruction for forman man many hours Looters were amon among the first on the ground and Tener dispatched a a. lars largo force of ot state police police po po- po- po lice to the town to protect the tho victims |