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MANY_ARE LOST Nearly Ft or Hm durf Pttitltrf ii a i Destradir*, Ratiff Torn it TOWNS ARE SWEPT AWAY CJreat Dam Kronks, Del easing Mighty ^ Volume of Water, Which Hushes on Doomed Towns of Austin and Oostello Heforo Inliabitants Have Time to fiain Safety. Wi'th a roar that could be heard tor miles, the groat dam ojf jlhe SBayless Pulp and Paper Company, Austin, Pa., went out at half-past two o'clock Saturday afternoon. fThe dam, which was five hundred and thirty feet long and forty-nine feet higih, was thirty-two feet thick at the base and held back more than five hundred million gallons of water. For the first time since its construction, two years ago, the water was running over the top the night before, and many persons went out from Austin to see the unusual sight. They were horrified when a section about twenty feet wide gave way on the west side. A great volume of water poured through the hole and the f alarm was quickly sounded. People ran for their lives to the hills nearby, but some were caught in the flood and whirled down the valley. A moment later another break occurred, this time on the east side. It was much greater than the first, and permitted the bulk of the water behind It to rush in a mighty volume toward the lowlands. Hundreds of women and chldren, men were awav at work, were caught in their homes and drowned or crushed before they knew what had happened. Houses went down I efore the mighty rush of water, and gas pipes bent and broken, released ftheir dangerous fluid. Before the water had passed on its terrible course through the town, a dozen fires were burning in as many places, and the) (^ cries of injured and imprisoned perj .-sons joined in the terrific thunder of ? the flood. So sudden was the onslaught of water that many persons had no time to flee to the hills, but others received the warning and hearing the tire bell, hastened to the center of the town, only to be caught in the flood and swept away. The flood passed quickly, leaving desolation in 0L its wake. Houses had .been crushed and tossed about like toys, while hundreds of bodies had been carried down on the crest of the surging itorrent. With the passing of the water, those who had fled to the hills hastened to return to their ruined homes in search of relatives and friends. . Here and there bodies had been cast ^ 41 long the path of the torrent and about forty bodies were recovered in ji short time. Many were caught by burning buildings, and it will be clays before the real extent of the < aiamuy win do kiiuwii. it i? uelieved that no- loss than 4 00 persons perished, and some estimates are run Y>!gher. ^ In ten minutes after the break a <!ozen gas pipes had burst, and were spreading the deadly inflamnable V uid in the air. Men who had rushed forward in the hopes of doing some f ood were overcome and fell, while < others were caught in the flames and ** Incinerated. The street became a f lowing hell, and there was no salivation for those who chanced to be Tear. Rapidly the flames swept from Tiouse to< house, leaping streets and alleys and fed by the continual spray from gas mains, there was no staying their progress. .Many persons crushed and helpless 1n the wrecks of .buildings only partly destroyed by the water, were consumed in the flames. Their shrieks g -could be heard by the helpless ones * who endeavored to save a life whore possible. They were driven back by the deadly fumes of the gas or the l^eat of the flames. Down at the *hops of the Buffalo and Susquehan4 na Railroad, the buildings were be~ low the banks of Freeman and were more substantial than most of the houses which had been swept, away. It is estimated that a thousand buildings have been torn from their foundations and crushed in the Hood or have been destroyed by lire. The water made its way through the business sections of the town and left only four buildings standing. The valley of Freeman's Run is narrow and the town was built along its Imnks. All the buildings in the lower part of the valley were swr.pt clear . off their foundations by tb.) torrent nnd many of those which remained quickly fell a prey to tho flames. The scene in the village Saturday night, was appalling. Here and ihers v could be seen the light of some torch lantern, as a distracted father searches along the bank for some evidence of his family and home. Scenes of indescribable sadness marked the village during tho early hours of the night, many women, who had lost their children, wandering in the darkness crying their names In the vain hope they would answer. Many were burned In the fire and others ground to pieces by the masses ol timber and stone swept down by the FAILS TO HIS DEATH | THE TRAGIC ENDING OF A WELL KNOWN YOUNG MAN. Mr. Heber Reynolds Falls From the Ninth Floor of the Skyscraper at Columbia. The State says Mr. Heber S. Reyn^ds, a well-konwn young maii of Columbia, was killed at a late hour Friday night when he fell from the ninth floor of the Loan and Exhange bank building to the alley way in the rear of the building. He was employed by the South Carolina Cotton Oil company, which lias oflices on the ninth floor, and v/as waiting for H. E. Wells, the manager of the company, who was due to arrive from the North at 12 o'clock. He had finished some work and it is supposed, was seated in the window when he fell. The body was found at midnight by R. E. North, an engineer, employed in the building, who was making his rounds as nightwatchman. Mr. North said that he heard somethlnfr fjill m limit 1 l_3ft o'clock. It is supposed that the accident occurred at that time. A careful investigation was made by Coroner Walker. Me came to the conclusion that the hoy's death was the result of an accident. The body in falling struck an Iron picket fence. One of the arms was torn from the body and left hanging on the fence. The head was mutilated and the lower limbs broken. ileber Reynolds was a well Known and /beloved young man and had many friends in Columbia. He was 21 years of age, the son of the late John S. Reynolds, supreme court librarian, and a well known citizen of the State. He is survived by hi3 mother, Mrs John S. Reynolds, three sisters, Mrs. Henry L. Forbes, Miss Sarah E. Reynolds, and Miss Virginia V. Reynolds, and one brother, John S. Reynolds of The State. * flood. The curtain of night which was running down on the Austin flood before its victims had all been claimed, l nd its surviving spectators fully realized how great a tragedy, the elements of water and fire had enacted in the natural ampnirneaire 01 uiu Allegheny mountains, was lifted by dawn Sunday, recalling a ghastly scene of death and devastation. Whole families have been wiped out, among them being some of the leading residents of the town. The number of dead is placed at between four and five hundred, the population of the town having been 3,200 before the disaster. Near the junction of Freeman Run with another small stream in the middle of the (business section, the primary election was in progress and many men were in the vicinity. They did not hear the warning shout, and all of them are believed to have been carried away. Not a trace of the building in which the election was being held can be seen. When the great mass of crushed and broken timbers came crashing down they lodged against the railway shops. Impact was so great that the buildings /shivered, and the walls were crushed in, but the frame work stood and formed a barrier. Here, as elsewhere, the natural gas pipes burst and fire was quickly communicated to the hetrogonous mass. Men were caught before they could leave their machines. Scores of them were crushed to death without warning, but others were pinned down and met a most horrible death in the rapidly kindled flames. Maddened by the sights about him man with tonrs streaming: down his cheeks, cried for volunteers to save the lives of men whose cries for help were gradually growing fainter. Seizing a bucket this unknown hero dashed into t.he stream, filled it with water, and calling for help, ran towards a point where it appeared one man might bo saved. Others followed his example but to no purpose, (las and beat combined to drive them back and they eventually gave up the battle. A little girl, about fifteen years old, was caught in the crush. The flames were approaching her with lightning rapidity. Pinned down under a heavy timber, one leg crushed, it was impossible for her to free herself. Hearing her cries for help, an unknown man chopped at the timber to rescue her but his strength gave out. Meantime a crowd had gathered; 1 when the volunteer showed signs of weakening another sprang forward, snatched the axe from his hands and attacked the timber with vigor. The heat drove him away as well as others, a doctor saw at a glance the tire would bo upon them before the timi her could be forced to yield. With calm precision he leveled the axe at U.o leg of the helpless victim, a stroke or two and it was all over. ? *111 u i The leg was severed, wining iumiuk ! caught up the little girl and carried i her to the hospital 011 the hill. Her ; life may be saved. > Reports from Costello and points > farther down the Sinnaniohaning r grow more encouraging as Sunday 1 advanced. At Costello while there f was heavy financial loss, It was said i that not more than three persons WAR BREAKS OUT ? Italy Bffias Hostilities Against Turkey 0*er Trlptli Ifair. rURKEY WANTS PEACE She Seeks to Have Other Powers In terfer? in Her Behalf and Prevent Italy From Taking and Stripping Iter Provinces and Seems Disposed to Non ltestrictant Policy. A dispatch from London says affairs developed Friday with extraordinary rapidity. A state of war exists between Italy and Turkey, and hostilities have begun. No sooner had the itme limit fixed in the ultimatum expired than, ignoring Turkey's contraductory request for a period of delay, Italy declared war. The Turkish representatives in Italy were handed their passports. The Turkish commander at Tripoli was asked to surrender the town but declined, and the Italian forces immediately occupied Tripoli and Bengha^o. Turkey continues her efforts to secure intervention by the powers. In the meantime Italy is actively pursuing hostilities. Italian battleships are reported to have appeared oc Smyrna and Saloniki. An Italian cruiser landed troops at Prevesa after destroying a Turkish torpedo boat destroyer, and the Italian fleet has blockaded the whole Tripolitan coast. There are unconfirmed reports that Turkey intends to send an ulti n >1 ( II ?Y1 fy\ (1 rnn/i? tn fltinTwl llf>r IJiaiUIll IV/ V 4 i Vy V- V V. VV U.Ml4<lV4Vtl ? v? claim on Crete and is massing troops on the Thessalian frontier. The greatest activity ensued in all the European chancelleries on the announcement that war had been declared and notification of a blockade. It is expected that the various governments will issue the customary neutrality diplomatic as far as possible to localizing hostilities to the combatant powers and especially to avoid complications in tho Balkans. * FOUR DIE IN FIRE. They Were Smothered Before Help Could Reach Them. At Chicago four persons were smothered early Monday morning in a Ire said t obe incendiary that partly destroyed two small flat buildings at 1336 South Sangamon street. The slAort lo ro- Harrv WiralnvUph his Y?v. MM.**,* mj ?v ' - v-.., wife, their baby and L. Alport, a boarder. They lived in the third flat of a three-story rear building. A two-story building fronting on the street was also partly destroyed. All other occupants of the buildings escaped in their night clothes and it v as thoughr. that one had been hurt until the firemen found the four! persons dead. Their bodies were scarcely scorched and it is thought they we ins asphyxiated by smoke before the alarm of fire aroused them. Two babies were dropped from second floor windows unhurt. HELD UP A NEGRO. A "White Han and a Negro Attempt to Commit Robbery. Near Allendale two men one white and the other a negro, made a bold attempt at robbery about three o'clock Wednesday morning, when they drew revolvers on Richard Dry ant, a negro, wno lives on vv. v. Googe's plantation, near the cemetery, as he was going to town to market a bale of cotton. Just as Bryant was passing a thicket the two highwaymen stepped out in front of him with revolvers and demanded that he halt. They then proceeded to search him, but found nothing, and ordered the negro to move on. The robbers are still at large and there seems to he no clue as to who they are. were dead. Beyond that point no fatalities had been reported. The survivors will not suffer from hunger or lack of care as the supplies and medical assistance rushed ' ? ?! >? ortnnft caniii nni nln T Tt' 1U tllVJ D^UIIV? QUl/iU (I III |'I V * . ptcknell, national director of tho National Rod Cross, arrived Sunday, bringing with liim $15,000 in cash 'for immediate aid to the Mood victims. Tim homeless h.n ? all bfen p"o\i 'cd v.ith shelter. On the ou'.sk'rts of Austin are a number of houses which were vacated by workers in tho Goodyear mill when that plant was dismantled. These houses have been filled with homeless people. Tho residents of Keating Summit have taken in the others, several hundred in number. Provisions continue to arrive in large quantities and there will bo no suffering for lack of food. Gold in Craws of Geese. Thirty gold nuggets were taken Saturday from tho craws of six geese raised by Mrs. Siraol Alsohul !at Santa Rarbara, Cal. The news ol the find started a small gold rush, i J Neighbors panned out several small 1 nuggets in the sand, but were not i so successfcl in mining as the geese ITALY AND TURKEY TIIK RELATIVE FIGHTING CONDITION OF THE TWO. Trouble Began Thirty Years Ago as Result of the Itulians Longing for Tripoli. Trouble between Italy and Turkey, which culminated Friday afternoon in a declaration of war at Rome, dates back to 1 87 8, when, with the making of the treaty concluding the Russo-Turkish war, the powers are understood to have agreed to permit Italv a "Daciflc oeneration of Tripoli."' Italy has colonized Tripoli until lier interests in that African province are very great. She has asserted, however, that her subjects have been mistreated by the Ottoman authorities and constantly discriminated against. At the same time Turkey was warned not to send soldiers or munitions of war to Tripoli. A Turkish transport 'bearing a. few men and arms and ammunition arriving at Tripoli from Constantinople was not molested on the ground that she sailed before the Italian warning had been received. Italy, in the meantime, brought soldiers to the Italian coast, where they were placed on board ships, ready to proceed to Tripoli and other points. A second squadron is designed for Salonika. Italy's declaration of war on Turkey grew out of unsatisfied demands that the Ottoman government, dominant in Tripoli for 3 00 years, shall surrender all economic and political rights to Italy. Tripoli is capable of tremendous development. The soil along the coast is fertile. Not so much can be said of the interior. The land fighting forces of Italy and Turkey compare favorably, although Italy appears to have the advantage for war on foreign soil, be cause the Italian government lias plenty of transport ships and a competent navy to guard them en voyage, while Turkey has no transports and the Ifighting strength of her navy is nil. Italy's standing arm in 1911 numbered approximately 225,000 and 1 4,000 oilicers, but a far greater number could be put in the field in case of necessity. The Italian navy consists in vessels commissioned, built or building, 15 warships nil e armored cruisers, 17 unarmored cruisers and gun vessels, 36 destroyers, an equal number of first-class torpedo boats and 2 0 submarines. In the naval force there approximately are 31,000 men. As a whole the Italian navy is generally ranked fifth among nations. The Italians are skilled seamen. They have constructed some remarkable war vessels. The naval lists show that Turkey has a fighting strength of nine coast defense ironciads, five protected cruisers, six torpedo vessels, one gunboat, 21 torpedo boat destroyers, 2 7 torpedo boats and two submarines. The nominal strength of the Turkish navy is 929 officers, 3,000 sailors, besides about 9,000 mariens. The empire is divided into 6even army corps districts and there are two independent divisions at Medina and Tripoli, respectively. The total fighting strength is close to 1,000,000 men and by the existing recruiting laws all Mussulmen are liable to military service. * ? TWO KAIIGES WERE SUNK. Turkish Cabinet Resigned When War Was Doclai'wl by Italy. A Constantinople dispatch says ihe Turkish war ministry according to the reports current there Friday night, has received a dispatch from the late Turkish militady attache at Paris, who has assumed command of the forces at Tripoli, stating that the Italians began to disembark Friday afternoon, but the Turks succeeded in sinking the first two barges. The Turkish cabinet has resigned, Said Pasha assuming the otlice of grand vizcr and Kismil Pasha that of foreign minister. Mohmoud Shefket Pasha continues as minister of w ar. The Italian Charge. Signor D1 Mar lino, Friday afternoon handed the port a communication Intimating the intention of Italy to proceed with the measures foreshadowed in the ultimatum. This is tantamount to a declaration of war, and as a state of war would give Italy greater freedom of action in Turkish waters, there is much apprehension regarding the Turkish war vessels at present steaming in the direction of the Dardanelles, lest they ho captured ,by tho Italian squadron, which is believed to ho watching the movements of Turkish ships. The British embassy at Constantinople is concerned for the British officers with the Turkish squadron and is instructing the government for their recall. Tho question of the : protection of Italian subjects in TurI key is engaging the attention of the ! Italian authorities. It is thought that a request will he made to Ger1 many to undertake the protection of : tho Italian escutcheons. The Italian emblems have been re MODERN BORGIA New Orient Ptlice Sa?ped Young Wt ra at Several Crises. ? SAID TO BE DRUG FIEND Annie Crawford, Arrested for Murder of Young Sister by Use of Moritliivie.?Three Other Members of Her Family Died Mysteriously in Fust Fifteen Mont lis. A young woman of French-American extraction, under arrest for the murder of a younger sister, whose life was insured in her favor, Thursday night admitted to the district attorney that she had administered morphine to the girl but had done so by mistake. Three other members of the Crawford family have died under cysterious circumstances within the past fifteen months, and Annie Crawford was the beneficiary named in the insurance policies on the life of each. The poliiies she held on all four amounted to only $1,750, however. The police say she spent nearly all the money on clothes. Elise Crawford died suddenly last Saturday, and under citcumstances so suspicious that the coroner had the contents of the stomach analvz od by an expert chemist. The finding of traces of morphine was Allowed by the arrest of the sister. The authorities indicated that the bodies of the three other members of the family would he exhumed for a similar examination. District Attorney Adams declined to state whether ho contemplated charging Annie Crawford with the murder of all four members of the family hut lie dictated the following statement to the Associated Press: "It was established Thursday that Annie Crawford is a drug fiend and probably is addicted to morphine. It is also established that Annie Crawford had access during the past three weeks to morphine and was in a position to obtain it in practically any quantity during that period. During her indisposition Elise Crawford complaii*.d that her food and drink were doped. I have charged Annie Crawford with the murder of her sister Elise." lVr>v fi uo linnra T)i nrcd n v (lin Prom. 'A V7 A II T V IIV/ l| I U I II VI I U\i|| J tllV V I IV ?? ford woman was under examination by the police. She stoutly maintained innocence and appeared cool and unconcerned throughout. She is alleged to have made numerous contradictory statements and when confronted with evidence tending to incriminate her she would declare again and again, "tisn't so." Annie Crawford also holds and insurance policy on the life of her younger sister Gertrude, who told the district attorney Thursday that she was afaraid of her sister. In one fifth of a cupful of the contents of Elise Crawford's stomach Dr. A. Li. Alctz , the- city chemist found 3 and 1-2 grains of morphine, sufficient to kill two persons. The first of the Crawford household to die was Mary Agnes Crawford sister of the prisoner. Her death occurred June 25, 1910, suddenly, supposedly of acute meningitis. Three weeks later, July 15, 1910, her father died, uremic poisoning being given as the cause. After an interval of two weeks, or, on July 2 9, 1910, her mother died. In her case uremic poisoning was also given as the cause. Annie Crawford held insurance policies on the lives of the deceased in the following sums: Walter C. Crawford, father $800; Mrs. Crawford, mother, $100; Mary Agnes Crawford, sister, $300; Klise Crawford, sister, $250. She collected the insurance in each case except that of her sister IClise, payment of which was withheld pending receipt of the certificate of death. On Monday morning following her sister's 1 if. % : ~ ^ /All t ll.A Ut'illll, /XIII1H* IlltlUU Ut'lllilllU I'll U1C insurance company for the money. On that day she also went to the railroad oilice where her sister had been employed as stenographer and collected $4 5 due the deceased. killed his eatiiek. The Man Was* Pursuing His Wife With Loaded Hiile. Oscar Hall, aged 50, a well to do farmer, was shot and instantly killed by his son, Walter, aged IS years, late Friday night at his home six miles west of Anderson. The elder Mall was in a drunken condition and tried to force the younger Hall to drink some whiskey. The younger Hall was in bed suffering with a severe attack of gastritis, and his mot her objected. Oscar Hall then hit the wife over the head with a broom, it is said. -Sihe tied from the house. Enraged, her husband secured his rifle and followed, Mrs. Hall roenetered the house through the back door and secluded herself behind a door. moved from the embassy, the consulate, the postofllce and tho schools, with a view to preventing any untoward incidents. * HAZING AT CMtMSON j CADETS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FOR THE OFFENCE. ? 1 The Board of Trustees Have Deter\v -A > mined to Break l'p the Foolish Custom Among the Boys. The Anderson Mail says seven cadets have been dismissed from Clemson college for hazing. None of these are from Anderson county, but from counties in the lower section of the state. Their names could not be divulged at the college, following a rule along this line adopted some tine ago. The Mail says: A rumor was afloat in Anderson that nine cadets had been dismissed and that ninety others were yet to be tried on the charge of hazing. Dr. Higgs, president of the college, was reached over the telephone, and he stated that only eight had been brought up for hazing, and that seven of these had been dismissed. This occurred two or three days ago. Heretofore it has been customary at Clemson for the president or some other official to state orally to the student body when it assembles for the opening of the season that hazing will not be tolerated, the penalty for such offense being expulsion. This year the custom was changed; each of the boys anticipating admittance receiving letters several days before the college opened stating that all cadets guilty of hazing would be expelled. It is said that the hazing in this incident was only that of the recruits being required to sing "Casey Jones" and a few other songs for the merriment of the other cadets, and that maybe a paddle had been called lightly into use. At any rate the recruit was not injured in the slightest, and had it not been for t lie fact that he was resigning in order to return to his home, he would have probably never reported the eight young men to the officials. Dr. Uiggs said that there is less hazing at the college than ever before; that the cadets are required to sign an agreement that they will not participate in hazing, and that tho cadets are observing the agreement. There has been a good deal of complaint about hazing at Clenson College, and the trustees are to be congratulated on the steps they have taken to stop it. URGES AMERICA TO ACT. ?.? Ex-Minister Strauss Thinks the Situation Very Grave. Declaring that "the approaching clash of arms between Italy and Turkey far transcends the interests of the two powers involved," Oscar S. Strauss, former ambassador to Turkey, Friday wired from New York, P C. Knox, secretary of state, urging that the United States should exercise its right under the convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes to prevent a possible state of war between Muhammadan Mid Christ Ian nations of the world. Mr. Strauss declars Italy's precipitate action can not but have the most serious results as a precedent for similar aggression by other powers. Mr. Strauss in his telegram continues: "The United States took the lead in freeing the Mediterranean from pirates and likewise has contributed foremost among the nations in the conclusion of the convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes. Our country is not only justified, but it is its duty to exercise its right under that convention to preserve the precedents for peace and prevent a possible state of war between the Muhammadan and Christian nations of the world. "We are fortunately free from alliances such as apparently tie the hands of European powers, who should and probably will welcome our exercising the right of meditation. 1 am sure I am voicing the Ini'lnif ooiitininnla nrO nillv of H'dv > 111 f-> r? v iiuiiiv him, ?tw ^ w Americans but of all nations in calling upon our government to promptly offer its oflices of meditation. "Whatever rights politically or otherwise Ittaly may justly lay claim to in Tripoli, certainly can be secured without bloodshed and with justice by submitting them to The Hague tribunal." ? * Women Assassin's Victims. Miss Pearl Matlock was fatally shot and her mother killed by someono bring through their bedroom window, at their home, sixteen miles from Paducha, Ky., on Saturday morning. The divorced husband of the young woman is suspected of the crime. ? ? Drunken Negroes Drown. Three negro men were drowned in a lake near Charlotte, N. C. All were under the influence of liquor and while one did the rowing the others amused themselves by standing up it: the tiny craft and rocking it. Finally it capsized. ? Heenino Insane. At San Jose, Calif., Rev. Thomai Sherman, son of General Wm. T. Sherman, has bee placed in the insane asylum. He Is a Catholic priest. W . :3