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Around 3,000 people were in Austin that day, and the catastrophic failure of the dam resulted in the deaths of 78 of them, [4] and roughly $10 million in property damage. Cora Brooks, the madam of the town's brothel, which was located upstream of the town, saw the failure coming and warned the town, saving many lives. [ 4 ]
Austin Dam ruins. The Austin Dam, also known as the Bayless Dam, was a concrete gravity dam for the Bayless Pulp and Paper Mill. Built in 1909, it was the largest dam of its type in Pennsylvania at the time. The catastrophic failure of the dam on September 30, 1911, destroyed much of the town and killed 78 people.
Austin Dam failure may refer to: Austin Dam failure (Pennsylvania), which occurred in 1911; Austin Dam failure (Texas), which occurred in 1900
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Jul. 7—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Approximately 120 years ago, 112 miners walked into the Rolling Mill Mine portal on the hillside above Johnstown, but none returned home. An explosion caused by an open ...
Emergency services in Austin-Travis County in Texas rescued four people from a boat that was left hanging over a dam on June 10.The boat ended up stranded and dangling precariously over Longhorn ...
Edison power plant in Williamsport, Maryland, after the March 18, 1936 flood, surrounded by water from the Potomac River. The facility later became the R. Paul Smith Power Station.
A drunkard's negligence, shoddy construction, and corporate mismanagement killed as many as 150 after a routine flood exceeded the dam's design capacity. [11] [4] Gohna Lake dam: 1894-08-25 Garhwal: British India: 1 Failure of a landslide dam. Authorities had been able to evacuate the valley. Austin Dam: 1900-04-07 Austin, Texas: United States 8