PEAKFLIX

Austin Flood

Original title: Austin Flood

Year

1911

Rating

★ 7.0/10

Runtime

8 min

Genres

Belgesel

This film incorporates scenes taken by a Thanhouser film crew rushed to Austin, Pennsylvania, following news of a flood. On Saturday, September 30, 1911, the Bayless Dam broke, and a huge wall of water, followed by a fire, devastated the town and killed over 100 of its citizens.