To make matters worse for the profitability of the rail line , Austin , Pa , which was the Goodyears ' center of logging operations in the area , was literally wiped off the map by a large flood on September 30 , 1911 . The town was all but destroyed by the collapse of a dam . 88 people died as a good part of the town washed down the Freeman Run . This flood , was one of the worst floods in Pennsylvania history , second only to the Johnstown Flood of 1889
Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad