New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-21
IrW-YORK TRIBU NE:
.a.,,ed Casualty.

,i.H afford ff~nia< We -
peperally known anon t' ~ hv the Isdley
morning tia, the prodiscu.,, River a, leland
Rs: Csmp'r ga. .~ep: away yesieTasy Az ,ie,s
ysn and o'clock Ihe oss" 80, IN o,e .de and
only about .. ~ The constructions was We ooh 49,
80 on tne oao5eu dam In the worid-st lsssN zen
the which IL would iufni.n, "o.o -, : Dat
water now in use In any country Ine oa =
the isfe q, n OO and $4,000 and the real JAMES n.
oeross by the accident may reach $780, -, ~ a
-, entity strong TO last In tne Jug g re Corn
concerned % years 70. on three wears the
y,nre Of stone dam and nothing but hSsS - enJJ
a.. water privilege In the meantime HDsSeN
Undertake the wooden structure -, 49, .s,e,
80 ~eye shut 81 10 o'clock A. NJ tle rlset ie4'
81 feet In consequence at sprnghelo snu neie
tween and O'Clock yesterday Afternoon "a. sascb
49,. on shore noticed they thought, shgnt D'esSn
An The middle OF the dam, aud In snotner monenl az
,hole structure burst swsy before the
rush OF water and was dying sprrt into com P'''
and ruin, with q terrinc roar T. -. ~ 4 r.
w. h.xe NOT heard the particulars OF any oss Oh -
although there are rumors TO tns, snsu. ~ the
Nothing however, but the stnscuoo :. -. .inp,ss he.
spectators 10 spot above me os sys,,sS them from
.hs,sns tae fate Of the structure Iney no. .io -
,ag directly Ia the path Of the run on'y 80. r..sr
fore Il came down Many per'en' -, bs6 s.ann ~
10 the bed Of the rfef siH00 w
rse sa0.s If the accident the water had reached
three
IT, io.. q pot at all fatal TO the enterprise Of Use
,Issn ssIi. Company Their capital, we believe, hss
zen already assessed al AJJVO, and a Joss ="
$4,000 Is only small traction o. tnsI Sns 70
The water privilege. before the Hsdey rams 90
ou,ehased il for their dam was owned ~ Ahreo
spitb Eco Of this city and two or three other gone
men, IL we remember rightly , 49,.
rifteen hundred or two thousand people hbeo tne
.bo,s 4, the time when the gates were smut down IN
The morning Curiosity to sec the unnamed Connect
cut curbed had attracted persons from the neishoorhs
fka afNlA
cs.sful only for Eve hours and half One Of the
yates sesmed to be imperfect az the bottom, and
,snid leak was observed as the water began u rse
which Efforts made 10 stop By putting gravel ana
sru,h around the defective part As single breach Is
enough 10 wreck sucn struct1re II became hNey thst
the dam must 60 and large crowd were standing on
the shore awaiting the event Hoss y, .Ne" ,;, 4"
wrsek over the rocky bed OF the river below IL not
TOO much 70 say that chill of horror paed the cneekS
and lips Of hundreds Of the spectators ei the awful
tis believed that If the break had not been made
when It was that the western abutmens would nave
been broken sway Inc massive stones ~e,e "s 80,
upbeavos with the pressure OF the water and mao 'he
eiven away the village would have been deluged ana
Immense and fatal injury have been the result Inc
waters came down Ia one Dast 70 Springne.o, cs'sn.
An instant nae OF the river OF four or hve feet AZ tnA
place The tmbers hrst seen Just above our
Great Bridge at 81 this morning
The dam built by the Hadley Fans Company
and not-so C. r. Smith Esq Engineer on the hsruoro
and Providence Road informs us-by Body q Ross -
the Springfield Republican states Messrs b. * II con
structed the masonry only. The engineer, who super
intended the construction OF the dam was !onn ona.
Fso of CsbotviIle The rumor that the WilliLnsnset
Railroad Bridge had been carried away Is unounded
The dam was of wood. nearly 900 feet long II wa
built in the most substantial manner Guard gates o.
buk heads OF heavy masonry constructed on tbs
south side which uniDured by the disaster IN
ellis we're fifteen inches square bo,ed to the solid roc'
all the across the river and seven ieet rom ceh'e
TO center as they lay together The upright posts o
the dam are 30 feet In hight and prodigously heavy
frame work supported the floor. This was OF yellow
pine plank four inches thick There were several gates
seven feet In height all along the floor, aud left OpeI
during the construction of the dam. They were OF
hinges and fastened up until yesterday at ten o'clock
when they were closed after another. As fall o.
thirty feet would cause most dsagreesbe jar, an In
elined hoor extending down several feet was built on
the outside of the dam 20 lessen the plunge. Under
this roof was a foot bridge. by which persons might
cross under the sheet Ii with the greatest diff
Guilty that persons kept yesterday from trying this
bridge while the water was rising.