Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-22

foacncu Anc lartner Sn0re- lnhn tiiAe III
Inense mass of debris struck the bridge, and
II went down, carrying with i. SIX or seven
girls and women The woman kept on run
ming for Ross's store, and Just GOT through
the larger gate below the steps leading to
the store, when the water rushed mp,
threw her down near the lower stair:
Luckily two men were on the bank and
sire was drawn up, but not moment TOO
soon. she only of all the thirteen VINO
started over the bridge was saved.
Many other thrilling incidents are related
IN the yerv fuli and graphic account OF the
disaster. given by the Springfield ffeDis5l'-
can iron which we compile the above De
talls). and by the correspondents OF other
papers- Tor which We have no room to-day
THE CAUSE OF THE BREAK
The dam. 1t seems. has long been deemed
insecure by good judges, whose fears les
sened, however. as it neld year after year
The gate-keeper, Cheny. l. reported As
saying " / have always thought the dam
dangerous ever since ! have been there
Last spring. when / told Mr.. DImmoek. the
president of the company, that the dam
showed signs OF weakness. he almost abused
me Tor suggesting sucn thing. Now any
one can see that where the leak started
was nothing but mess OF qulcksand
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
While the gate-keepsr mas always teit
most anxious about the spot in the dam
where the break actually came, the pro-
prietors Of the reservoir. who also had
fears as TO It's safety. felt afraid Of the OBJ
posite side As to these little streams Of
water, gentleman familiar with the con-
struction OF reservoirs Is quoted As saying
that It Is quite impossible TO construct
sucn dam 50 that there shall be absolute
ly DO show of water on the lower side.
TIE REsERvOIE
mac an area Of l04 acres. and was made by
damming up q valley between two noun
taIns the dam was about 400 feet long
on TOD ana was a fcet wide a the bottom,
sloping gradually TO the top lr consisted
of an embankment Of ordinary gravel, N
the centre Of which rose a wall OF masonry
I 40 feet high, ordinary rahbie stone laid IN
; waterproof cement This wall was four
I feet wide at the base and tapered wedge-
ike 10 almost q point al the TOP At the
bottom and through the centre OF tine dan
! extended q niIeen-Incl iron pIDo. through
B which was let the water which Kept up the
supply IN the river the wal. Il now ap-
/ pears. was laid on the soho rock-bed on
the west side, Du- on the east nothing but
the natural grave. IL was mere That the
water was FIRST seen breaking through al
the bottom, and mere tnai the wal Wa IN
derminel here was the iatal error OF the
construction. though the cam was general
IL considered unsaie The county commi--
sIoners viewed the w1rE wlca completed
slx OF seven YEAR ago. ana pronounced u
SAT. The cost was SIS. 600
Ine RESERVOIR stands more IMAM Two nun
cred teet above the Nil River valley. and
the feed pipe leading from ic o. " llilam--
DurC ran through s1rt li canon. not uu-
ike Trenton Fails. New JorE. As the Pc
se-voIr Wa higher tuan Williamsburg. 81
was the latter, on 0ur e-aulualI0u. above :
haydenvl.e. ana the dec.ivirr continued
through the canon o. LseI-. bach nil
station ha1 beside e dan. which gave the /
stream additions. force Joy working pur-
pose " ner therefor the reservoir
uurst.t the billions oi gallons 90 water poured B
through the canon az terrific rate. and /
empte1 from Do over VI .liamsuurE as out /
OF spout
incidents 0T Tx FLOOD.
Many instances OF marvellous preservation {
are related. among Wll-l l- tlat 0i Young
tennessCy. slL YEAR ola lie t1atal Two
miles. c.lnEllE o. a piece OF lumuc-. ana Wa
rescued After having gone over dams and +
bridges be lives almost uu1-r-
One % lne sa1oesr cases was that 1i che
T. birmlnEhau ian iv-i4r1e-. m0thc-.
and rnree 1aarnter--a-- Sweep away rl-
-ethc- Inc family were al 20 breakfast
when the water struck their n0u-l ar
birmingham Wa Superintendent lu tll
James mil
ir. johnson. Ut NL-nms1urE. was seen
rushing uul % lI- hou-a toward q place Of
safety WIKI i've li DIS three little children
ms Vile. VINO was 81 native l. trclerl1E.
A-.- carving t-e otll-. ul- rls whole
FANNY were 4ve-takeu rv rlc food and
drowned t1rathe- Ur. johnson wa ri-
I'M man D. li- profession. 1t which be- Wa
me only representative % the village de
was deacon 10 the llnEre-atllu4l Church.
ana prominent % religious matter
Ny. T. u. Iltlu ot NI-nmsu-r- WIS
carry -1- MS aEe1 motl--. WIDOW Sarah u.
snow. o. place ot safety. when -ae relent-
les waters seized then sac Wa carried ,
away. while he Eraspel o. tree about fifteen .
iee- nigh. standing Oh o bank. and wa .
saved. though the water reached ana sway
a1 nm IL 4lr. H-l-lrr house sat Mrs f,
Qll-lcy. Two 14--lIEr- ana q sch01 teach 3
ar named Miss Marble. " no lal lls- finished ?
breakfast when tney nca-- the mise. and 7
-etrGate1 20 me gQDer story. " Ll-e standing :
there the main part 0it3e house was wrench :
20 away. leaving them 1lt d tnIu partition i
against the swelling t.-c Their courage i
ia not TAI sneln. however. ana a. tuev saw ?
. nelsno0r nalne- Humphreys floating uy
ln portion % the r8li .i tle house. Jner
-alscd tle window ana pulled Inn D.. Iney
we're a. saved. as wei as Humphrey wife :
% IN how "a F
1000 on beds % keen them above the water L
recerlck C.0url- O. foreman 90 tle button Z
act1ry. heard the roar d tle coming food =
M nastene1 q Mr. BIuuev' house. and =
Is u were commando rnem o. lae Mr. q
SonneY obeyec. running 81 the hills
ugh. SEEING one Of Mr.. Ryan children Z
iCrand-daucnter OF 4irs. b1nucv- begged y
DIS Mary Ryan. and Carrie b1nney 10 i0l- Z
lw Mn. but they stood nze1 90 Ihe spot in ?
error ana fright. lie 1e1 WIKI the child .
ney remained with another child ami So 7.
-ere swept away. Ars. bonnev 0ther y
auEnIer. Annie. le1 from the mi and wa NJ
lve-. Ryan Moran tenement on Main g
-reet was one 0i the few that did n0I % ID u
he second story Wa however flood o.
L. ana six children were found huddled be- "a
IND q BED II the chamber NJ 70 thel- necks e'
J water. numb and haE dead with cold "a
ne little D0v came floating down the food -
Leeds on board from somewhere above o-
luckily he steere1 for little Knoll not YET 81
l7erec. and throwing away his board. Doe y
Imocc % the hlrne>- point OF the ku d. 9-
al the water rose. ana onlv q spot as large "a
a table remained when the water reached III
s greatest height auc the ulucEv fellow u
a. saved OK
Three French cli.urel. none ul then an
Ter nine years Old. sat among tie living AZ
ID dead iu Ar. ~ arnEr 3 nou~t az Leeds -
ld tl41 QuesIIoucr~ tlat they had lost Inree
siers. brother and their mother. tai their
timer Wa saie au- attending O. some OF the s1i
al people be, MANY Wei knew ne was thl
1ons the dead also, yet none had the heart en-
break the terrible news g. the children vi
= oi thc little ones nave been adopted Uv an
e ui the OYerseeTs OF the SIX iactorV On
The iorce o. the water may be estimate ut
Dts having carried @ boiler = 100 feet ur VI
ascent o. the front of G0v. Hayden IL
use. Ihls boiler weighs severa tons. / Co
Ing sixteen 10y hve and nall feet Je'
SEARCHING roR rHE DEAD. mi
Al along the meadows and river bank ma
rites OF men. armed with picks. axes.and w
lwDars ana spades are working away az ne
2 mounds OF drlft-wOod ana wreck IN quest g !.
bodies Dozens OF people are missing. OF az az
ION no trace mas vet been seen NJ
4ulfl1 ueal Dolies nulllel together. =
re brought ny the caprice OF the torrent -i+'
IN al the villages above INTO one place 70
Leeds. these were removed O. the chapel liz
achcc 10 the Congregational Church, rat
ere coinns were supplied. o. a frIends 10
ne up 10 claIm them they were surren- a
ed 10 them The dead were found ID the ci0l
81 horrible condition. bruised and cut, leaC
! generally Wlih every TesIige of clothing non
n away feet
ne BODY OF little oaild four ysars old 50 f
s found With a pair ui new shoes IN her nor
ID. In the toes Of the shoes were found had
? $50 bills which the mother had prob tive
y tried 20 save In al eddy between Mr.
and Williamsburg were found rain
bodies Of seven persons. intending those that
Dr.. johnson anu some Vi his family. strO