, 1874-05-17

Company, and then struck the Company's board
1og-house near the upper store. Hero
CAPT. VAUGHN, THE DEPOT MASTER, AND THREE


Bround-stoEy Of the building as it parted, and
went down with tho flood. The water here WIS
IS high Us the floor OF the upper store. The
bridge and 1owet dam went next, and the food
then struck Main street, leaving only th1oa
houses sta nding. Here WAS
TIE GREATEST LOSS OF IFE
Women and children rushed out OF doorH ouly
tTo minutes notice was given to tho hands in
the silk-nll, but nearly all escaped, though
eight or ten met death On tho street. Only tho
chimney OF tho mill remains Of the building.
4ho wooden mill Was seeu to lit up III the centre
and
CRUSH TOGETHER 11H AZ Eoa-sHELL
and in moment the brick wall crumo1ed ~ if
bnilk OF dust The boiler was carried nearly
ten rods. Mg1on Smith, ono Of the employees.
rushed into watcr-cloaet in the second story OF
the bz7ck mill Tho closet Was close bea1de the
chimney. and did not go with tho mill Smith
pounded hole through the brick wall with hia
| fists, and was soon seen wildly
WAr1So HIS HANDs TO HIS FRIENDS.
He WAS afterwards eaved.
Ralph lsham and girl wero standing nea11tha
door, when young man rushed up, and, giving
| tho girl his hand, called on her to run 1sham
| Bald, - Come into tho mill aud shut the door,
Tho girl ran as asked, and 1sham went back and
| WAS
SEEN NO MORE ALIVE.
He had been only three months in town, CON-
lng thltncr from Brooklyn, N. !: He Was 80 years
o*A '"AN *oAACAAJ <AAEAoJ QA ~ AA0 A@AOoAA3A
Custom-House.
Fennessoy's lower store at Leeds is gone.
The clerk. Charles Brady. was carried down tho
stream He caught tree, and went oveEHook'a
| dam,
| BIDDING H1B A0oH1zED FRIENDS GOODBYE
| as he pussed his home. He was afterwards
| found alive and iusaue in the F1oreuce meadows,
| but lie has since recovered
| The flood broadening on tho Florence Mead
o"s, q large number Of dead bodies wero
found there. Al fast a. they were taken ont Of
! the water they we're carried to William Warmers
eatpenter-ehop. On the Florence Road. for. :deut-
| ifca!ion. The scene here was perfectly he4rt~
zending. On the floor. in irregular order, lay
| EIGHTEEN coRPsEs OF ALL AGES,
from the child years old to tho woman Of 70.
Near -, tho +1,, door,, with -. fearful ,u sasl. 81.
Ralph 1sham, tho bookkeeper Of the
| Critchlow Button Mill. Over in the corner wa4
tho widow Fitzgerald, while nu around wero
| blackened corpses with their clothes half tom
/ of, and in some instances terribly mangled-
| THE FINANCIAL. LOSS
is scarcely less than 81, ,00o, 600, and may even
exceed that. i. ?. C1itchlow and hisson-n-law.
George Warner, lose 800, 600; the Nonotuck
Silk Company, =25ooo ". F. Quigley, $4,000
! in houae, barn, and stock.
Mr. Quigley supposed his family we're lost az
he saw them rush back into the house after tho
flood came, but afterwards
FOUND THEN ALL SAFE
in the second story Of the l., twenty rods down
| stream. Had they remained in the front part.
| au would have been lost. In all fifteen BRIDGES
| are gone,
| TWELVE FACTORIES AND sEyESTr-FIyE DWELLINGS
swept away. and 100 people left homeless.
The loss Of life probably exceeds. one hun
dred, fifty being drowned at Leeds alol:3. Hun
dreds Of horres and cattle were drowned, aad
thousand. OF acres Of land covered with debris.
The tom Of Northampton loses %50, GOO IN
bridges and reals.
THE LOSS At WILLIAMSBURG AND HATDEHv1LLE
cannot be estimated az yet. II. l.. 1a1nes' woolen
mill at williamsburg iB standing, but all around
is swept clean Only two houses are loft stand
INK at Skinncrvi]le. The Hnyden Manufactlr-
ing Co4npany's mill still stands
10 the -issccid.<d P,<ss.]
THE RUINED VILLAGES.
| BosroS, May 1G.-Ihe villages which are H.
| fected by the disaster are Williamsburg, Hay
denville, Leeds, and Florence, and are situated
on Mill River, Which is tributary of the Con-
necticut River, running into the latter at
Northampton; In the village OF M1lilamshu1g: s.
which has its rise in Goshen. and the other at
about the edge Of Conway. Two large 1eservoi1z
are situated on the Goshen branch, and one on
thp Conway branch, containing total depth OF
not less than feet
THE nrsERvo1R DAMS
vera regarded az SUBSTANTIALLY constructed, being
built by ekillfuI engineers in the moat approved
modern method, and large sums Of money wera
expended last year in putting them IN what Tae
supposed to be perfect order. Tho Oldest daa1
is at least twenty-five years Of age, and is on the
Goehen branch. It was most carefully ro-builI
within the last two years. Above this WIS I
now dam, built last year. Tbs dam on the Con
way branch il aix or seven yeara OLD.
THE MILLS on THE STREAM,
reckoning from Williamsburg down to North
ampton arc as follows
s1 Thaysrs ;ocl faetoEy Is men nd I'D two button
The coTec: woolen mill Of Henry James anp1o1
The larco bra.s works Of Hayden, aero / Co. era
y / to,,f hre1s rhAr&
best appointed factory Of tic kind In the unitot
statea It formerly ho property Of the ats Lieut.
[ The cotton-miu Of the uayden Manufacturing Com
pany, 5000 spindles, employing about 50 hands III
: | Diamond Tobacco Works, employing Is to
hands,
! The two extensive silk mills Of tho Nonotuc1
silk Company, employing 100 hands;
The large brick mill Of the Northampton Br1ncl
| Company employing about 80 or Is hands,
+ | Tho cotton mill Of tho Grecnvi4a a1anufacturt2
, Company. 5000 spindl+s. employing seTenty-are
s Tho Northampton, formerly Bay State, Cutler
Company employing probably ao9 hsnds onn.n,
y
Bey.ay-hre hands, and the large baeket factory Of tn
Williams manufacturing Counany. employing abou
100 hands; also the Skinner silk 1ai employing MT
. or sixty hands.
:. Besides these there arc some half dozen gri1
i md saw-m1lls, some OF them Of considc1ebl
J. capacitv, which are within range Of tho deTaata
G tlun-
THE MANUFACTURING CAPITAL ETEsTKp
along Mill DfTer. and affected By thia dsaste,
placing it at low estimate must bo IS ,00o, 600
r. and the immediate population suffering III abou
5.O00 The population is almost wholly MANI
20 fao:u1ing ono, which has grown up around th
d dams. Ihe heaviest loss OF this disaster vi
- fall upon the estate OF the late ex-Gov. Hayde1
- who died few months since. One OF the NIL
waH recently sold by the executors OF tho esta'
Sunday had been ret apart by Haydenville It
J. the memorial eervicea in tho memory Of tho lAf
r. Lieutenant-Governor, Hheu all the members
the family we're expected to bs present
! FALSE nEpoRTS-
J. Reports were in circulation in Boston tod
= that tieut-Gor. Talbo. and wife were in Ha
J. den71lle ut the tina the disaster occurred. p'
/, they arc untrue. Gov. Talbot left hero Ihuf'
~ Day for Northampton On private business accom-
D pauiea by lis vile, who has since returned, II
10 Gov. Talbot is supposed to be tn Northampton
Id ucluy James, owner Of the four se: Of "oolf
milk, was to have called from New York to "a
viii, his family for Europe, but his departn
las been interrupted by telegraph
IN THE or LIFE.
IN SPRINGFIELD Nay 16.--A telegram recelF!
OF | from Northampton estimates tho loss OF lie
| 80 tood at .t1fv At Leeds AR DurQinE,