New-York tribune., 1874-05-18

burg. were found the bodies Of seven petson'' "
Guiding those Of Dr. johnson and some o1 LIE ian'''
VAUDEVILLE.
! The disaster overlook Haydenvile at an inoppor-
tune moment 1t was intended to have to-day u''
voted To services in the church in memory OF ex-
Lieut. Gov. Joel Hayden, who died In November anu
in whose honor the place was named. He was TO nave
been referred to by the minister delivering the ad-
dress az a man whose best and most enduring mohu-
ment was the town in which the second severest loss
was felt A quantity of flowers were sent from DOS
ton to beautify the sacred edce and to add 10 ,io
importance of the OCCASION Gov. Talbot, who maTried
one of Mr. Hayden's daughters and Messrs hildie,h
and Brewster of the Executive Council, were 10 nave
| been present and had already arrived at North
hampton. Two of the administrators OF the
estate were also on the ground-Messrs LIN
coin and Dalton of Boston. The town pre-
| sented pitiable spectacle to-day. Dwelling
houses ground to hndling wood, household goods
torn to fragments, huge boders machinery, and
mud d-bedragged remnants of clothing met the eye
at ev9ry turn. From the bend in the
river just below Skinnersvle, where the
| tidal wave partly changed tho current
of the stream to the fork below the town, the
scenes of destruction were truly appalling. A tall
| brick chimney, and part of the old foundry were
all that remained of the large brass works
| of Hayden Gero q Co.; and further down.
| the drift wood, the halfdestroyed buildings, anu
| the Undiscovered streets, attest the damage done.
| Haydenvle seems to have been unfortunately
| situated between two river curves, and hence, at
one end of the town. is to be seen the effects OF the
madly rushing torrent, in a sweep OF highlands at
! the other. the effects of the devastating under
| current of the backwater, as it receded from ana
| finally leaped over the lower bank. 1t was about
eight o'clock when the food came down, and to use
| IL ol,tn, lINaI q
before nine o'clock" The brass works were first
swept by wall of debris from fifteen to twenty feet
high, and with the added momentum the flood went
over the road bed devastating lawns and porticos
of houses leaving boiler 900 feet from its original
position and placing it on eev ated spot IN front
| of house, tearing out the stone SIDES OF
| the river and placing the boulders in the bed OF
| the channel or on the sidewalk, and sweeping
men, women, and children into eternity. WOODEN
houses were seen to come bounding along like corks
| and from the interior of moro than one was
| heard the shrieks of wives and daughters, whom
| their husbands and fathers had left few moments
before in fancied security. 1t was sight which
paralyzed every behoder. In less than an hour the
waters had subsided, and the search for bodies be-
| gan.
| and the majority of those found to-
day in the rear of elevated buildings, far removed
| from the river brink.
These were removed to the chapel attached to the
| CONGREGATIONAL Church, where collins were sup
| piled and as friends came up they were sur
rendered to them and the room va
| Gated given to the new arrivals 1t was
here that bodies were found in the most horrible
condition bruised and cut and generally with every
vestge of clothing torn away. Between 20 and 80
dwelling honses were wrecked more or less, and the
| gas works are entirely swept away
The most horrible fate that of the occupants
of two three dwelling houses IN the
| lower bend Of the river, who were cut
off from from the highland and perished within
sight of neiehbors, who were powerless to AID. The
only man in the employ of the Hayden ~ Gere Com
| papy who lost his life was a Frenchman named
| Brodder who ran back to the workroom to get his
coat from where it was hanging after he was warned
| to flee for his life.
The damage done TO business ls greater than IN
some of the other places. Hayden, Gere 81 Co.. who
employ about 800 men, yesterday issued notice to the
effect that large force of workmen was wanted to
clear away the debris of the old factory that prefer
ence would be given those previously in
the employ of the firm. All wages will
be paid as soon as the accounts be made up and
| anyone desiring work may have it by applying at
the temporary works, to be opened on Monday. The
firm estimates it loss at from $4,000 to 100000 on
the handsome buildings and their contents, lnclud-
ING the elegant offices erected by Joel Hayden The
savings bank Masonic Lodge, and six tenement
houses are also lost valued at about 81, 500 each.
sKINSERsvIILE.
| The most frightful havoc of all, as re-
| cards extent of damage to property, took
| place in Skinnersville Though fewer lives
| were lost there than elsewhere Only three
| houses are left standing in the village.
| OF these two are at the lower end, near
| Haydenyille and the other is that OF Mr..
| VIM. Skinner, who founded the place, One
large house lies on Its side, with the roof torn off,
| Others have drifted against and crushed neighbor-
| ing houses.
Sometimes the entire side of house is gone show
ing the whole arrangement of the INTERIOR just as
| is sometimes on the stage.
| Some are canted upon end, with the front door
opening toward the sky. Again, one sees high upon
| the branches of some tree huge mass of spnters
with perhaps some broken pieces of household fur
niture and futtering scrapsof apparel showing that
| there was once house and home.
The new house of Mr.. Skinner, an elegant and
sIli,5t ttiial tace appears at first sight unIn-
iured, but on going in 'front.' the whole corner
of the yerandah is seen to be torn away wbl water
fills the basement aud is several feet deep on the
! inst iovr.
The wafer forcing it's way up from the basement
| tried TO lift the house from its foundations and
broke great hole like hopper, in the
near parlor floor through which the furniture drop
ned INTO the cellar. The house was only saved from
the fate of its neighbors by the massive chimneys
| which securely anchored it to the ground
| Mr. S. Kenners silk factory entirely demol-
| isbed. and the boiler was carried over 1000 feet
| dawn the river.