Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-29

] property in the valley alter he had
turned the dam over To the authorities.
Ii was made plain, however. that the dam
was not built according to the specifications
\ large number Of Irish PEOPLE who suffered
by the flood. have harbored reyengeiul feel
ings against Spel.mau, the overseer of the
reservoir. " hom they accused of OBTAINING
Cheney. so that the latter could not warn
the people OF the food in season. They
threatened TO burn bis house ami hang him
Spel.mdu removed his family. and, with
half dozen lci-hhor~. thoroughly armed
picketcd hi premises. The Northampton
police ANA militia we're sent Tor. The Irish
began Co. gather ia knots OF four and five
but finding "a detachment Of the 2i Mass.
Regiment on duty, the rioters quietly dis
per~ed.
ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS.
Hugh McGee. "A lad OF thirteen. with
several Others. climbed iutb an apple tree
from " hicl Ice WIS swept of, and carried
nearly "a halt niie.aud landed in a wooded
coye, unhArra,i. save Il lev light bruises.
The other occupants OF the tree persisted.
\ marked exception 10 the uncomplain-
Ing. un~e.ti-h endlraaca that characterized
the survivors OF the misfortune was the
qucrU.ou> dependency OF an old gentleman
who's, barn was carried away lie knew moth
ing about who was lost, but it was awful.
Took my barn. Just a. hahn-ome a barn a
there was in the place. and ! hain't got a
| harness lett. Ii makes me feel sick
sick - lis horses had been successfully
| got out and taken TO the hills. and he
'spo>ed he ought To be thankful. but how
he was ever soin' to git over this, he didn' t
know. Asked if any OF hi family werelo>t,
he shook hi bead and answered Il don't
/ know how I'm goin 10 gIt along 'ithout
my barn"
Young Dunning of Leeds had a wonderful
| experience. When the alsTn was given be
was at work in the Munotuck Silk Works.
/ Rushing out OF the mills hi- first thought
/ was for his family. lie found that his father,
wife and three children had all left the house
/ He shouted TO them to run Tor their lives.
| His wife and children obeyed, and were
saved, but his father. an old man of IS,
/ thinking that something might be got out
/ of the hos se before the Hood reached ii went
back. In dashed Young Dunning, begging
him 10 leave the doomed building. and, why
he knows not, raising one OF the windows.
! As he did 80 the floor gave way beneath their
feet and his father disappeared from sight,
The young man had just time to Chamber
out of the window. and a. the house tipped
crawl up it, side to the roof, just a. the
building broke up, leaving but fragment
10 cling 10 for his life. and on he went sail
ing down that awful food, in full sight of
wife and children, who, as they looked on
IN terror and agony. expected momentarily
II see him sink beneath the surging mass
In a lew seconds his frail raft was crushed
like an egg shell. hut his presence of mind
never LETT him, and he Jumped for another.
and when that was gone, Yet for another.
lie was fastening down with the current at
terrific speed. and intent on the fearful task
he had In hand, never once thought of the
dams toward which he was Fastening. The
first one was reached in the awful crash and
jam. lie WAS hurled seemingly twenty feet
IN the air to come down and be submerged
Tor the first time far beneath the waves. As
he came II the surface again and clasped
another piece OF drift-wood ,he realized with
an intensity unimaginable by those whose
lives had.never been imperilled that another
and higher dam was but a short distance
below, and thar he had absolutely no hope
Tor life unless he escaped from the flood e.
fore that point was reached. Most for tn
naiely the swollen mass OF water and d, .bris
at that point surged toward the shore Sand
>eelngan opportunity which seemed 10 be
proyldential!y presented, he elamhered
across some broken roofs, which Sc rived him
A "A
fast hold on the earth. The ie .linps of a
man who like him had scarcely a hone of
life, on finding himself escar ed from the
jaws of death, cannot be epicted. Mr..
Dunnlng describes a. the most anpalling
incident of the memorable ride the heart
rendIng screams and gros rs of the women
and children IN houses that were swept
down with hin.
CANNES ,cAcrrr.
Col Joel Hayden. one of the sons of the
late Lieut.-GOy. liz yden. owns a noble doc
OF the 81 Bernard species. Mr.. Ira BRYANT,
the iather OF Mrs. Col. HAYDEN. an elderly
gentleman, some what over sixty wears of
age, was gre At iavorite with the dog.
Mr. bryant va lost in the disaster. and 50
were many OF the dog, friends. Ii is said
no human D. eng ever expressed deeper
sense OF sacness than ne. lis movements.
even IN thu hustle and confusion, were
noticeable lie lntrudeG himself upon the
iamIly, and was in every part of the house
smiling about. An OLD pair of boots of Mr..
bryant : received his repeated attention, a.
did articles of clothing Sunday afternoon
he started ont and followed the searchers
Tor bodies on the meadow lands. lie was
next seen on Nil ler's flats paving in the
sahu, ana when h was visited II was found
mat ne mad dug quite n trench, in which
were discovered. the lower portions of a
man limbs. The next halt hour revealed
the form of NJ r. Bryant As the workmen
prosecuted u .eir digging around the body
the dog lay { their feet. As the face was
exposed, he seemed for a second overjoyed.
out when cloth was wrapped around the
rlgld form and the removal was begun, the
NOME ere aturc seemed bowed with grief,
ana iollf wed the little party home. Dill
gent sea .'ch had been made for these remains
ana 1t seemed hardly possible that any
nuIiAr being could have found the imbed
ded C. ,rpse.
BODY OVER THE uoLYoKE DAM.
Nir. Charles Hartman. who has charge of
TN bOoms Of the Holyoke lumber company
IL the bend of the river above the city. on
aturday, spied floating into the boom
what seemed to be a feather bed on its bed
stead. and upon 1t the clirging figure of
girl of IL or IA years. with the left hand
tightly griPped into the bed and the right
upon the head-board. Knowing nothing
OF the dread calamity of the Mill river
valley, the sight shocked him so that he
staggered on his insecure footing on the
logs But recovering hin lself instantly, he
ieaped to the outermost log, and with his
ooat-hook caught the be- |. As he did so,
unluckily. it lurched dow n, the dead body
lost its nerveless grasp. and disappeared
beneath the boom, leavI 1g Mr. Harthan
only the feather-bed. whi n he took mp to
the saw-mill. Mr.. Harth IN has carefully
watched the place since. ut. though from
the fragments of the ruined villages lodged
upon the island he has dras ;ged out pig,
goat, COW, and sundry articles, be has
seen no other human victim.
TIE NUMBER 10 ST.
A careful re-investigatit N Wednesday,
reduces the number know, to have been
lost BY the tragedy n lbs, distri- !