Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-05-20

the flood having cut a broad swain throug
the place, carrying houses down the stream
The river just below the meeting OF th
two branches has changed its course an
leaving its old bed has spread out over tn
entire meadows, where it is now running
between great boulders. In this typiea
New England village the contrast betwee'
prosperity and misery beauty aud desola
ton, are sharp and sudden; from tasteful
cottages, smooth lawns and blooming How
ers, QUE steps into genes of deepest woe
where the Scared and scanned ground
great shapcless masses of s2linters whicl
were once houses. or houses half destroyed
with their sides torn out or upside down
are in place o. the prosperity OF YESTERDAY
morning. Iu the little town hall are lai(
the saved bodies, aud some often mutila
ted and gashed by the floating timbers
wrapped ID sheets, waiting friends to iden'
tify them. Now and then a wagon comes
up loaded with dead bodies just recovered
Great loads of collins are continually ar
irving, and the hearse goes busily bach
and forth, followed by a few mourners OF
foot: the people have too much to do tC
mourn long. and the funerals, though
many, are brief. Under the hemlocks IL
the quiet little cemetery on the hilltop
they are digging thirty new graves. The
clothes are all wanted for the living, and
the dead are burie6 in nothing but wind
ing sheets, as Of old.
The principal manufacturing establish
ments destroyed in Williamsburg are the
button factory of VIM. Spellman aud the
saw and glist mill of Adams g. Hitchcock.
The loss on the latter is about 600.
1t is impossible as yet to estimate the
done ia this village. The mill of
Adams & Hitchcock was valued at $780,.
900, and there was a valuable stock of
grain and logs on hand. Tho wooden mill
Of Henry James was not destroyed, but a
large part of the stock was lost. The
mill is left without power, and the loss
will be about $40, 900. Mr.. James aud
his foreman, Henry Birmingham lost their
ives while trying to escape from the mill.
Mr.. B~irnnngham's whole family was also
ost as was that of Mr.. johnson. Among
he sad incidents is that of seven young
,irls who climbed into an apple tree,
linking it would stand, but were all
wcpt away. The body of a little child
our years old was found. with q pair Of
lew shoes In her hand. lu the toes of
he shoes were found four twenty dollar
ills, which the mother had probably tried
0 save.
LOST VILLAGE.
The most irightfu! havoc Of all as re-
ards extent OF damages to property, took
lace in Skinnersvillc. Though fewer
yes were lost here than elsewhere, only
lrce houses are left standing in the vii
lgc. OF these, two are at the lower end
f Haydenvll,e aud the other is that of
Ir. William Skinner, who founded the
lace. One large house lays on its side
it'll the roof torn off. Others have drift.
/ against and smashed the neighboriug
ouse. Sometimes the ends and sides Of
1uses IRE. gone, c~levating the whole ar
lngement Of the interior, just as is some-
mes seen on the stage. Some are can.
d up on end with the front door open.
g toward the sky.
The new house of Mr.. Skinner, an ele.
INT and substantial ediice. appears at
'st sight ~uninjured, but on going in front
Ie whole corner of the verandah is seen
be torn a-ay, while water filed the
lsement and rose several feet on the first
,or, running the costly carpets and fur.
ture. The water, forcing its way up
or the basement, tried to lift the house
ON its foundations. and broke u great
dc like a hopper in the rear parlor floor,
rough which the furniture dropped into
G cellar. The house was only saved
ON the fate Of its neighbors by the mas
We chimneys which securely anchored it
the ground, Mr.. SINNERS silk factory
rs entirely demolished, and the boiler
as carried over a Thousand feet down the
i'm. Mr.. SINNERS mill did a business
over S300,0 900 a year and employed
y hands. The factory was 80 by 100.
ID had three other buildings, including a
w dye-house and a new building in
,ich silk weaving was to be done. The
achinery was valued at $4,000, and
5000 OF new machinery was put in last
ar. Mr.. Skinner estimates his total
IS at $4,000. He has lived in the
ace twenty years and has built it up
ON nothing. 1t is doubtful whether he
the business in the old place, it is
utterly ruined. The whole confcrma.
IN Of the village is changed, and no one
N tell where his house or land belonged.
HAYDENvILLE's RUIN.
In Skinnerville, Mr.. Jerome Hillman
ard the Williamsburg bells ringing and
en- the fearful rush of water sounded in
5 ears. lie jumped on horseback and
n at full speed toward Haydenville. He
oked behind an( the air seemed to be
Il Of flying timber, great trees turning
d for end-now their enormous roots
IRE in the air and then their trunks and
auches whirling round. AT the top of
perpendicular wall of water advancing
'wn the valley thirty feet high were seen
and barns turning over. He
achedHaydenville and warned the hands
the brass shdps, who all escaped safely.
lie alarm was caught up by others and
such means many of the operatives
wn stream saved their lives. One per. !
n, it appears, had the temerty to rush
the Congregational church and pull the F.,
but it would appear that he too j
t frightened, for but one or two peals !,
re heard before the awful rush was ,