, 1874-05-25
MILL RIVER,


Northampton ta'ey 2ol Dispaich to kha Roston Globe
am shout to tethrono hero, or pair OF lo-
roes. Peoplo In this vicinity arc beginning to DO
very mgG sngsed and sts sEustsd Tth te
thom, namoly:, Choney, tho gatokooper at tho
reservoir, mud tho mllknian, Collin HrayeH; md
somebody must speak for them: The, noNspa-
per-resdlng publlt in general bolievea u thls mo-
Revere and Sheridan eink into inBlgniflcanca;
but the people OF this valloy, who know tho true
stats of tho case, regard the two "horoes" In q
Ii The courao Of his journoyingu up and down
stroam since Saturday, your correspondent has
eeon aud conversed with many porsons, from
nome Of whom he haa received information
which could not be doubted. Those atasementa
tho two mon in question wore far:: from being
herocn: Here IL the truo atory Of "Tha lido:
On tho morning Of the awful break, George
Cheney, the gatokoopor, saw nttlo streams OF
Il Ills ho becamo @ % irishtened, and, siter litts
hard M 10 could down 10 Williamsburg: In
stead Of warning tho people Immediately 1as .,sly|
sss, 'i ho SWING rs% h3 soep'' sS Of f0f p ass
Instinct, to aook bis employer, afr. o. G. Spoil
man. at his residence. Many persons eay that
Cheney waa olosotod with Dir. Hpol1man for fully
returns distinct denial. Ho Gays that as soop
reservoir he bale him 60 on down to the othor
villages and give tho alarm that Cheney re-
Piled that his horse could not GARRY him anothor
and ring tho factory bell, and that, before they
could ges to tho factory door, they hoard tho
water coming down with rush, and knew that
It was too late. But there is another story going
being mohbed Monday night, Us stated In those
dispatchoa yesterday, and that IT, that he dotan-
ed dhonoy for quarter Of an hour. This story
goes that Cheney. told Mr. spellman that thero
that MI. Bpeliman, dlsho)ieving what ho said,
and unwilling to excite the apprehension Of the
detained the man until the roar Of tho water was
heard, and then, though convinced TINT tho dan
ger was imminent, 1t WA too late to do anything
because tho ware wan upon tho village.
Now, when your correspondent waB In Will
iamahurg yesterday. no oonvorscd with man
who keopa shop near Mr. spellnan's house,
This man, right honorable one, said that ha did
50 80. that M 10 % wss unable to Soy low iong he re-
manned. but, happening to look out, he saw tho
horse standing at Mr. epollman's doors, and REG
ognized it d Oheney'B. His curiosity .was
aroused In soft ne Cheney sse out Of
tho street. He began to hammer at the door,
but no ono came, rs the keeper Of tho
stable, had not arrived. 0honey. then
ran. to tho Keepers house, which VA, MaA
etablo-man immediately gavo him Tie koy Of tho
stable and told him to take any horse he could
10y lis hands on. Cheney wont to tho stable,
but meanwhile your correspondents informant
hnd found out what the trouble was, aud haaru
OF in Tho direction Of Haydanville. After going
short distance ho met . milk-wagon and q job
wagon coming towards williamsburg Tho for
mer waa driven By Collin Graves, md tho 1attar
by young fellow BY the name Of Day. He told
them hurriody what Ind happened, and urged
them to turn around and 20 down
tho. valley to warn, tho people Of
their danger. Both hoaitated somowhat
soomingly not believing that there was anything
tho matter. and apparently unwilling. whether
there was OF not, to 1ncommodo themHolvea. In
minuto Or two, however, the noise OF tho up
proaahing water was heard. and then both
turned around their teams and started, in sheer
fright, on the run towards Haydenyille. Your
correspondents informant stated that he re-
turned toward his shop then, and that when he
reached tho stable ho saw Cheney leading out I.
horse, but, befors ho could mount it became
evident that any attempt to reach the yi]lagos
below would ba uaelesa.