The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-18

. wife and three children, Mrs. Z. o. King,
ley, Mrs' Q. D. Klngley and two children
! Dr. EN-. johnson, wife and three chill
dren, widow johnson, Frank Murray an,
vile, John Atchinson, Spencer Bartlett
and wife, George Ashley, Mrs. George 3
Lamb, Frank Train and wife-el
At skinnerville: Jerome, Hin
man, Mrs. Jacob Hill, Eli Bryant an,
Robbie Hayden. At Haydenville-Mrs
Morris and daughter, Miss JOHANNA
Williams, Francis Brodeur, John Ksplin
ger, Mrs. Rogan, Ed. Mackler, SIrs
Mosier, Mrs. John Wilson and three chill
dren, Mrs. Posey and her married dsupht
or, Mrs. Antonio Brazier and two othe,
children, Mrs.. Messle, two young chill
dren and her married daughter MrS. Ma.
poleon Bennie With an infant, stephen
Heiley, vile and daughter, two little chill,
dren Of Edwin Thsyer, three children ol
Samuel Miller, Michael Burke and Archi.
bald Lancsnlie. itiG-.}YJ 4
Its impossible as yet to give the de-
tailed estimate Of losses aside from build.
ings' destroyed and damaged. Bridges
have been carried away, roads ruined and
hundreds Of acres Of meadow land render.
cd almost valueless. The total loss lnust
far exceed 100000, and win probably
come nearer $s,0OO,OOO. el9e b a. j.
The following Is a general estimate Of
the losses in Williamsburg: W. H. AYo.
miss, Touring mill, swept away, $4,000;
q. L. james, mill damaged and left With!
out waterpower, $4,000; houses, barns,
GO, $4,000. At skinnerville, William
skinners silk factory and twelve tene.
ment houses were destroyed Z $4,000;
other houses andbarns, $lS 900. AT Hay.
denNille, Hayden, Gere & Cos. brass
works, savings bank, buildings and tene-
ments were swept away, $25o,0Oo; Hay.
den's tobacco millcarried Of, $1,000; Hay.
den's foundry and machine works dam.
aged $5.OOOi other houses and stores, $780,,
600; gas works, $4,000. At Leeds the
Navatuck Silk Cos dam was broken and
several buildings and houses carried
away, $4,000; George P. Warmers but
ton factory was destroyed and three tene.
ments, 100000; other houses, barns, So.
$4,000. At Northampton the Emery
Wheel Company was damaged $4,000.
At Florence the Florence Manulactur.
ing Company's brush factorys damage to
stock was $4,000. The Wauatuck Silk
Company's silk mill was partially torn
away and the stock damaged $4,000.
The damage to the town of Williams.
burg by loss Of bridges and great de-
struction OF roads and complete ruin Of
the best meadow lands, Is at present in
calculable, but tits such as to seriously
cripple the town. Three iron bridges
were carried away in the village Of VIII
liamsburg, ono wooden and two iron
bridges. In the village Of Leeds one
bridge was taken of and in the village Of
Florence one iron and two wooden
bridges were.s swept away. u,t. Z d,
The. following is a complete list OF those
missing from the village Of Leeds: Mra.,
Patrick, Charles Patrick and his wife,
Miss Julia Patrick and her sister, Mrs.
Dnnlea and her daughter, Mr.. Filzgcr-
aid and two children, Chas. and Annie,
two children of John Cloucy, Mrs. Jane
Cogan, Misses Annio and Grace Cogan,
Andrew Fennessy, wiic and two children,
Mrs. Hurley, Miss Carrie Ronney, James
Gennessy and wife, Lizzie Carpenter
Mary Rose, Patrick O'Neil,i Alexander
Lsncier, Ralph Isham, John Dunning
Samuel Dawes, MI. Smith, Arthur Sharp,
q boy, Mrs. Aahaugagery, Mrs. E. Han.
non and her three children, Mrs. Sarah ].
Ryan and child, Miss Evelyn Sherwood,
Capt, T, F. Vaughn, Miss Mary Wood.
ward, Nellie Fennessy-49.
1t appears that serious doubts as to the
safety Of the Reservoir have been enter
tanned ever since 1t was built nine years
ago, though less thelast year or two than
in It's carly history, The gate keeper has
several times expressed fears, to his en-
ployers, calling special attention at once
to the point where tho break occurred
but the examiners always reported every
thing safe. Tho direct cause OF the dis
aster, aside from the general weakness Of
the dam, must remain subject Of specu.
laion. Perhaps as satisfactory a theory
as any is the one advanced by a man fam.
illar with the case that the frosts had
started early, so thatthc water had found
numerous little courses through the dam,
which finally carried of the first mass of
Garth Saturday morning and at once pre-
cipitated the catastrophe.
RELIEF ORGANIZED.
spRNGFIEID, May 1.-THE citizens Of
Williamsburg held town meeting on
Saturday evening and appointed a COM
mittee TO raise subscriptions, look after
tho destitute and organize the search for
the missing. Northampton and the ad-
joining towns have been sending in sup
plies of food, clothing and money since
the disaster, and contributions were taken
up for tho sufferers in the churches
throughout Western Massachusetts, to-
day. The collections in the churches Of
SPRINGFIELD amounted 10 about $9 0O(l and