The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18

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AT Haydenvllc, Hayden, Gore & Co. s
factory, including the office and the Hay
denvillc savings bank with large amount
Of funds, and also b. Toomiss hotel were
swept away.
AT Leeds, Mr.. Warmers cotton factory
was swept entirely away, leaving the chin
ney TO mark the spot.
AT northampton the iron bridge on the
Hospital road was swept away, taking the
canal railroad bridge in its course. II
stopped at the South street bridge.
The morning train from New Haven is
stopped Mt East Hampton. The flood IS
now subsidin9. Goshen reservoir covered
one hundred and fifty acres of ground, lat an
average depth of thirty feet. 1t was drawn
upon in dry times for the supply of the
mills at Williamsburg, Ilaydcnvile and
| Florence.
The reservoir was constructed about
twelve years ago in order TO afford Il relIa-
bic supply of water for the various facto-
ries on Mill river, which is one Of the most
tickle and uncertain of streams, liable alike
to foods and almost utter drouth.
1t was built by a company of capitalists
who were interested in the various manu-
featuring enterprises On the stream and
has caused them apprchensons of disaster
at several times. Last year, however, it
was repaired at heavy expense, and since
then has been supposed to be, until now,
tolerably secure, although known to be
leaky.
uoRRoR--144 LIVES LOST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May II.
The most terrible disaster in the annals
of Massachusetts occurred in Hampshire
county Saturday. The Williamsburg reser-
voir gave away early in the forenoon pre-
cipitating the vast mass of water it con-
tanned three miles down steep and mar
row valley into the thriving manufacturing
village of Williamsburg and thence further
down the valley through the villages of
lIaydenyille, Leeds and Florence into the
Northampton meadows where the streams
cmptcs into the Connecticut River. The
huge torrent dashng into Williamsburgh
"ith rcsiStless power swept away in a mo-
mcnt the manufacturing establishments
and dwellings, causing enormous destruc-
ton of property and terrible loss of hui
man hfc. The lower villages suffered only
less awluly. The latest figures of the loss
of life make n total of hundred and forty
four divided ms follows: between Villains
burg sixty, Leeds forty-ninc and HAYDEN
vile tlirty-live.
! General estimate of losses by place =
Williamsburg, W II Avonics Touring mill
swept away. $1,000; II l. james, mill
damaged and left without water power.
$50 900 houses, barns, ETC., gone, $40
900. At Skinncrvillc W SINNERS silk
factory and 12 tenement houses destroyed,
! Sl30.000 other houses and barns, $4,000
AT liaydcnvilc Hayden ,Gcrc 4 Co. brass
works. savings bank. buildings and tenc-
mrns swept away. 3250,0O0 Hayden to-
hacco company mill carried off, 81 900 {;
Hayden foundry and machine works dam
| aged. 80 900 other houses and stores $50
090 : gas works, s., GOO. At Leeds Non
otuck silk companys dam broken and sew
cIal buildings and houses carried away. S2j-
600 Geo u Warmers button factory DIES
: trOycl and three tencments, 500, 000
other houses, barns, etc, $4,000 North
ampton emery wheel company, damage
$1,000 Florence brush factory, damage
to stock, $1,000 Nono;ucl silk mill par
TALLY torn away and stock damaged, $4,000
loss Of bridges, great destruction of roads
is incalcuable, but it is such as to seriously
cripple the town. Three bridges were car
ried away in the village of Williamsburg
one wooden and two iron bridges In the
village of Leeds one bridge was taken off
and in the village of Florence one iron ant
two wooden bridges were swept away.
These figures only represent those per
sons whose loss is positively known, though
the bodies of all are not yet recovered
Bodies are constantly being found, and il
some cases are those Of persons who wer,
not supposed to be lost, so that it seem
perfectly safe to say that the total loss o
life will exceed $50, if, indeed, it does no
more nearly approach 200. 1t is utterly i'm
possible as yet to give detailed estimate o
losses aside from buildings destroyed an,
damaged. Bridges have been carried away
roads ruined. and hundreds of acres o
meadow land rendered almost valueless
dollars and will probably come nearer tw
millions. The firms which lost their es
Establishments will havea card in the Spring
field Republican tomorrow morning, say
ing that they intend to rebuild their factor
les at once and advertising for workme
for that purpose. Their employees will b
paid as soon as the accounts can be mad
: up, and the firms generally offers aid I
those of their wOrkmen in need of it,
EXPLANATIONS OF TIE CAUSE.
1t appears serious doubts as to the safet
Il of the reservoir had been entertained eve
since it was built nine years ago, thong