, 1874-05-18

Of aor08 OF meRdoWlRnd rendered almost vAluo-
less.
must far oxoecd 51,000.006, and will probably
como nearer b2,O00,6oo. lilo following 1s a gon-
oral catimato Of losncs by places: In Williams.
hnrgh-xW:. II. Aronies' Touring mill. swept
loft standing without wster--powcr, 100000;
honaen. nnrna, etc., gone, &40, QUO.
At Skinnerville- bkinnor's silk fac
tory aud twelve tonemcnt housed destroyed,
.B130, ,D0U other houses and bhrnB, $13, 900.
works, navlngs bank, buildings and tene-
Tobaeeo Company, Mill carried on, $1,000;
Hayden Foundry and Machine Compnny'a works,
3amaged, g. o0 othor houses md Storos $780,
At Loods-Nohotuek S!llt Comrany's dam
broken aud several buildings and houses carried
away, 1000; George 7. Wancr'a button fac-
tory destroyed and throo tcncmentB, S10D,000;
othor houses, barns, ato., e'20, ,Q00.
At Northampton Emory Wheel Company,
At TIoronco- Tho Florence Manufacturing
Co'npany'a brush factory, damage to atool,
s3 POO; Nonotuolt sllk company's sls mill, par-
The damage 10 tho Town, Of Williamsburg BY
tho loBu Of lridgsa. grent obstruction OF roads,
aud complete ruin Of ita best n1eadow lanls, III
uoriouBly cripple tho town. Throo iron bridges
burg. ono wooden anil two Iron Bridges; in tic
Village Of Loous, ono bridge; and i'll tho Village
Of Florence, one iron and two wooden brldgoB
woro swept army.
MoNE NAMES OF THE MISSING.
Tho following ia a complete list Of those miss
ing from tho villago Of Loeds Mrs. Patrick,
Charles Patrick md his vito, bliss Julia Patrick
and ller sietor,. Mrs. Dunlca and her daughter,
Annio t,yo Children Of John Clancey. Mira Jane
Cogan, hiiasus Annie aud Grace Cogau, Andrew
Fcnnossoy, wifo, md two children; Mrs. Louis
Irouotto and seyon chidrell, Mira. Hurley, Miss
Ga,rio 'i B1onnoy. James ,Fonncsgy md wife.
O'Noil, Alexander Lancor, Ralph 1bllanl,
Ira Stunning, Samuel Davis, Mr. Smith,
Arthur Sharp, boy Of Mrs. Oshaughncssy,,
Mrs. L. Hannon md tlreo children, Mira. SARAH
]. flynn and child, Mrs. Eveline Sherwood, Capt.
nessy.
DANGER rnEv10usLY APrHEHESDED.
It appears tllnt serious doubts aB to the safety
OF tho reservoir havo been entertained eyor
since it wns bnilt. nine years ago, though leaH
within tic Inst year or two than IN its curly bis
tory. The gRtokeopcr has several times OK
prossed fears to his employers, caliiug spocal
attention once to the point whero tic brcnk oc-
CURED, hut examiners always reported every
thing Bafo. Tho direct calBo of tho disaster,
must remain subject Of speculation. Per-
]lnps as satisfactory theory Nh any IL the one,
advanced by man familiar with tito onae, TINT
tho froBts Ind started the earth 30 that tho
water had fonni humorous littlo coursos through
it, which finally carried Off tho first mass Of
earth Saturday morning, md at once prccipitatod
the catastrophe.
MEASURES TAKEN FOR RELIEF.
The citizens Of williamsburg hold town
meeting On Saturday evening mud appointed 4
Committee to raiHe subscriptions. look after the
destitute, aud organize tho search for tho
missing.
northampton md tho adjoining towns have
boon aenaiug in supplies Of food, clothing. and
money since tho disaster, and contributions woro
taken up for tho sufferers in tho churches
throughout Wostorn Massachusetts to-day. The
collections in Springfield amounted to $4,000,
and tho su Inscription papers will swell this
amount to about $1,000. AL the 1argo towns
funoral Of nine Victims Of the disaster took place
ut williamsburg to-day.
Nc,o York Herald Special.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, May 16.-1t WIS not far
from o'clock when tho first symptoms OF tho
charge Of tho dam. Those consisted Of . small
leak through the lower ombankme,,t in tho tli-
rection OF Williams burg. 1t first tho watc1iman
thought little or nothing Of the circumstance,
but ut length the gap begun to widen and he
notify the inhabitants In tho village below. He
started On run for Winmsburg. which waB
loss than miles distant, hut long before ho Ind
got there tho whole ombankmont gave way aud tho
stream Of terror death. nnd destruction WIS
there ahead OF him, lie had to tako rofugo upon
ne1ghborng hill to Havo his own lilo, and thus
became an .agonlzca nut holpjesB witness Of q
calamity which he had done all 10 lis hunblo
power to avert.
THE Rusu OF THE WATERS
and tile fear and conatornation which enB1ed
among the terrified citizena were most heart
rontling to witness. Tie flood came without the
slightest warning, eavo hcayy ru1nbling not
unlike thunder, or the Bountl Of a heavy train
pasaing % over covered railroad bridgo. o. Almost
In q moment tho torrents gvont sllccesBiyely
through tho Villages OF Skinnerylllo, Williams
burg, Haytcnvile, and Leeds, the threo first
named hamlots being nbout t}irco-quartors Of
mile apart, and tue latter nbout two uilon botow
Haydcllvillo.
THE APPEARANCE OF TIE FLOOD,
To thoso who Baw lilo terrible volume an
., oacliug, it looked in tho distance "a il ter
iibie fire WAS aweoping ac1osg tho country. Tlo
spray, or foan,, Ind the appcarance of loayy,
black smoke. aud tho dccoptiop TaB 10 completo
TINT in tie village Of Uaytcnville tic firo-bolIs
were ringing for few miautes before the do
vnstatng flood Btr,ck tho Gown.
The loHa to tho industrial enterpriBc in the
vicinity may be Hafoly rockoncd at not less than
a million and half Of dollars, and many Of tho
manufactorion destroyed will probably noyor bo
roplacoG, In fact, all Of tho villages Inundated
mny bo said to be- literally dcstr0yed. All the
largo factories aud ycry 1nany a,nall oueg ara
completed; wiped out Ut existence.
THE FORGE or T.1E WAFER.