Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-20
TELEGRAMs 10 THE STAR,


Nes an Aeesaens, sas . Crime
nav Nokk, May IA special from North
opefstvss a HsyoensiIe, Leeds end tSs ,o.es
part OF Williamsburg, vbo have lost everything
excited BY Spellman's detention Of Cheney,
vi en- the latter Informed him that the reservoir
bed broken, entered INTO . conspiracy Monday
evtning 20 lynch Spelimsn, but he vas made
scqnainted With the plot, and secured himself
rHs BODIES rousp rrsrsRpAy
we're ON cult 10 resog1 lac. because decompo~i-
ton had st in. They we're much disagured by
done excett lookine for the deaf soler The rue-
bish, which experienced men say Win not be
cleared s.sy, even Al TIE present erpsdiroas
WORK AT RArpEHsvuIp
Az hsyaensyllle the DAY vas bsgun In bust
ness hse manner; Jesl Hayden en- ployea his
hands and oil y no were sble aud willing %
earn oolar IN psckins MP his pattern ne ana hrass
ware, seves o. tbt usaba doltars worth OF vhtch
Vas stored In HE outhouses aud barns before
noon. Bis safe We boosted out Of The creek bv
means Of q derrick, many % which have be- en-
erected along the river bank. The books we're
found 10 be In excellent ossdition, and the pa
per-, with the exception q . few get bat legi-
bic note, were not damaged I'm the least.
Waters stub fife over the original bel OF the
river, and slightly across . part OF the eastern
bank, and bcneeth u are buried. partially.
wor,s, part rus and goods Of the factory. 10
get Il ths ~ Hayden nnis IL necessary d alter
the course Of the 81 can, and his men are plow-
ing rev channel for ~, beginning 81 the north
ride Of the former elite VI tho brass foundry
and running south through the valley. Nv
these OPERATORS men, women and children earn
their bread, ana ntd too much 20 do 20 allow
the m to brood over their tndiyidu sl losses. The
children aud women gather the patterns and
bFsss work, and the n en- perform the ardnOus
psTt OF the task. Williamsburg and SINNERS
vile stand still, not bit OF work other than
that necessary In searching for the deaf being
in proerets. Mr.; Skinner and MIR. spellmaa
will not rebuild their mills.
KNANiNINa TaH RpIys
committee OF the Boston legislature visited
the scene OF disaster yesterday. When the
the gap and stood At the base Of the ueacherous
WALL careful examination vas made OF he
bottom, the vail, earth filing and the surrounc-
tngs. Little Was said until Mr.. Bassett, the
contractor who had the reservoir constructed
taking copy OF the specifications contained In
the original contract under which the dam had
been constructed, called the attention OF the
members TO what be termed evidence OF their
fulnlmeut, and consequent exonersuon from
blame OF himself and those Who acted Tor him.
CAUSE OF THE DIsAsTna.
The words had scarcely dropped from his lips
when Col Wilson, Of Boston, the we'll known
engineer Who had constructed Hartford reeer-
Won, vot twenty we year. ago, and who had secompe-
This dam was not built according 10
the specifications OF that paper in your
are" Excuse me, slr, ;" replied the Colonel
You are talking Bow 20 man who fully I'M
derstands this kind Of thing, and can see Jast
SGn sna - ,,.;,re we are snass on your
Colonel then proceeded 20 point out TO the as
founded contractor, his engineer, Mr.. Wells,
that the specifications had called for the baiId,
ing OF the foundation wall AZ least three feet
below the bottom Of the reservoir, whereas 10
was built only upon that bottom bet tween which
and the wall The water was found 10 nsss easily.
created leak and eventually upset the latter.
Aga n, the embankment protector OF this wall
fed Il should have been. ain short" said Cor.
Wilson, "the specifications have bsen entirely
dtsreearded and the accident which has desc
lated TINS once far valley was inevitable. The
The terrible neglect and gross ignorance dis
played In the construction OF the dam Was GRIM
inal, and Its recent evil consequences murder"
EOr An ACCIDENT.
In talking OF the event later, Col. Wilson said
that he could not regard IL an accident,
because the dam could not hold any body OF
water In, as the earth At the bottom under the
Wal was slosly but surely washed away daily.
Joel Hayden said that such had ever been his
fathers opinion, and 20 strongly fixed In this
belief had he been that be issued standing
orders in the foundry to the hands 20 leave their
benches and the building the moment they
heard the word {" reservoir" shouted in the
street, and take refuge on the high ground.
Relief contributions are pouring In.
BURNING THE DEAD.
Funerals continued all day yesterday In nearly
ali the villages, notably st Williamsburg. Mr..
Skinner Was not slow yesterday to express his
opinion OF Basset and Wells. He told them.
before the committee OF the legislature and
be hanged. Hundreds OF operatives heard these
worcs, and the gentle men may think the mselves
very lucky 20 have escaped alive from VIII
liamsbuTg, considering the feeling Of the peo-
pie, as shown in the csse of Spellman, WHO, by
the way, positively avOwed before the coTa-
mittee that he did not detsin Cheney when d
rode nom tie dam on Saturday.
The Cincinnati Calamity.
CINCIhrATI. May 20-Several Persons were
buried IN the ruins OF the house at the corner
OF Perry and Central avenues, which fell last
night They were Murphy and bis wife, three
children and the servant girl, and William
Whitaker, carpenter, who passing on
the sidewalk. The timbers Of the house had
bt en- cracking sll the afternoon, aud after MUIR
ply closed his store at 10 O'Clock he concluded
that IL was not safe to remain over night, ard
the fsmily were preparing 70 leave the house
when it tucdenly fell Murphy received only a
few slight bruises, Mrs. NJ. sustained severe
cuts and bruises about the head and breast. A
daughter, sgeo i've years, died fifteen minutes
after Der removal from the debris. An older
daughter was badly cut about the head and
bruist about the body. The babe was unin-
jured. The servant girl was rescued about one
O'Clock this morning, having been held down on
the cellar floor by stove which WAS upon her.
IL is thought that Der injur lee are not danger
Gus. MI WHITAKER sustained q crushed hip
and thigh and died this o. m.
Foreign Notes.
NO CHALLENGE sKSr.
LONDON May ga dispatch from Paris 20
the telegraph says there is no truth In the re-
port that Duke de Chartres has sent a chal-
lebge TO Paul de Casssgnac.
sKIRNIsH rNAR BILBoA.
MADRID, May 20.-Tbere was q severe Skin
mish between the repu blicans and Carlists yes
terdsy in the Deig hborhood OF Bnboa The in
sureents were repulsed with heavy loss. One
hundred republicans we're killed and wounded.
Thirty Carlists were taken prisoners.
AMERICAN STUDENTS DROWNED.
GENEVA, May 0.-rhree American students