, 1874-05-18
the FLOOD.
Further Advfces Show the Loss of
Life Greater than Was
Supposed.
Not Less Than $50, and Possi-
bly, More, .Already
Found Drowned.
Graphic Account Of tho Incidents and
Appearance Of the Flood.
Names Of the Lost as far as Known.
Detailed Estimate of the Loss of Prop
erty.~.'
Names Of the Lost as far as Known.

TEE --LATEST ADVICEB,

THE LATEST ADvICE8.
[To ths 4issocfat<d 1rtsa.l
NEwnAvEN, Conn.,, May IA 24-inch pine in
tho town Of Groat Ashleld reservoir, aboyo
Williamsburg, Mass, lad boom leaking for
wooke, and some people had Bhakon thoir hoads
and aaid tho dam must DO attended to or 1t
might break. It did broak yesterday morning.
Tho masonry around the outlat gave wny, and
thon all Ia minute, M If q piece had been Bit
ten out Of the dam, great wall Of wator seomod
to spring up into tho afr and leap out unto the
eink below.
The standing Joke of Aiill River Valley,
"1ooR OUT, THE DAM IS BROKEN"
was proved no joke at last Tho torrent was
upon Williamsburg in ton minutes, mud aent Its
spray aboyo trees GO foot high. It crunchod ono
house like paper, and killed woma,: and hor
two children; then nnothor, and another. It
swept away the woolcn-mil]s, and rushed on Ut
the ratio Of 20 miles All hour. As 1t came raging
down tho valley, it dug up houses aud swallowed
them in an instnnt, leaving no truce; and tree
butts and great stones came down with tho flood.
Tho N ountain Of water, roaring like thunder
tho silk mills upon itB shoulder before Rhrodding
them into bits.
At HAYDENv1I.LE
1t swept away tho factory III moment. At
Loels it came down, D wall Of water faced by an
abattiB of timbers, trees, aud iron boilors which
struck the village in full 'front.'
There waB an hour nnd half Of flood, and
then ebb, and at noon those who had cacapcd
came back In crowds to sec tho ruin. It was m
awful sight. Houses were crampled like twisted
pap er, trees stripped of their bark and limbs
evon when their roots clung to tho soil.
The beautiful valley ia waHto of mud and
muddy water laden with distorted and strange
shapes. Great boilers have been carried hun
drcdB Of yards, aud loft cruahed together and
buried.
INCIDENTS or THE CALAMITY. :.
nun waB picked up from n treo upon which
ho had ridden 6 miles on the torront, cheering
and waving htB cont. The poor follows mind
waa gono. No loss than eight cases OF insanity
followed, among those WHO lave lost relatives
and friends by tho terrible caan,ity, and three
wore committed to M asylum in Northampton.
Everything was ground fine, md when tho
flood was past tho timbors we're in tooth-picks
acraps Of IRON, brick, aud great stones had bo
come boullors, and hero aud there wng found
corpse, or g piece Of corpse.
All tho windings Of the Wiley wero fillod with
the debris, making terrible picture of waste
aud death IN tho moHt beautiful valley Of Mnasa-
chusotts.
RECOVERING TILE BODIES or TIE DROWNED.
The gracious work Of saving tho dead for
burial began at noon at Skinneryillo. Tho tlrat
bodies were gicked up, dug out from mud, or
taken with difficulty from overloaded ruins. All
through the valley tho work won't on till night,
and then .men With lanterns, seeking their
6eaa stood 3D.. guar aoroa At 1laydonyi1ls forty
Leeds, forty-are. rhoro had boon, III tue
afternoon, gnngs Of plnnderers who wero
promptly turned to workers by no stinted
threats; tho people were ready to brain them
with the first stone. There were fewer doad at
Floronce nnd Northampton. There hnyo boon
found 140 i'll all and many more are certainly
buried il tho mud and rubbish TINT I'LL the yal-
Icy With black heaps from Williamsburg to
Northampton.
THE WARMING.
a man on horseback gave warning through
tho upper half Of the Valley, but some would
not hear, and some turned to their houHoB md
to the great factories for safety. Ono
man at Hnydenyillo factory, saved bis
life by sticking to the house. but he WIS nar-
vclouH exception. He ran into 4 closet that Btood
against The great chimney Of tho factory, aud,
when tho factory WAS crushed, tue chimney
stood, aud hia closet stuck to 1t liAo lantern
against wall, with him moving his arms for
help out OF breach ho mado n'ita brickworl !;
but man and girl, who ran out at tho roar OF
went down undor tho building.
SuMnEn or BU1LD1Nos DESTROYER.
at Williamsburg q factory and twonty-
seven houses wore blottcd out; ut Hay-
eeass Dsnk is'a snd loo wenss EnsoSsf % Hoe
,hi,utton-faotory and 225 buildings; it Spring
vile every house is gone except Mr. SINNERS
own. Such houses as aro here not down III
",gono," aro utterly vanished and distributed iii
Of country. Tho "Licking- -wator River" ps
thcy call 1t, has been aon, and ls now triolling
stream lost ii, miles Of mud. Tile lake lemmoti
up by defective 1nasonry among the Goshen lills,
has done its work terribly.
figures Of tLo losa Of lifo by tho brealing Of the
williamsburg reservoir, mako Total OF Id,
divided as follows between the threo places
Williamsburg, GO; Leeds, 40i 1Iaydcnyillo, o5.
These figures only represent persons Whose loaa
ia positively known, though tie bodies Of oil aro
not yet recovered. Bodies arc constantly being
found, and, in Homo oaacs tllose Of persons wl,o
we're not supposed to bo lost, 30 tlat it sooms
porfectly'safe to say that thu tota1 loss OF lifo
will o1ceod 100, it, indeed, 1t does not more noarly
approach 200.
NAMES OF soME OF THE LOST.
Tic following are lists for each village, Of per-
SONS who arc known to be missing:
At williamsburg Kingston, 8. Bartlett,
yiola b. Colyeri =. ]. Hitchcock, Tom Il: Adams,
a MoT no1fan fm s9ow wao 1a HsGn NJ Mfs o,S w
Elseta Knight, Mrs. Patrick Hcally and two
chlldren, Widow Mary Brennan, Alexander
noeolts, wife, and two children, hiary, Anne
Airs: Dforrick Wood anl child, Of Ch1oopee
Michael Durket threo ohildron Of Jamea BMrto,
Frederick Bird Ja1nes Stephens, Mra. W. D.
Admins and non Willie. Mrs. Eliza Downing and
! daughter, Widow Downing, Henry birmingham,
wife, and threo children, Mrs. 4. 3. Ktngaley,
Mrs. L. D. Kingaley and two children, Dr. =. II.
Johnson, wife, and throo children, Widow John.
sou, Frank Murray, aud wife, John Atchinnun,
Spencer ! DaEtett aud wife, George Ashley, Mrs.
At Hkinnoryilo-alrs. jerome Miilma,,, Mrs,
Jacob Hill. Eli bryant. and Robbie Hayden.
At Haydenyille- Mrs. Norris and daughter,
Miss Johanna Williams. Franois Drodour,
John KaplipEor, Mrs. Hogan, Edward btaollor,
Mrs. 11osior, HRS. John Wilson and three child.
re1I, NlrH. poaoy, hor married. daughter MrH.
Antonio Drasior aud two other children, Mrs.
NIcsse and two young ohillrou and hor married
daughter, nlra, Napoleon nonyil. with IN ,ntant,
Btenihon 'Eoithy. vito and daughter two little
ohilaron Of Edwin Thayer, three children Of
samuel 1llIlor, Michnol Burke, and Archibald