The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-18
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TERRIBLE DISASTER I'm sgAssa.
= CHUsETTs.
esEAh1NG Of RESERVOIRS AND cossr-
QeESr FLooD-DEATH AND DEsTRuc-
TON ON ALL SIDES, &c.


earrled away nearly every dwellipg.honsa +,
It's course. Many lives are lost, but 50 vres,
is The excitement that ii is impossible re oct
the exact number. at Leeds the silk.monu.
lacturlng and button shop are carried away
The station agent of the n. H., and N
K. Company and his wife were both drown.
ed at the same place. Many persons we're
swept down the stream. The water is now
falling, and it is expected that in about three
hours more correct and definite particulars
may De obtained. Several bodies were seen
gong down the stream, but so swift was the
current that they could not be recovered.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
INV HAVEN, CoNN., Kay 1G.-Three large
reservoirs re- above Williamsburg, Mass, which
Mete constructed instructed to supply the naanufacto.
i:In ..I VI johannesburg. " Leeds, and Hsyden-
ville, gave way at an early hour this morn
itls, M Ine WAFER sweeping everything before
IL. iheaooVe-named towns were almost en-
tIrely destroyed, including such buildirr:
the Hayden Grease Company's inmpnse
brick factory. A large loss OF life is renort-
ed, but it is at present impossible to give
any estimate, though il is probably not les,
than one hundred.
RECOVERY OF BODIES.
HAYDESyILLE, MASS, May 1G.-Tweuty-
six bodies have been taken from the food.
Other bodies are still coming. Whole blocks
OF tencments have been swept away.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
SrRIsGFtELn, MASS. May 1e.-Keports of
the disaster in consequence Of the breaking
of the reservoirs at Goshen, Hampshire
county, this morning, come in thick and fast.
The damage to property must be hundreds
Of thousands of dollars, while it is impossi-
bic to estimate accurately the loss of life.
Among those drowneda. Williamsburg was
the wife of Il. G. Frost. At Leeds, Captain
and Mrs. Il. F. Quigley and daugh-
ter were in house which was swept away,
and they were drowned. Reports are coming
inof a far greater loss Of life at Florence.
The honotuck Silk Company's works and
The Florence Manufacturing Comrapy's
works are damaged to the extent Of S25, 900.
Conductor e. NJ. Chandler passed over the
road early this morning with his train from
sor New Haven just ahead of
The food that swept away bis wife and child.
Engineer Roberts, who was to start out on
,he next train, lost his wife and child. just
below Williamsburg the food swept away
SINNERS factory, with several women ops.
,atives who had just begun work.
At Haydenviile, Samuel Hayden, Gere s.
Co.'s factory, including their office, and the
Savings Bank with large
lmount Of funds, and also the Loomis uO.
el, we're swept away.
At Leeds, Mr. Warmers button factory
vas swept away, taking the canal railroad
bridge in its course. 1t stopped at South
Street bridge. The morning train is stopped
It East Hampton. The food is snow subsid-
ng.
The Goshen reservoir covered one hun
lred and fifty acres Of ground at an average
lepth of thirty feet. 1t was drawn upon in
Try times for the supply of the mills at Will.
iamsburg, HaydenYi|e, and Florence. The
eserYoir was constructed about twelve years
Igo in order to afford reliable supply Of wa
er for the various factories on Mill river,
which is one of the most tickle and uncer-
ain of streams, liable alike to floods and al
most utter drought. il was built by conl-
,auy Of capitalists who we're interested ~
he various manufacturing enterprises on
he stream, and has caused them apprehen::
:ions of disaster several times. Last yea4
however, It was repaired alta heavy expense,
md since then has been supposed, until now,
10 be tolerably secure, although known to be
elky.
THE LOSS OF LIFE.
SPRINGFIELD, May 16.-The loss Of life by
the Hood is estimated at sixty.
DESCRIPTION OF TIE LOCALITIES OVERLOOKED.
BosroH, May 16.-Hon. Stephen NJ. Cros-
by, Of Williams burg, now IN Boston, iur-
nishes full description Of the localities and
kol I,-t thn ~,
'tion OF the three reservoirs the manner ana
date Of their erection, and also OF the dams.
He speaks in high terms of the substantial
character of the works. He also gives the
names of the various mills and factories on
Mill river supplied by these reservoirs IS fol-
lows:
William Thayer's tool factory, employing
IS men two button factories, together enl-
ploying 80 men and girls; the corset ana
wollen mill of Henry james, 30 hands; the
| large brass-works of Heyden, Gere & Co.,
| SEQ hands, and perhaps the largest and test.
appointed factory OF the kind in the Uniteo
States, and formerly the property OF thf
| late Governor Hayden the cotton mill O
the HAYDEN Manufacturing Company, 5,oo'
spindles and 81 hands; the Dlanoh(
Tobscco.W orks, 20 hands; the two exten
siye silk mills of the MonOtuck Silk Con-
pany, 800 bands the large brick mills of tn
Northampton Brick Company, 10 hands; II
cotton mill of the Greeuyile Manufacturln
Company, 5000 spindles. So hands; tn
Northampton formerly Bay State) Cutler
Company's mills, 200 hands; Clement
Hawes's agricultural implement manula
tory, so hands; the international Screw an
Nail Company's works, 10 hands; and II
large basket factory of the Williams Maul
featuring Company, 100 hands; also, ski
| ner's silk mill, 80 hands. . Besides the for
going, there are some grist and saw mills
| considerable capacity within the range (
the devastation. - -..-.-----
Mr.. Crosby, at the lowest estimation
considers the loss to these companies
be about S5,000,000, and the immediate POI
ulatisn affected thereby about 5000. Th
population is wholly manufacturing. all
which has grown up around the dams an
increased in proportion TO the demands
industry in that locality. The heaviest los
will fall upon the estate Of the late ex.Go
ernor Hayden, who died a few months since
Sunday had been set apart at HaydepYi YilI
for memorial service in memory OF the lat
Ex-Governor Hayden, and all members 9
the family were expected TO be present.
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