Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-14

standing, but it Is reported that their
new mill is partly undermined. A wool
house and a barn belonging 10 them
were carried away with their contents,
among which we're several valuable car
risges. Oliver L. Blush's old wool
mill and VIM. Blush's barn we're also
carried away. The barn contained
a new four-hundred-dollar carriage.
Several other barns and out-buildngs
were carried away, and three or four
houses are reported destroyed or badly
damse ed. . The highway between Blush
Hollow and MiddIefeld switch was en-
tirely oblitersted, and six bridges, two
Of them private ones, and four belonging
to the town were carried awsy. It is
not known az this time that any lives
were lost. Several narrow escapes fFom
drowning occurred. Three or four per-
sOns are reported missing, but Il Is
hardly probable that they are drowned.
EVENING REPORT.
SPRINGFIELD, July I3.-Three or four
/ persous are reported as missing, but il is
/ hardly probable that they are drowned.
/ At tie Middlefeld switch two unOc-
/ cupied house, one Of them new, were
owned by West, Buckly & Co, paper
I manufactures, were swept away, and
! alse 81 old house used as a pay Office
when The railroad was building. Several
/ barns and OutOuildings were also carried
of at lhe switch, and farms and gardens
were badly damaged. The woOlen mill,
midw ly between Middlefield and
Chester, owned by John West, ir., Of
Plttsfield, was not injured, but both ends
of the woolen dam and the head OF his
A rarfH
house occupied by the family of Leon
Janezaux, was swept away. He was
absent, aud his wife, mOtheT-in-law
and four children were, with
considerable difficulty, persuaded to
leave the house, Just before 1t went Of.
The village OF Chester owes Its escape
from an almost entire destruction to .he
factof there being so many stone arch
bridges above that place, by which the
food was stayed for time aecumulat-
ing in little ponds, 10 he let down in in
stalments on the village below. A
second cause was the considerable width
Of the valley a mile above the village,
where the water spread out somewhat
as it did in the Mill river food, on the
Florence meadows. At Huntington
there was but little damage done, the
food having mostly spent its force be-
fore il reached there. Some Of the farms
were flooded, and the water broke over
the buIkhead Of the Highland manu-
featuring mills, sweeping through the
lower story, and doing some damage 10
the finished goods stored there. At
Westfield, the next town below Hunt
ington, the island and lowlands were
flooded, but no great harm was done.
The following is a later and correct
statement OF the damage done at Blush
Hollow, or AIitdlefield, the factory vii
lage Just below the broken reservoirs.
The large house owned by Church, and
occupied by Joseph Cling, was the first
struck, the water passing clear through
the building, tearing on. the floors and
windows. The furniture dropped into
the cellar. Opposite was the large house
occupied by Alfred 0Bnen. The flood
struck this building on one corner, cut
ting out the first story from the main
house entirely, while the floor Of the
second story dropped down at one end,
aud but for pile Of debris which lodged
near il, the whole structure undoubtedly
wouid nave gone Off On the east side
Of the street, q barn, one house, and a
building used for storage We're swept
away, leaving but a few boards. Just
below this is what remains Of Oliver
Blush's house. One-hsif of the large i
was torn OF and destroyed, and the up
right portion Of il turned around at a
right angle with the line Of the street.
a large building used for storing
wood and containing many hundred /
pounds was swept away. South Of this |
stands the remnants Of Oliver Blush's I
barn, packed full Of hay, the weight Of /.
which served IS an anchor TO the build I
ing, but did not prevent it from being !
completely split up and broken i'm. On
the opposite side OF the street was
Blush's mill, three stories high, which (
the flood struck. The dam just north !
of. gave way letting the stream which
w2s rushing down strike the mill, and it
disappeared like an egg-sheh. Opposite
on the left side Of the street VIM.
Blush's barn received the full force Of I
the current, but a large wing used as a
carriage house and containing several .
carriages, was carried off. A few steps I
further down the stream was Blush's 1
carriage and shaft manufactOTy. The I
water fairly split this mill open .
at the bottom, the dam by the .
side Of It going down in general ruin, /
aud the bridge Of the structure dropping 1
at the center. Church's mill, a short .
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the underpiuning torn out, and one OF
the abutments Of the water-wheel de-
stroyed, but the building and machinery
are destroyed. This DmpTlses the dam
age done at sh-HOllOw, except 70
roads and bridges. The rOadbed is now
a rushing torrent. The report that the
large, new mill Of Church's was under.
mined proves unfOunded, as also the ru-
NOR that some persons were missing.
The total amount OF damages to indi- /
Viduals and 20 The town Of Chester is |
estimated al twenty-five thousand dol I
lars. The latest figures indicate that the I
loss will reach thirty-ive thousand dol 1
lars.
The Springfield Republican estimates /
the damages by the Middlefeld disaster, I
10 round numbers, at three hundred and 1
fifty thousand dollars, nearly half Of .
which falls on the Boston and Albany 4
railroad. There was no loss OF life, I
though travel westward cannot hard /
lv be resumed before Thursday, while il .
is quite possible the railroad will not get I
into running order until later.
The paymaster's train on the Fitch I
burg railroad, consisting OF an engine /.
ard passenger esT, was thrown from the I
track Of the Troy and Greenfield road, 4
near Shelburne Falls, this afternoon, I
near the bridge over the highway, and /
the engine and car went down fifteen 4
foot embankment. There were nine .
persons on board, all but two Of whom .
We're more or less hurt. Mrs. William .
II. Swift, OF Boston, was probably fatally .
injured; Miss Annie Wood, OF Wood /
bury, had q rib broken; Mr.. Webster :
assistant roadmssteT, had hip broken, /
and the engineer and fireman were 4
somewhat bruised.
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