The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-20
THE MASSACHUSETTS CALAMITY
4 TERRIBLE SCENE OF DEATH AND DESC
IATION.
Nearly Two hundred Livcs Lost by the
rlocd -HcnstrcndinG Observation-Disclosures
CT the Survivors.

Mil vivCr WAS In many pats a walled
stream. hi: the huge pieces of rock
wh;c. formed lis cm'unkmcnt were com,
ylc'cIy swept away. In some places the
banks lork like rocky shore, the massive
stones being thrown about 50 lndi$crimi-
uatclr. Ia other places rocks aud trees torn
from The Garth, and tIc}'riS from the mills
which were torn down by the Hood, arc all
:hv,r i ut the rivct side. Even long pieces
~! clo:h uum the cotton mills arc so inter.
woyca with Gchr'S Of every kind that they
,rc.u u uai,irii part of natures mudiwork.
The ynai> have disappeared with the banks.
aud II macy places To-day vehicles passed
where Yesterday flowed the S;Tan,. white
unN :f2 river yuu& III what WAS formerly the
road.
TUX EUlNS
Tie appearance 81 tie shattered buildings
>lIA standing WAS nC such diycr,iiipd char
ar!.r =, almost Ia httllS description. \ huge
rhi:a&yy sometimes Indicated the site OF
great uil!. Some If the large mills of the
valley. - /! have already said. have lett no
.ig'' ct }hrir existence. Many houses and
shops ~c;v completely shattered IL pieces
aud scattered 10 uo one knows where. Such
cotaisrc devastation IL net more rcuiHrhaUlc
taan the partial destruction ot buildings 10
"H'>I ',i>' w., WV wv. WY
WIN ','>f ''""'s" W. ".', ""' ~,
Hait 'hr ''a,h'N"o'h' n' t'oIoa.''''> "'u
WAhS 4" Others "'i' sweep away, '"'''-
'A' H"i' "''"'.H'e n'i !! '.''cn a"'!; sunny
were ha' SNt!" GU ''a' "'S 'ue ulnet H"',
""''e u SOU" "''"''' H'"lr WY >"'i""
! "'"'' '''' Nv 49,
| va va ~" wv y" NV" '"> -,
'''.' ,'i, ~; ~, ~, ,r,n,n h,,i,,
| w. ~, t,,,,,,I, An,nI,I,oI ne
'uS> WY ~. ,-;',' -"
| '.''>o - ''",' -. - ~. " -, - - y.
i "N",' ','' ~; 80 90 80, '.'0" II
"''''''>' x '"''' ~ ~" ''a'
| rAHALi2"D INDUSTRY.
II lel>t three OF tic Villages Williams
| h.r@, ltayllcH.vitp aHd Leeds are PAN
| wed hcyuu,l the hrpe OF recovery. l'ml;-
| tci> !;ii,e how mu,n money was actually
lc>;, for is siam total /. the hand which fed
| The inhabitants of what was Yesterday 4
| Gsp,v Vitae. To-day 1t Ii deSult,iDu. au,,
| tu-.Uocrow it viii be worse, for it will he
nuprtcssurSS. When the dead are buried ;
| Nhcn The cNieGt Of the Bereavement Is fully
understood; when the scene ri dcSotatiou
tt,cru&c. familiar, wil!cHmc The rtd:tiou, and
! with tue reaction. perhaps, despair. SAW
al old man this morning. While his neigh
| Aors were u,l>y cxainin!u. the heaps of de-
irss aioug the course OF the tl,sd for the
dead bodies. engaged in gathering buttons
90 string Eau.iy ainI,s; must lie The
tEture Of these people. ulie>S capital lows
INTO The valley again aMcst It's rapidly II it
| vas S"r.lt away.
AT LEEDS.
| To-, riar,..,tion .t Leeds is ;nJ,,S,rilrb,,
n,,,v ,hr.r hnr..s on IA. cost uidc nr t,,n
river le,uaiu in their original positions. The
| water fist struck III" NouotGCk silk dam. a
did structure, and pion.;hed through il IT.
| Il II bad been bank OF saudi. The dam was
Quilt twenty-five yea;S ago. and had tWeu-
ty--iH-t""! tsll in tie ce"tr". 1t originally
cos; 10000, Hnu WIS fclatc" 4 lew years
| Ian. Tie S'one WI! OF Inc m'il facing The
>;rr9m W2s nearly sweep. away. The mill
| "J> damaged 0llt shSa'lE, tu' Wotk wiz NOT
| ~ Resumed Oh II Tor months. thus throw'n&
! i1aAy Ean"- OH u eWPIcI'nem'' oe SIN
| iujll hoa!drn--house WIS totally wrecked.
| All ;'!e inmates escaped except Captain
| V2u2aaa and Miss Woodward. both ut
| y i.vul lest their lives Ivy returning for some
| vIiuab!cS. Miss NoouWaid was Il daughter
| Of the old proprietor oi The " oGuWala
! House III Northampton.
| The o'd "ooden mlt'. occuihtu I'D part as
! . saW-nlIi, was neNi crushed ~ ine ssetuibo
waters. me u9oo IN Us coui>c 'o'h '''ec'-
| man ". +. Ctn'2ieES mouse oo"h me cur
rent II lew iuu>, lcalioS o'liy tue olu l. tiit
on tie sic. iii ,hls u part MIS-. VU!Sl'!'
| TWO daughters, ana Miss Marble, teacher
| IN the LccIs Hthoo!, we've ritliDI, talinG
Just Cnmpc>cI breakfast. They tIc% Int"
The upper story. ansl - escaped. II was
While they were Standing here tnat the MALL
part o. 'he HOUSE, l'''eI 'i''ii 'lSl
TOWER OF SAFETY,
leaving them with thin partition 10 fence
mt Inc s,,r.inr sea. Gazing out of Il win
dntc. ,hcv Jaw Walter Humphreys on the
ronr =, - tnnse that a,pcarci rs a shin or
thH so.. Hanujlv. it hJa,cd near The win.
G,,y and Miss Nellie Qu.!cy and Miss Mar
nin rsi.cd the window. grasred him, and
Irco. him ;nia The little harh,r that brayely
S,nnI on, tr storm. ana lie was saved. Mir.
| ,Irmn,,rc,s'S family. i wife and two chl-
,,rsn and AN AGED la(iy, were ALT saved. Mrs.
ii,muhreys was surprised Gy the food, aud
she and tac old lady took eacu coho anu
stood upon tc0, hclolh5 'he ''t'.e on
Above the waves t!iat were c!auloliho 'oi
ina!e If, TO destroy.
Frederick jlVugb, foreman a. mo p"'-
ton factory. heard the roar OF inc co'ii'bs
food aid FASTENED 10 Mrs. bonhel' y house'
anf, IL It eerr, commanded all thcse ffcs'
eat there to lie. Airs. Eonncy oDeyea, ruh,
ming IL The bills. ClouSh, SEEING one oi
sir. Ryan's children. sranduauSht'r q,
| air.. Eonni.y. begged Mrs. Mary Ryan aud