St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-22

subsidized. Men then came to her rescue
moving her to comfortable quarters, bu
in moving the boy he was by some
means dropped in the road and this
with the EXPOSURE and shock. it Wa:
Thought. would shortly cause his death
The boy fell on the ice last winter
spraining his ankle, and being unable
to move, his legs were frozen before
being discovered. and he has been I
HELPLESS invalid ever since. The moth,
er's lament, Saturday night. when APP
plying at the town hall for hed.ri"'hii4
was most pitcouS After describing hel
husbands vain attempt to reach her
she REQUIRED to her sick boy. ION
cried she. that ! should live t" sec
this night An the hoy cried to me
sure YOU wont leave me. mother. t.
be carried in the flood. an | rushed
and snatchrd him out of bed. and got
out between the houses. and as God
hears me. couldn't get father. an
stood there an the boy i'll my arms AN
the water going over me. And | Was
knocked from here wild Il timber that
hit me on my leg and again i'll the
! breast. but I'm alive and saved the
boy. but he'll die the mornin'. an the
mans gone Edwards gone. oh. but
for the rainy morning, he'd been here
at work and saved. Oh. my darling
my darling. God help us.
SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
Most prominent of the victims at
Williamsburg WAS Dr. +. VI. johnson
81 wears of age. the village phN stefan
and il is il curious fact. 10y the way.
that he had perfected plans for visiting
New York Monday, intending to place
himself under medical treatment. ne
ccSsitatcd by his close attention to his
professional duties. He was seen rush
ing out of his home toward Il place oi
,,"t"ty with two of his three little chill
d1rn. his VIE. ....ti>.- 4
Frederick. Md. carry ing the other: hut
the Whole family were oNcltaken 10y
the flood. and lost together. DIR. John
son came to Williamsburg after the
close of the war. i'll which ne had served
aS surgeon. He was It deacon III the
Congregational church. and prominent
III religious matters.
The chaIacteI of those lost at Will
itm~hulg WAS certainly exceptional in
the history of such disasters: they were
not Il foreign population simply mill
hands but Il good average representa-
tiom of our New England population.
From the Orthodox churches are thus
taken away many ''pillar~. while the
town loses men who We're prominent
in lis dircctun
+. j. liitchcork. who WAS lost with
Nh. Adams. WAS al the village when
81,
his wife. he ran down toward the mill
I" ;,ppIi>c his uncle. Mr.. Adams. of his
peril. when he WIS oVrrtakcm.
Mrs. Roberts WIS the leading singer
in ihr congregational choir. and it is
mentioned that the last hymn which
she ever sung in the church WAS that
beginning. There is Il land of pure
delight. etc. Conductor Chandler is.
indeed. most sadly hprcavcd he went
"'It on his train on the New Haven and
Northampton IailI"aG. Saturday morn
ing. and then S;Iw tni the last time hi>
family aud home.
W. II. Adams. whose Touring mill
Was one of the first buildings To fall.
was lost. with hi. assistant. Mr.. Hitch
cock. Mr.. Adams. hearing al the com
ing disaster. went down To his house.
and, warning his family. The reservoir
has broke. attempted /" regain the
mill, when he was met 10y the coming
wave and swept away. His house. and
his family within. were almost nIiracu-
lousy saved. the house of Hiram Hill.
which stands in the track of the flood.
breaking its force.
one of the saddrst eases was that
ct the II. Birmingham t:lmily-flther.
mother and three daughters. all swept
ava, together. The family were all
at breakfast when the water struck
their house. Mr.. Birmingham was SUI
pcrintcudcut in, the James mill. aud
his daughters. Mary. Linz, - E..--:.
we've aged 10. II and : respectively
Miss Mary was teacher in the South
street primary SCHOOL at Northampton.
and had come home to spend the Sab
bath. II Wis u most lovahle family,
and their unnamed death forms one of
the NEST touching scenes of this terri
hl- disaster.
MORE INrIpENr%.
As marvellous IN experience aE any
narrated was that of the women of Sc
lcctman Quiglcl'> family, who were
clearing up lhcii breakfast table when
the WatcI burst in at the cellar door.
Mrs. Quigley and her two handsome.
>prightlN daughters, and SchOolnIa am
visiting them. rushed up stairs To- the
second story of the l. part. i'll which
they were, and thence watched the ire
mcndous spectacle. They had hardly
reached their hIrhuragc. when the front
part of the hou>e WAS wrcnched off as
swiftly and easily ~ one would tear IL
Taper; and the floor gapcd widely he
Meath them with the fierce strain. They
SAW the great brick mill trcmhlc and
collapse like Il child'> house of blocks.
aud the chapel rise and sail like Il boat
around the point, just below. there strike
aud fall Ia pieces. They SAN Il ncighhuI
il"atlu" past Oh Il roof. extended their
hands from Il window and aided him to
escape to their refuge. What emotions
they felt i'll that hour of waiting they
can never very clearly tell, except that
they thought that the next moment they
to" would 90. They did not talk very
much. nor did they sing. and their
prayers were not uttered aloud. 1t was
Il season of mute expectancy. and not So
much resignation IL stunned and dead
cnrd acceptance of fate. The fate. how
ever. passed them by: the wave that 81
lightly tossed the heavier main portion
of the house. and dashed into >plnterS
the great barns. with all their contents.
spared the lighter structure. and left
them safe. When. shortly after. they
were at work i'll the mud-hcaped coutu
sion of their house. the girls were almost
Historically gay with the reaction from
the fearful strain upon then nerves. Mr..
Quigley. from the bank. IL few rods off.
MHtchcN the destrnctinn of his hnmc