The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-20
,,S.Sesals Et.0ob.

,.y,.,xRIrn AWAY IN MAS
~ 1877 " .>cliV>FTrS.
Anvil ,>.-A tremendous hooo
E''L''' ..,,,, results occurred last evening
V.'a "',',,s of WrtnthSm ana Nor'o,h'
- nc ..,r,v.tvc miles distant. ny tue
81 ~ a. dam which rc>irain> tne water
'N3H>,,"'--; nnnd. the source os ai'h IVY
Il ""''" ,,,u river. moi over twenty-five
V"> =, l,w.watcr. but running WIN
i.@ '"'' ,,,rrcDt mostly through mc'uo"
irons ,.r,,Iyiny into Charles river NJ .hee'
.,oi 30" NE, t,,. ,,,,,r an immense body oil WI
way ,,rtard in the pond by tue Dam
q. 49,, nurdycd feet in lenEth 1T .he
ra." , 49,, and Franklin County road. Inc
N:r' '' ,,,~,,inc ot the pond through 'h>
500 t.,r}.1 a tremendous h'oa "pou '"'
.'.." r.3,r. >wccpnG away lh'">. u wy,
"''', ~,qd,. and dams IN us course. ""u
''.., = mage - The extent OF ptt"'.l,
'.,,ir..i ana t"o hundre" . II, =
~ t.t mile h1}o" TINS m'll was
80 ',,>,.wIg OF Eliot, Z"Il'nS " Co.
,,... Fishers MIL. >Ucn was ''lr ,o',e
,a reaching here that II our>l '"'
go, ,tqro auG carried along me saw
e.. ''" - IN, establishment A. though
"a roy >@iH. r-,h> ~ -
va '..r...., ,,c waters thrcc.tourthS OF i
...,. ,Ar ~iauds 10 where thcF'
.,-l wnp'ltn and >h"ddy mills oc-
.,.tt,. re,tIng Company. bo'h eha>
..- gt-~ washed away, ana oelo"
.... t,~ar urapot coal, deposited LOT
en-. mills. Seventy rods tur'nsr on
.,t..,, =. the Eliot fciting mil was
Il" ,.. ,.,,n tar rod from The mills Ia
L. 49,. ,,rrnth which the river
a.~,a' substantial resistance ~ lux
IN, current. The road. however, soon
:.7 ,t.n.yiHs The fail iorce oil Tue wafer
-.,,.. ac4iu>: The long dam. Nt""" n"'
- .rt',.i,,rr. ot Franklin ana " ren'nan'
.,s.,,.l ,llu4hlc assistance 10 the "alrsi'
,.. rho rniI. in opening place IN the
I... t.,ira II saSca ;-Ortion OF the SAME
j. p. we're successful. ana alnouSu
49,, ..,, # The dam was carried away lhe
~. u.-. .4ycd. Down the stream halt q
.".r. farther was The track Of the New Eng
...t,,nd Nrw York railroad, SOM forty or
.'., f... 1.,uyr the rsver-bed. Beneath thl>
49,, ,,..,,- u.ualIy passed hy an archeu cut
g1uu, Ten OF fifteen feet IN width.
the waters. with seemingly increased
-.,.- f,rr.d ou, the stone cuiHert us IL II
a...,. constructed Of 2. bibles. so hrm vas Toe
,r..,nsu,,ut Of sand Shove the culTcrt that II
,,,.,J spu4r,,,ly intact Tor the space oil III
r...- and Then Undermined. II cavcd in Tor
1.,.rca 80 a. 300 feet, forming an impasSs
t.a barrier 10 The IS. ter, above. " hen t0t
-.,.1.',,l sunk, 4 freight train was WITHIN iVA
S,. Il ;ac place. though not IN motioh. bu
. r-,., volume Of water had aready pisseI
49,. railroad. and hurried on 10 the achieve
r,rr. ut IL greatest feat. forty rods below, a
.t..,.H ,atton-milI. The mill was Originally
....r.,.,,orv wooden binding, but iatteril
al. raitr.,d b. tue addition OF i wing OF
...t md. The bridge over the country roat
.r...,,l!,.J. and lh.n The water. obtainin:
t-rn hold Of the msn huljdi1g, lifted it anC
..r.,. .r4>hiug 10 III" meadows below. Il
....-.r,l ns.s .Ae work III devastation tina
-. ...rata.olc Of what IL" MINUTES before
la.lI il, mill TcnIaLcQ Standing on tn
:..G.
IT,. m4.h inc!v and water wheel went wit
emil. and SCARED the fate Of the Struc
...,. which housed them. The wings wer
." ,,audiu@. 1ut were so badly wrenche
AZ. underlined that they are probaol
-.r.4. and VIII have to come down. Dow
liz. .t!raln, again, about bali mile. W.
-,a,asr country road bridge, near Kings
.l-Y pond. This was snapped from II
.lrd4,iou almost a. the approach OF IN
.,,rr, and carried away. On The level >pac
Tween tie road and rivcri he waters >preat
80, and ceased their work Of destruction
T., l4>t bridge was swept away about
.c.och in tue evening. One body was >wel
down On The food. but it was supposed |
-. Of 4 man for some months missing
A,n;a> known, no lives have been lost, bu
.ar i.mag" 10 property has been very larg,
Nuh1uScs were swept away, as their IocJ
ton Oh The banks WAS such that the waite
uIu no. fc1ch them. The following are TIT
,,.., g., far as a>ccrfaincd: Whitney's dam
>w,J: Eliot Mill, $4,000: Town OF Nor
is. $1,000: New York and New En@lant
Ea.ro4G. 5000; City Mills, $4,000 to SO
"n : ar-r plumber OF persons are throw
..'o, employment by the fall Of City Mill