, 1876-04-06

made . statement, Wnlcn u ie sesF, "
differ from anything hitherto made pub
| lie. The detectives are said toY Yhave
passed through this city on Frijx last
for Ottawa, to get at the facts. ito Be
used in the impeachment trial. 2
PARIS, March 28.-A decree Of Mar
stal MacMahon. promulgated to-day.
announces incidentiy that q universal
international exhibition will shortly be
held in Paris.
BERLIN, March 28.--The Russian
Ambassador in this city gave grand
dinner yesterday, at which the Emperor
and Empress of Germany and all foreign
Ambassadors were present. The rdmor
about the Cars temporary retirement
was not mentioned and it requires con-
fismet.on.
WORCESTER, March 29.-About eight
o'clock tonight the alarm was given
through the valley that the dam OF the
Syndebrook reservoir which supplies the
city with water, was giving. way. The
work of clearing out dwellings houses
and mills throughout the valley was at
once begun and the excitement was
great. The water was pouring IN tor
rents through the stone gate house, and
an entrance was forced to the gate>house
but the waste-gate could not be opened.
The reservoir covers l40 acres.
WORCESTER, March 30.-The police
are keeping order in the crowd and pro-
tecsing the goods on the hills removed
from the houses and factories. There is
an immense crowd at the scene of trou-
BILE which is growing larger.
LArER.-Advices from tie broken dam
say thirty feet of the dam gave way at
80. The widest rumors prevail. The
water rushed down the ravine with
terrible roar in solid mass. 20 feet
high. The stone gate house was tipped
over bodily. not even stone remaining.
Down through a narrow ravine one
hundred feet wide and one mile long,
the food swept on. The largest trees
we're twisted around like straws. pulled
up by their roots. When the dam fret
broke, the gap was about 20 feet in
width; this increased until nearly the
entire section, eighty feet wide was de-
stroyed. Three or four small dwelling
houses we're taken up and borne along
until they crashed together and sank
out of sight. James Smith & Co.'S.
wooden mills was struck and crumbled
until three quarters of the building,
substantial brick structure, was in ruins,
The Bottomly mill was lifted bodily to
ths top of the rushing waters, and on it
was swept at a terrific rate, until it
struck Ashvorths Il Jones mill. This
was the best mill on the etrealt and one
of the best in the country. The ell was
knocked to pieces; the boiler houfe was
swept away in an instant. and also one
of the main structures swept away. A
Stoneville the dam gave way and the
course of the food was through mar
row valley, and the roar of the rushing
water was distinctly heard for mile.
The flood next passed over a small dam
on the Boston aud Albany railroad. just
above GAINESVILLE depot. with one tremen-
dous crash. The railroad elnbankment
gave way, opening gap four or five
hundred feet long and 20 deep. A sec
ton of the stream forced its way on the
line of road, and passing on both sides
of the depot, rushed ten feet high down
the track, lifting rails and ties. bodily
from tie road bed for more than a mile.
The branch road track was taken up
bouily and carried over one main road.
Trees. stumps and shanties were also
thrown down and washed a way. The
flood reached Teesville about two hours
after the dam broke, and struck the
Satinet Mill OF Albert Curtis, with ter
rife force. 1t gave way and crumbled
into ruins. The course of the stream
from the reservoir through the other
villages, was nine miles. at the rate of
three miles an hour. The first mile,
however, was made in three minutes.
At nine O'Clock, one end of Curtis &
Miles large brick shops gave way. The
Arcadia building tipped and was left
standing on one end. The mill of Vicks
Manufacturing Company, at South
Worcester, was destroyed. The water
then spread out into series of mea-
dows, and in the sonth part of the city,
there was a general inundation. The
water is rapidly subsiding and no fur
ther damage is feared. 1t is impossi-
BILE to estimate the loss to might.
New York. March sO.-Gold closed
at 1875 @113H
WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The House
Commerce Committee agreed to recon-
mend an appropriation of $4,000 dollars
for canal and locks at the Cascades of
the Columbia River. This amount
though less then asked by Congress-
man Lanes bill, is enough to start the
work and insure appropriations hereaf-
ter to complets 1t.
San FRANttsto. March SO.-Legal
Tenders SSH buying; SO selling.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-A canvass
of the Senate says Dana will be rejected
by u. least IL majority. In this event,
it is whispered In Senatorial circles,
that E. W. Stoughton Of New York
will be the next nominee.
The President has been sick for few
days and has received nh visitors to-
day.
HARR1sBuRG. Pa. 29.-The platform