, 1876-04-01
List Of Losses Resulting from I'm
Bursting of The Dam.
The Aggregate Will Foot Up More
than One Million Dollars.
hiII Mon and Baflrold Authorities Alr.ud,
Preparing Their Claims Against
tho City.
Three Persons Missing and suppoBcd Ia
Have Boon Swept away.

spettat ptspasea to The Caiaaoo Tribune.
WonoEsTEn, Mass., harch 11.-"To Lbs
fuius,' WAS the lcgoud which ovory stsge-coachL
horso.car, aud omnlbua boro to-day, and 70. The
road wns lihod ali day long with pedestrians 10
whom tho 4-mllo tramp vna ~ nothing COM
pared TO the right ut the ond Of tho pilgtlmssa,
Probably 5000 or 10000 visited tho scene during
the day. Thcy found ovidoncoa Of the fool
along tho whole valley, although tho force wn
evidently Apant Within tho tlrst or @ miles,
Thu gap 1t tho dam was about GO foo. wide and
40 desp. Half mile bolow, whero once rAu
beautiful meadow, was . confused hosp Of
great powders, troos, aud sand 80 or GO feos IN
height, and splIntors Of llousoa mud barns. Tbs
1rss mill struck, that Of J. A. Smith T. Co., has
Its chimney standing, but almost all tho machine.
~ went with tho dam. Loss, 875, 900. Not
vesslKe romans Of two tonoment.houaca just
below xnd to tho right Of DottomtJs saln.t
mill. Loas about 100000. A corner OF Ash.
WORTH l. Jonas' mill, ono Of the 1nost In
tho county, went naxt, aud with II
tho boiler and piocas Of 1uachIne-
n from eaah floor. Thoy manufactured
Union bsavosH. It will take three months 10
repair, and cost thom $4,000.
uALF 4 DOZEN DoAnDa
aro all that remain Of their two dams. J.A
Hunt's sAtinot mill, employing twcnty.1vs
handg, has loat ita dye-houso, botler-houso, md
wl,oel.house, and snnll pile Of rocks and sand
marke the site, Tho dam OF Dating's mill Also
went, With tho wheel Of his trench. At James-
vlllo tho freight depot waa left standing like 40
oasis ia the descr+. Four tracks piled ono on
top Of tho other allow how II wRs done.
A large force was rapidly putting i'd trostlcs on
which to run gravel train to. fill in wash-ont
400 feet long. JuBt above thu road two moro
long dams washed away. Bcl0w WAS loua
ooal.ahed, and tho hundred tons which Il con.
talned aro ia tie bottom OF tho cllnnnsl or Bcas
toroa ovof tho fields. Tic JAmes hfi!l Ia aShree-
story brick mill, over 200 foot loug aud 20 feet
above tho rivor, aud rot 1t was
1A0IATEn ny THE wAwEIL ron SEVERAL ulyUvfss,
aud, had not tie dam yioldod, tho w,o!o s.r,.o-
tuse must hare gono. AZ 1t wAH, the end wAs
carried away, nlso Q large storahouse full Of
| machinery and supplies. Loss shout $4,000.
ia badly damaged and Tho bridgea havo gons
| down. At LeesYila tho dnn and new bridge
arc gono. At 1Iopoyillo Tho TEowbridgeyilio
mill won't and tast below, az Ncw Worcester,
woolsu-mill wero badIy damagod.. Loss about
$4,000. Tho end Of tho machiuo-shop xens
down and
BrnrcK THE STONE nntD1E
under tho noason 4 ALBANY 1load carrying It
| Albany is about S76,o0o, for 400 foot Of ou-
bankinent washed away, 1000 foot Of track
| waahcd out OF place, and two double.arch atona
bridReH. Trains will DO running TueHdRy.
One question Of tho most serious i1nnort to
tho city, which haa impressed f.aolf on tho minds
Of all tAx-payers, is ...-........
THE EXTENT OF TIE ozr1'a ussroNB1n1L1rY
for tho work Of Last night. Tbs mi'l-ovnors
warning. They know that thero 1as a lnak
under tho dam At the CATO. and the gunge which
had been put in showod TINT Its capacity WA
vste M It., hs th too to u lnT H. hsa ,a
ncnt sccurc. Thcy now oxpoct th.t tho Boston
Il Albany Company, aa .grcntost losor. will
begin suit, and thoy will Join. 30 that oil suss
may foll9r tho tssuo Of tho first FoT lawyers 3y.
Bolicitor, though not concediug 1t, doca not de-
| ny tho fact. a prominent uemhsr OF the Leg
iblature, who waa on tho Committee on tho Min
Rivor Flood. and one OF tho boat iawvors In ths
| gtRte, does not hesitate to say that thoy
| HAVE A sTRoN0 cLA1M,
from tho fact that the changes suggested by sha
engineer MORO not maao, and that tho city had
not stopped tho loak which, WAS known "a
exist. II tho claim s pronounced legal all the mill
| owners will rooovof for loss OF machinery stock,
and Interest," ~ well as prospective profits, whila
tho railroad will demsnd : large sum for lntot.
rupsion OF freight and passenger traffic: as vel!
| as tbs coat Of rebuilding two Htoue bridges and
the long embankmont. Add to this the yasuo Of
tho wator lost, 100000, aud tho cost Of ths
dam, s11o.00o and il will b. soen that the total
| Ia large amount.
| ITO tbs Aasoetaxd Tre.tl
= ADDITIONAL FACIs.
WOncEsrEH, MAsH, March Sl.-Tlo food BY
tho dam disaster did no material damage beou
South Worcester. Tho Dlsclatone lAyer valley
mated Is follovsi CITY Of Worcester dam and
rsscsvoir. s12t.0oo, boaidca tho summers suppl!
OF wstor. eb000; George ". 0iney's house and
barn. sloo. .oooi !: A Smith & CO., ou mil! and