, 1876-03-31
POSTDjt VIVIAN.
THE ANGRY WATERS COMB FORTH.

Gptftut DIflHtcb ~ H1 1HfCHt1 4FAuHH2s
WORCESTER MasB., March 30.-All dny long
tho pooplo watchod md waited, aud at ha!f-pnst
o'clock tho water, which hau heon triclling
through tho holo in tho reservoir emhankmont
and undermining 1t little by 1lttle, swopt tri-
umplant1y through , break full 90 foot wide altl
dashed on Its mtesion of ruin anu deaotation.
Tho gato-l.ouBo stood Il fow mins1tes aud then
erumbled to pcooa as II ground to powder, and
fell beneath tho food, Tlo water took tho
COURSE Of LynGo Isook. a little Btroam
ruunng toward Smiths ford, only o
!htrd Of milo below. ueforo yoaching
That II rar. .ssrosa tho highway from Worcester
10 Chorry .altoy. sWcspiug out on lta bosom In
it1 way D, ". olnoy'a house and barn as
lightly az II they wore great aquatic fowls. TAs
lIrcam, Al it crossed tho rond, was full G feot
duop. Smiths pond roso rapidly. bnt tho dam
1ithatood every assault, anl on lts stnno ahut-
mentH OIuey's barn, handsome structure, with
Acupola aud All l., was
SMASHED 10 srLIN1ERs.
Smiths mill below wAs undermined and
part Of 1t carried array. Tile strength OF
tho dam alightly iupedol tho rush Of
tho waters, but they gathered strength ogain
before reaching AshHosth It Jouos' ehoddy mill,
thongl. Gully few steps below. Hare the boiler
honse va. carried away., sud tho boiler won.
GOOD disappeared IN the distance. Nn1t camoA tr-
angular. shaped dam, which offered no resistance,
bnt nasttag l. Hunts mill WAS high mp above.
aha escaped serinus injury. All tho distractions
aud that was milo distant. Tho stroam had
broadoned but not much, mud before It etruck
tho Boston 4 Albany, tla gravel filling
DISSOLVED tEFolE IT LIKE 8HoW, .
Emily 5000 feot wpro washed away, aud e.track
Va. covered for almost all eighth Of 4 milo In
either direction. Whep 1t passed the track all
trace Of it WINS lost to us Who nero watching.
Tho reservoir boats wore not in general ua0 aud
The damage WAS done, and tho loss could only
bq roc4onod by n,tllionB.
ylGuTIaa TUE F1nop,
There vaA fatal delay and luheosEon In fight
one man to tako tho responsibility OF the de-
cjsvo measuron which might poBaibty sve1t tho
calamity. Ollnf-Englncer 13lake Proposed draw
tng on tho water by 4 trench lot in at tho aido
but tho ordor was counteFman6ed tHo or tllree
times, and whom at last, ut o'clock, 1t waH dono
tho water WAS 10 low that but little watar would
run Oft there, and. meannAt'e, It was running
!hroush Tue cracks ~ = tl;a gase-houae Al serri-
bio rats. Up to O'Clock
NOTHING HAD pEEN DONE
but to pnt IN bags Of hay, and by that tItne, A.
though they had once proved nearly effective in
stopping tho leak. tloy did no moro than to
Soma Of tno banks wore presently found below
tho dam. having paaasd through. 1t was then
proposed to cut tue dam at tho northwest cor
ner, leaving 1t to take the channel OF IstBons'
brook. thus roliovlng tho Weight on the dam.
This stlcnsa mat with objection. but about half
past O'clock 1t Waa eeo1s
eoMETttlKu Mu8F RI DONE,
and gang pl nlea must ba sent forward to do
Tho shore 10 cut tsees and throw thom into tho
gap. Tho wafer ln tho reservoir was only low
erlng At tho ratio of IN Inch Al hour, aud tue
pian Of stopping, Tho 'eak with groat sail or
ssreral Ut those u authority. but uoboJy uaenaod
ta thsuk 1t worth N4lte to do anything, although
mere wan plenty OF sa1l-cloth IN the mills lalf
hlto below,
The wator had fallen 90 luchos, but tho Mayor
Mould not AutAqtlzs tho opening OF tho cut,
1Ao hon: fhlnnRR Hall, the engineer who con-
saetsd ns t,'e dam waa on sla ground n O'Clock,
sats 70 follow. lie thought no power could stay
ne toreo Ct tbs water II once tho east dam was
opeeIhoa. lle stayed there al tho afternoon, And
F'''' thought tho dam would atsud.
ALL THIS TINE
ttte Me holo 1t tho nppaE ahte wss working acrosa
tho uatl aud tLere wRs : general opinion that
the dam would 70 before night II not relieved,
, Maen, u o'olsck. tho water Naa lot iuto tpn
sone' MSnca' on1Y SLOW current barely tucbcs deep
smnatefcE IN relieving the terrible pressure On
s;e fsts. At o'clock evidence Of tho weakpass
" !ho embantIuenL beoAme mnEa aud mora owl
Pvnt; ~ hAlt'paas o'clock tue wApla aido, IL
nas ~ !eagta ou elthos side Of tue gate-Anune,
~eAt and tho I>ont-up atrdAm wRs free at lask.
, THE IMMEDIATE AEspoNA1D1lITr,
r.. snla d!sa6ter cannot b. laid At snY one's door,
tAe epglneere could not sgroo ~ to What phouid
10 dous to-day, aud. before that, tha reservoir
"as secure against any osalnR1y coutipaauos..
small leak has existed In tho srched nsssSge
unaertho dam through which tho putle{x r,ass
,s e,ss sAsoo II WAa constructed. This Mas nlpnos-
" 10 10 come from spsinKa, which wsro encouuter-
- While sxcsvstlng foF the foun.latlonn, but ~
sss1eGuard against danger II tho lesk ehouii
ne no, J., IN lhe body Of the dam, = xelr was
ru! 1a TO measure the quaatltY ot watar esoa,,.
do~ thss leak has been uniform siuco il ras mi
u. Last Monday tle Welr, WHICH aoi fdr
mouth aho"n lowing OF 7-1.pOp pt N ipct,