The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-03-31

Brook From the gate house to where the place Is
the artificial embankment heavily laid in cement
This it thought, would prevent the breaking away
OF embankmen Fears expressed that the water
would run into Leicester and damage that
direction, flooding New Worcester and running into
curtiss Pond At halfpast ten o'clock gang Of men,
under Highway Commissioner Parker, began to work.
shovellng carts TO be hauled to the break.
Loads hay aud had checked tho flow OF the
water about onc-haE Hopes were expressed that the
now would be stopped, though there still huge
cracks around the upper gate house.
DIVERSE OPINIONS
At hali-past O'Clock the trees were running
through to the gate house and there seemed to
slight increase again perceptble in the water Engineer
Blake thought the dam must 10. Water Commissioner
Hall Register Brown thought the danger The
following despatch SENT
CHRRRY VALLEY, March 3o-11 O'Clock.
E. H. KNowLToN
on TnR CHERRY ROAD
The crowd Of vehicles steadily increasing the
Cherry Valley road and about O'Clock the police
stopped them at Hodges, and their owners who
went had 10 take TO tho fields The dan
ger Of venturing up the Leicester road in face
OF the possible rush OF waters not so
great as it looked although many preferred the back
roads over tho hills The road Is high great part OF
the way, and although there were dangerous spots
there would be warning probably, TO give time for one
to reach place of safety AT the corner, at Hodges
the had times rGn the road. The stream
this at right angles In the event Of break
this place tho foot of the billy road leading up 10
the dam, would be the dangerous tho road
At the da there danger II the spectator kept
away from the break itself
POLICE
their services required to protect the large
quantities OF property removed from the threatened
houses and manufactures and piled in confused col
loctons on tho side hills The officers also kept
busy in restraining the immense throng OF crowding
sightseers which constantly being recruited by
fresh arrivals from the city, and keeping spaces cleared
for the workmen, who making cndeavors TO fill
up and block the break. The curious crowd had many
OF them driven out in carriages and they were so de-
cdedly in the way that tho maintaining OF any kind
OF order amid tho pandemonum OF scenes and
sounds easy labor. At quarter
past eleven O'Clock the stopped running through
the small window of the lower gate house. This was
a great gain since nine O'Clock. At twenty-five min
past eleven O'Clock the water again increasing
and running through the small window. Tho holo at
the upper side larger than ono hour ago.
THE NEw oUrLgT
Tho opening on the east side ofthc dam progress
ing. The workmen found about three feet of frost.
Great hopes were entertained of the relief from this
new outlet; but tho other hand people the line
of Parsons Brook and below grumblIng. They
the effect of this artificial frcshe The city gov
ernment nearly all the ground and tho police
kept the people the dam away from the upper gate
house. where there we're large cracks.
Al twelve O'Clock the Mayor ordered the contnu-
ance of the opening the east side Tho water did
appear TO be lowering much. II had lowered al
together twenty inches. All the gates at New worces-
ter and all the gates open, drain
ing from Centre Pond. Much dissatisfaction
expressed because Engineer Blake not allowed to
open the cart at and relieve the pressure at
the break. Many prominent men advised, according
their various opinions, the Mayor ana great diff
ference OF opinion existed The Mayor hopeful of
reducing the flow through the lower gatehousc by the
process of filling, that the gates could be opened
and relief secur,s The volume of water at the lower
gate continued 20 diminish slowly. 1t would be OF no
use to open the city hydrants and thereby draw down
Hunts reservoir and Bell Pond, communicating with
them down the valley.
AppREHESsoSs QUOTED.
Special dispatches received from points along the
Blackstone valley show the people that vicinity
FIRST alarmed by the warning sent down from this
city, gradually recovering their confidence in safety
the threatened hood has been 81 long delayed. A
despatch rev lxordgc states that the people there
think that since both their dams carried away by
the last freshet, no further damage happen to
them. At twelve O'Clock the break still held
its own, but the water in the gate house running
moro slowly, indicating that the leak worse at
The question Of getting the gate to open it
was still doabtfuL The Mayor believed that the dam
would hold and that the water would escape safely
thr ,l.a Ctt Lab tod
tho completion of The cutting OF the dam allow
an escape part of water through Parsons Brook
He he could control the flow II IL were COM
plcted The depth Of watcr at the dam was cgh-
teen feet while at the gate house thirty feet
Mr. Blake OF the opinion that tho reservoir must
he exhausted in event, and tue the better
The opponents OF this plan feared
DANGER TO LIFE.
along Parsons Brook IL the cut should DO opened
The work OF making it progressed down toward the
water line alter reaching which Il was intended to
wait further developments
At one o'clock the water flowing more rapidly
through tho arch the side OF the DAM but had
diminished through the lower gate house The work
men were again filling in on the upper side with bags
OF hay and stone The OF pine boughs was sus-
pended. But little water was passing through tho
lower gate house. One opinion was that the archway
causing a larger now tho outlet and diminishing
that through the gate house.
TnE nRKAK GAMING AGAIN.
Al O'Clock the break gaining The Mayor
decided TO open the east cut possible The
water would come out at the Valley Falls school house
and might take the highway to New Worcester which
would prevent travel by the main road,
There was only opinion and that was that wc
mus, get relief from tho cut rho people in the valley
had bcen warned, bot great risk involved HE
aud property below n the water got beyond
control All hands OF work on tho
cut Engineer Blake hoped to secure the
opening with plank and paving and the water or
gradually but II feared that " opening was
made the water would the bank and
make havoc all along the line. The lower door OF
Cromptons carpet factory at South Worcester was