, 1877-03-28
The Rush Of Waters Sweeps Away Ten
or More Smaller Dams.
Thirty Buildings, Lnrge and Small,
Carried Away by the Flood.
Among Them Church, Bank, and Other
Large Edidces.
Many Bridges Go Down with The
Resigttess Current.
Loss Caused by the Disaster Estimated
at s76o,ooo.e,

STAFFORD, Conn, March 27.-Thc dam Of the
ssaaordslc reservoir gave way this morning,
causing In this village fearful damage. The
railroad freight.housc and nil the cars were
washed away. leasing only tho passenger depot.
The Stafford National Bank, Congregational
ChurclI, anu abuut fifteen other buildings have
been wnss,el away. TIE damage to the railroad
trick Is heavy.
The flood came upon this village suddenly.
Three miles Of railroad track waa washed awar;
also. two ffuwe truss bridges between Stafford
ard ToIlanl. The food has caused isoublr nil
along the tine Of the railroad. The telegraph,
was promptly brought Into requisiton and
nelghborlng towns warned Of the mighty rush
Ut waters that was causing great destruction of
property ard threatening loss Of life.
l. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
HARTFORD, Conn, March I'll p. m.-Tie
particulars Of tho disaster By the breaking Of
the StaIorlville datn arr still wanting. Tie
only thing certain is, TINT thed dam l,as Vonc and
tic damage II very great. The following ls
description Of the tiam and tile surrounding
country: The reservoir belonged TO tine lseser-
vo'r Company, owners Of tho mills on the stream
below. Tho dam WAS ra!scl sfx feet the past
winter, and tlle storm last hight flle IT for tho
first time. Close BY the reservoir stood the
satinct mill OF f. a. Converse; next the e!,oldy
mill Of jacob Dascll; thch tho machinc shop Of
Samuel 4. Widen. Lover down was the
PhGnix Manufacturing Company's cashmere
snIli at Hydcsi1Ic, and three miles bclnw tho
Glen mills cotton-warp factory stool at
| Glcnvillc. The Convcrscville Manufacturing
| Company's cass'merc mill and q. N.
1vcss' uranito af!l for making cotton
snr,rn. uhoro dro m,,o, fror, nm ,1ar, Th,,
rr.eryofr was ato,,t n ,oilc mn, y nn.rtcr ,ong
49,, .ro-ecoI or,rtn- ~ Mia T., .t1,t .rh..
,tam IN, oiuut twcntv foot hIrh h,,t sl,ozt ti,s
stream ,o1 lotoy norr,,v nv snmo ,1.t o,,ca ia.
lo,r rho vnt.,r T. tho bso1 1T i'm 1V,fr,u,ontj.
| Rive, sir vn,,s ovn a DIM m n t,,,n,tory
.tr..r, aoxo hero onvo ,ro. cot,,tno ,,rc,t Ian.
49,. Tbo nr,v ri-c n, II tYorr,rlta ia o,p,,ad hv
tie Sew oni,c, Sorticr,, p.,,rraa f.on,oony.
rur nr,xs.
p...,.,. - NJ, ~ tr,..,,x,
| fNosipASekf ~. - "a'en go taa3.4olu
| dispatch to the H"ift1M says That tue National
| Bauk at StatfDrt1Syi1fc, the Congregational
curc, J.. II. cran,n,s s.orc. t,,e frcieht tleoot.
and iii iii The h houses on tho Island It Stafford
springs were aes.foSsa. ~ Tug ofn1ses r., pet"een
| the scens ot tue disaster aud Tolland were
! washed away. Tha probable loss tu Stafford
.1n,,t, n =, nm nv, M ina of ltee 1. yr, rp
a!u.o .e, - s-'''''000' ''' ''0" ~ '"' - 's''s
po1.ea.
Inc loss III sta1loruSsiIlc ~ very "eass' tne
| mills suffering more or less damage. Gnd work
,nn m ts H rrlullt. +. Il. Converse 4 Cor mills
| s.r.. sa... s". .,. 49,, IN ~,,.,,1., n,,,
na'e 'ous se'e ~ easus 4'lu .'ou sp'rue A.u
employ large number of handa. The Hume
| Company, lIeMe Manufacturing Company, atld
Home Woulrn Cou,nany. are utso situated there.
r.. la, ~ r,,ms a ~, snimI,c.. Thc sto,Ynn,s,
.i,ts Wo,,,.n ts,m,,n,,v In. ,hrce aria nf carl.
r, rus ,. ~ KILL. @ .. ~ o, " naa
In Stafford Springs arc the mills OF CllasIra
Fox T. Co.. with six sets Of earls; tho Converse
comnany. witt, suycn scts Of cards and ,btu
splhdlcs In Ellis, tue eonSerse ~ eos' tlle
Mineral Springs Manufacturing Company, with
stx sets Of cur,ls aud lao xpInlllcs.
In stafford arc tlc valley Corunauy,, Mills.
c,t,,, viii. rI,,, on.n s,,,n',,. f.,,,i,, u,t,.
with $500 spltnllcs. Valley Manufacturing Cot'i-
pany, Phtrnix Wuolcn Mills, and Rossiter Co1a-
pa,y, each with f9ur sets Of earsls.
StaifurllBville wcru nil swept away, uuI also
Etorss ut,l sturcl.uuscs.
LITTLE pAAs AND BRIDGES.
ali ,;a,,,s t, liz stEcasn iroa sturordssiiIc IL
IrjiNt below the springs, with MI thu br,ilxes,
arc gore. Probably nut less than thirty l.ouscs
wen destroyed, anti tho loss will BE- very large.
ii" reservoir io uscri,uwing. TIC breaIins
awny was wholly unexpected, but. tho reservoir
being set ADtIiG ltstntIcr A4Oyc tue VILLAGE tile
ular1t reartc.l the pupIe Il, tinlu for them to
effect ttlcIr safety. IT. IL t!nuglt that one ur
twu lives were Lost. The valley IL Inatle cu.sl-
plcte wrctk.
ANOTHER LIST or LOSSES.
ItAnrPonu, March a7-A dispatch tn tlt.
cvuruuf fruu, stuifor,} says: All thr dams on
The stream from statIurisyltlc, as,A al brl.l4cs
tu helow tho sprtsls4, nts swept away. At this
H.s tss elxtssst's' ss. na1ns f. Satans. c1sSe.
store, William Smith s. cu.'s warrtunsc,
us,.l i've dwelling houses VI tho 1EuH,tc
| Mill Cthnnauy, freight deftot a1nl several
frclsl.t-3,rs p,isl nticr lesser buildings were ir-
btrvycJ, Tlu It,sscs by the Conyrrseys .lls-
ostrr ure estimated Ut ffon. t5uUuu to si,0JJ,.
ON Uuu ln.sou, klrE,anl spsd,lu:, u Mcl'
known c't'x:p Ut stafford bprlugs, is thought 10
have been
pnowxkr.
Tho dam broke n& ai,ut,t neloek thfs nlor1l-
fur. utter t!1u wt,rLulet had been uIl hight try
! i,,T Ia nreypilt the ,tuSfrr, Tie tNU Inllls
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