The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-15
DELUGED BY BURSTING DAMS.
EIGHT OR TEN LIVES LOST IN THE
DUCHESS VALLEY.

c,oo+ instruction of Property Also
C.used bv the Mad Rush of the Re-
leased Waters-Tbe Two Ieser-
voirs which Burst the supply sta
,ioDs For the Towns of Matteawan
and FishkiII--TwO o'clock in the
Morning the Hour of the Disaster.
pouobkeepsie, N. Y, July 4.-The two
large reservoirs in the Ffshkiil MOUNTAINS
which supplied water to the towns OF
uatteawan and Fishkill, burst their walls
at . o'clock this morning and the water
that was released swept through the
Dutchess valley, causing ruin and death.
Five bodies have been taken from the
vreclxage left in the wake of the flood,
and there are known to be two, and proba-
bly three more lying beneath the piled up
debris. which is all that remains OF the
three houses that were swept away by the
mighty torrents.
The names of those whose bodies have
been recovered, as officially given out by
Coroner II. b. Devier of Marteawan to-
night are:
MRS. JOHN CONROY, aged SO, wife of
the engineer in Timonys brick yard. Her
body was badly bruised by contact with
trees and wreckage and was covered with
mud.
widow. Her body was in the worst condi-
ton of al the victims, being covered with
mud and bruises.
WILLIAM FERRY, aged 8 years, son of
Mrs. Ferry The body was in good condi-
ton, except for bruises about the head.
JOHN ZIUCKA, a Hungarian, 2S years
Old.
PHILAMEULA DELUKA, an Italian
girl, years old. The body was not mu-
ulated.
The missing are:
JOHN CONROY, aged 2 years, son of
Engineer Conroy.
JULIA CONROY, aged years, a daugh-
ter of Engineer Conroy.
AN UNKNOWN HUNGARIAN, whose
brother declares that he was drowned.
Van Buren and Timony's brick yards
On the Hudson, just below Dutchess juno
ton, are mile distant from the site of
the lower reservoir Without warning the
flood reached them through the ravine
and made terrible havoc. Buildings were
torn in pieces and their occupants car
riod away in the raging food.
The reservoir - of oval shape, about five
hundred feet long and three hundred feet
vide and thirty or thirty-five feet deep.
It Is used as an auxiliary supply to the
regular waterWorks system of Matteawan
and Fishkill landing, from the main
source Of which it is distant about four
miles.
The largest reservoir of this system is a
considerable lake, near North Beacon,
which has massive masonry and is intact
second reservoir, situated much lower
down the mountain, which was built to re-
uuee the pressure into the pipes, is also
unbroken. The two have direct connection
with the Duchess Junction reservoir.
though all three feed into the same pipes.
Supt. Van Elite of the New York Central
Ialroad said to-day that the accident to
tne Centrafs track at Fishkill landing,
caused by the bursting of the Beacon
Mountain reservoirs, involved the washing
out OF 100 feet of railroad.
The body of Mrs. Mary Ferry was re-
covered this afternoon buried in mud ten
feet deep. Thirty-dve men worked all
day In the ruins
Mrs. Conroy, one of the lost, before her
marriage, lived at Johnstown, Pa, where
the great flood occurred several years ago.
one was rescued there by John Conroy,
VINO atterward married her.
There are three of the Tlmony brick
Saros. Two Of them are badly damaged
me north one, managed by Frank Tlmony
1I' Is total loss. The flood swept di-
10y over II, carrying away everything
@ oll '1e sheds. Bnckmaking plants. wag-
.ao, UaS, caIts' etc, were swept across the rail-
'oaa track into the river
~ tne northern yard were sixty arches
- green brick 5000 in each arch. The
@ @%a'er soItened these and let the whole
I,g@ U@A N a mass Of clay. A twelve-arch
.," was burning. The flood put out the
.T ,S.l ana practically ruined the brick.
+He montreal express train arrived at
- scene about three minutes after the
sle'leut sor,g ana was tagged, through the ef-
lnonys yard. eiiipi"se Oh IL
,srl ny loss TO Frank Timony on his br,cl,
- 1llu dwelling is $4,000. Hammond S
odiol,t-an' VINO operated a smaller ward
80 5ti'shs ~ his, suffered damage to the ex-
ina 80, l. IV" yards above Murphv's hoard
ravlro use directly in the center OF the
tbirt, was small settlement OF Arabs
= doz., iotty IN number, occupying half
H. s'.., nuts. There is not n Vestiea ''',,r ~
ARABS ios. ,'eht eng now. So far as known. no
,rb1 1oSt their lives - ~
FlnrI,. u.sasler does not affect tbe v,o,o.
~ ,.t ol flshkill Landing ana Mstteet
flor," winch derive an Abundance 49, yea ca
DEACON reservoir. ''' 'ie
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