The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-15
Waters Of a Reservoir Break Out and
Spread Death and Ruin.
SEVEN VICTIMS KNOWN 70 Be DEAD
Five N0dica Rccovorcd-EI0ouR flushed
IhrouGli tho Valley Sweeping
everything Before It-ltnllrOua
washed Out nnd Train sInsscd
N0Wh In TinAo to Avoid II Disaster.
Poughkcepsic, N. y. Julv J.. 1so7


XIII. burst their walls at O'Clock this
morning and the water that was; rclcas-
ed swept through the Dutclcss valley
causing ruin ana death
Five bodies have been taken from The
wreckage left IN the wake OF the flood
amt thcre are known to be two and prob
iEDlE three moro lying somewhere be-
meath the piled up dch,is, which is all
mat remains OF three houses that were
swept away by the mighty torrent
The names of those who osc bodies have
been recovered. as officially given out
by Coroner II. B. Bcvier, Of Mntteawan
tonight are:
Mrs. John Conroy aged &c, wife Of the
engineer In Timoy'S brick yard her
body was badly bruised by contact
with trees md wreckage and was cover
ell with mud.
Mrs. Mary Perry, aged rs years, n
widow: her body was in The worst corr,
dition OF all the victims. being covered
with mud and bruises
w llinm Ferry. nTcd 9 years. son OF
Mrs. Ferry; the body was in good con
dition except for bruises about the head.
John Sruka, a Hungarian. 26 years Old
Philamena Dclaku, an italian girl six
years old The body was mutiluted
The missing are:
John Conroy, aged 2 years, a son OF
Engineer COnroy
Juia Conrny, aged years, daughter
OF Eng inecr Conroy
an Unknown Hungarian, whose broth
er declares that lie was drowned
Van Buren, and 1'imOny's brick yards
on the Hudson, is just below Du;chcss
1nnction. ana a mile distant from the
! site of the lower reservoir Without
warming the flood reached them through
! the raVine and made terrible havoc
buildings were torn in pieces and their
| occupants oarried away In tho ra,jnr
flood
Ihc reservoir Is OF oval shape about
500 feet long and 300 feet wide. ana 20 or
80 feet deep IT Is used AIS an auxiliary
suDpy TO the regular water works sys-
tenn or Mattcawan and FishSill Landing
from the main source uf which it is dis
tnnt about four miles The largest
reservoir OF this system Is n consider
able lake near North Beacon which has
| massive masonry and is intact a sec
ond reservoir, situated much lower down
the mountain. which was built to re-
d'lce the pressure into the pipes. is al-
| so unbrokcn. These two have direct
connection with the Duchess Junction
| reservoir, though all three feed into the
same pipes.
Superintendent Van Elton, OF the New
| York Central railroad, said to-day that
thn accident to the C!cntral.; tracks at
or the Beacon Mountain RESERVOIR in
volved the washing out OF 200 feet of
road bed.
The body OF ATrz. Mary Ferry was re-
covered this afternoon, dug from mud
and debris ten feet deep Thir:y-Iive
men worked all day in the ruins.
Mrs. Conroy, one Of The lost, before
her marriage lived at Johnstown, Pa,
where the great food occurred several
years ago. She was rescued there by
.snhn Conrov, who afterward married
her.
There are three OF the Timony brick
yards. Two OF them are badly dam
aged. The North one managed by
| Frank 1imony. Jr., lis n total loss The
| flood swept directly over 1t. carrying
away everything but the sheds Brick
| making plants. wagons. carts, etc, werc
| sweptEacross the railroad track into the.
river.
AT the northern yard were sixty arches
Of green" brick, $4,000 in each arch
water softcned these, and lc; the whole
down In mass or clay. a twclvc-arch
| kiln was burning. The flood put out the
| fire. and practically ruined the brick.
| The Montreal EXPRESS train arrived ut
| the scene about three minutes a"cr The
| accident, and was tagged. through the
| efforts OF NJ. II. Reilly, an employee of
| 1mony's.
boarding house Keeper Murphy lost
| about 1000 In cash that had been given
| him by laborcrs for safe Keeping Nu-
| mer0us watches were lost and several
| hundred dollars by other brick yarders
| Fifteen or twenty Of the laborers have
no clothing. but that In which they cs-
| capped
Timony's yard has q capacity Of "a
| 000,dif brick Il year, and employed eco
men.