The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-14
FATAL FLOOD.
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The loss of life at Timonoy's brickyard
Duchess Junction by the flood this morn
ing is now thought to have been seven.
There were about thirty laborers in the
boarding houses that were swept away.
All escaped but the seven. One man had
an arm broken and others suffered minor
injuries.
Two Floods
r There wero two floods The first was
not disastrous, but alarmed the inhabi-
tants most of whom left their houses. "A
shCrt time later the second dam burst,
po ing the flood down the mountain
carrying with il q great mass OF debris,
parts of buildings. etc.
This struck the building in the rear OF
1imoney's brickyard One was board
ing house conducted by Patrick Murphy.
This building contained five families;
Mr.. and Mrs. Con Murphy and five
children; Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy
and four boys; John Conroy, wife and
two children; an Italian family, man,
wife and child named Loureyi and Mrs.
Ann Ferry. widow and her youngs son.
None of tho Murphys were lost.
Wife and Children Perished.
The wife and two children Of John Con-
roy perished. The Italian child died and
Mrs. Ferry and her child, Willie. We're
also lOst. n subrt ulsthNct lfbin tio huI-
Dhy boarding house was n building occu-
pied by about 20 laborers, mostly Slavs,
with "a few Italians one of the Italians,
named John Zuica, was killed. An Hun
garian whose name is unknown is miss
ing His remains are probably In the
ruins
Bodies Fou nd.
OF those who perished these have been
found: Mrs. Mary Conroy, wife OF the
engineer of Timoney's brickyaId; John
Zuica Willie Ferry and the Italian child
Ielena Lourey. The remaining bodies
have not been found.
Workmen are now digging for them in
the debris. which extends for a distance of
a thousand feet on the tracks OF the Hud-
son River Railroad.
John Conroy. the engineer, whose arm
was broken, was daZed by his losses and
Injuries and was unable 90 say much
about the disaster. He directed inquir les
to Henry MEG urgan and Michael Clark,
two brickyard hands who had been I'D
the destroyed buildings
Jumped From Windows,
They and several other men were in
the structure when it started from its
foundations. Several Of the men escaped
by jumping from the windows as the
building was carried along by the flood.
Clark remained In the floating structure
until 10 struck one of the brick yard shan
ties which was moved from its founda-
tion by the collision. When the current
had swept the shanty near the shore he
jumped on the bank and ESCAPED un-
harmed. McGurgan in attempting to
reach the bank fell under the building,
which passed over him. He clung to
roots of treos that had been uncovered by
the torrent, climbed up the bank To place
Of safety. His back was severely injured.
X,tfau nd hi. l,saf lAu A. ti,,Fx rbs,h haI
left their building after the FIRST big
water" as they called IL, came down, re-
turned To the building To save some of
their effects. Martin Xuioa hearing the
roar of the advancing waters of tho
second flood called TO his brother and
started for high ground. His brother,
however, disregaided the warming did not
follow him, and porished.
Con Murphy, "a brother of tho engineer
says he slept until 80 when he was
aroused by the people in the house who
warned him OF the approaching flood.
He came out and found most Of the people
of the house on the stoop The water was
then about four feet deep. The first
wave, Murphy says, swept the stOop
away The second carried the house
down stream, piling up mass of
wreckage.
Trees Torn Up
In the debris there are trees that had
been torn out by the roots, timbers and
roofs of houses, bedding, dead pigs swept
away with their pens. etc.
In the side of the mountain was a great
fuTrow which had been scooped out by
the iioCd as 10 came down tho bed of the
brook, The stream was 90 TO 200 feet
wide and had bought down with it great
boulders trees. timbers and other wreck
age. The railroad track had boon covered
le,- .,,I Ia, 1ttf Iah
been swept away as az first reported,
Half mile up the mountain from the
scene of the disaster was Cascade bridge.
It originally covered a gap ten or fifteen
feet wide. The torrent swept the bridge
away and enlarged the gap to width Of
20 feet and cut huge waterways In the
earth and rocks. A few rods above Cas-
uade bridge was a second bridge which
was also torn away. Near this second
bridge is an almost perpendicular fall
fifty feet high made by the flood
Nothing was left of the Murphy board
Ing bouse except PARTON OF the brick
foundation. The building itself was
ground into fragments A swift rushing
stream dozen feet wide was az noon
today rushing over the sites of the houses
that had been carried away.
The lo1y Of Willie Ferry was the first
ono recovered from tho mass of debris.
Som afterwards the body of Mrs. Conroy
was found. The hair was matted with
mud aud she was bruised about the face
On tho line Of the flood was large
stable, containing many horses that were
employed In tho brickyards Ii was
movoi from it's foundations ana carried
80 feet down the stream with compare.
lively little damage The animals wore
not injured.
Murpby's house was brisk structure.
Tho other two were frame.
Xuica leaves "A wife.
All work at tho Duchess Junction
brickyards is suspended.
At noon the railway trauk was clear
trains which had been stalled began to
move GIoat crowds Of people from the
nolgnblriuR villages are at tho spot watch
Ing the operations Of tho men.