Search Results for: Floods

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	"A History of Williamsburg in Massachusetts" 1946 L05.002 When the Williamsburg, Massachusetts, reservoir dam broke, it flooded a valley lined with factories and farms and killed 139.
	"A Full and Graphic Account of the Terrible Mill River Disaster, caused by the Breaking of a Reservoir in Hampshire County" 1874 L05.003 This booklet about the Mill River flood was published within three weeks of the disaster and drew heavily from the Springfield Republican's articles.
	Page from Amasa Jones diary regarding Mill River Disaster Flood May 16, 1874 L05.004 When the Williamsburg, Massachusetts, reservoir dam broke, it flooded a valley lined with factories and farms and killed 139.
	Page from Josiah Allen diary regarding Mill River Disaster Flood May 17, 1874 L05.005 Josiah Allen, of Deerfield, Massachusetts, heard the news of the Mill River flood in church the next day.
	"The Mill River Disaster" article from the Journal of Industry newspaper Jul 11, 1874 L05.006 The coroner's inquest investigated the cause of the Mill River flood deaths.
	"Terrible Horror" article from the Journal of Industry newspaper May 23, 1874 L05.007 Newspaper coverage of the Mill River flood of 1874 emphasized the horrors of the disaster.
	"Reservoir Disaster" article from the Gazette and Courier newspaper May 25, 1874 L05.008 Nine days after the Mill River flood, newspapers continued their coverage of the disaster by detailing the property losses and the costs of rebuilding.
	"True Heroes" article from scrapbook kept by Celia M. Kimball 1874 L05.009 After the Mill River flood, the stories of Cheney and Graves racing downstream ahead of the floodwave to warn the valley captured the nation's attention.
	South Deerfield article from Gazette and Courier newspaper Jun 18, 1874 L05.010 When the Williamsburg, Massachusetts, reservoir dam broke on May 16, 1874, it flooded a valley lined with factories and farms.
	"Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization" illustrations of Mill River Disaster Flood Jun 6, 1874 L05.011 The Mill River flood of 1874 captured the imagination and sympathy of a nation preoccupied with disasters.

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