Devastating Goshen Reservoir Breach Hits Massachusetts Towns
A massive dam failure on May 16 unleashed a floods across Williamsburg Haydenville Leeds Florence and Northampton in Massachusetts. The disaster, caused by the Goshen reservoir dam breaking, swept away mills factories and homes leaving an estimated 140 to 150 dead and up to 200 feared missing. Rescue crews labored through wreckage as survivors recounted the terrifying surge and its toll on families and communities.
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Pachusetts
Williamsburg
Haydenville
Leets
Hampshire County
Mass
Springfield
Goshen
Leeds
Florence
Northampton
Mill River
Connecticut River
Conway
Conway Branch
Skinnerville
Snydénville
Bank
Williamsboro
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Haylenville
Mr. Skinner
Goshen Hills
Sprineyszip
Thone
Niagara River
E. N. Johnson
Four Generations Lost in Leeds Flood Tragedy
The Leeds flood claim tells of Mrs Dunlea aged around eighty, her daughter Mrs Fitzgerald aged forty five, Mrs Fitzgeralds son twenty one, four young children of the family, and John Clancys two little grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mrs Clancy had died a year earlier of consumption, leaving Clancy bereft of his entire family. The report notes the astonishing toll on a single lineage and marks the flood as a remarkable, heartrending calamity.
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Nontmamrron
Mars
Leeds
Dunlea
Robert Itzgerald
Clancy
Alligators Attack While Swimmers Struggle for Escape
A narrator describes swimming with a dog when two alligators loom nearby. As fear rises, the speaker assesses danger and recalls mythic dread. The scene depicts a life threatening moment with the dog, the water, and the predatory jaws closing in.
Connecticut Democrats Pick Eaton for U S Senate
The Connecticut Democratic caucus chose William W. Eaton as their U S Senate nominee over William A. Barnum. Eaton won 91 votes to 46, with Gov. Buckingham expected to be his predecessor in the seat. The piece argues the new party effort is a Democratic ploy and predicts broader GOP losses if Eaton’s win signals a party realignment.
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Connecticut
United States Senate
William W. Eaton
William A. Barnum
Gov
Inperson
Barnum
Eaton
Buckingham
Swith
Andrew
Yates
Morton
Curtin
Tate
South
Bill” Eaton
United States
Illinoia
Republican Party
Chicago Journal
Alligator Attack Recalled in Atlantic Monthly Tale
A narrator recalls a terrifying encounter with monstrous alligators in a vivid excerpt from the Atlantic Monthly May issue. The scene describes torn bodies, eighty teeth, glowering eyes, a serrated spine, and a late-delivered escape as another alligator surfaces near the oak limb amid bubbles and danger.
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Dragon
Medical value of asparagus and celery in rheumatism
A medical correspondent argues asparagus and celery aid rheumatism and gout, with early cures and relief in chronic cases when acids are avoided. Jerusalem artichoke and sea-edge plants’ iodine may help, but overdose risks eye damage. Patent nostrums often merely iodine. caution urged, seek physician guidance.
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Jerusalem
Porney
Absurd Anecdotes and Quips Spark Weekend Wit
A jumble of humorous vignettes, quips, and scraps from a 19th century humor column. The item riffs on Shakespeare, aging, marriage, snuff, a London minister, a Detroit dog incident, financial musings, and a Royal scandal with crimping-irons. Familiar figures pop up in satirical lines about life, love, and manners.
Richmond heroine guides escaped Union prisoners to safety
In a Civil War era report a loyal Richmond resident aided four condemned prisoners by signaling escape and guiding them through brambles to the Union lines the dawn after their plan was uncovered. Her husband remained behind and the fate of the other escapees is described as unknown. Also noted is a Fall River verdict of $15000 against Weeks and Potter for supplying aconite mistaken for picara, nearly poisoning Margaret Black.
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Ledmay Quigley
Mr. Quigley
Birmingham
Henry Birmingham
Tillie
Carrie
Williamsburg
Lary
Northampton
Lillie
Mr. Birmingham
James
George Roberts
Alexander Roberts
New Haven & Northampton
James Forsythe
Treasury Department
Washington
Richmond
Libby
Tolhom
Union Line
Supreme, Court of
Taunton Maxs
Margaret Black
Fall River
Andrew
Weeks
Potter
Boston
D& Potter
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Russian Empire
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