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A
FULL AND GRAPHIC ACCOUNT
OF THE
TERRIBLE
MILL RIVER DISASTER,
CAUSED BY THE
BREAKING OF A RESERVOIR
IN
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS.
MAY 16, 1874.

with full details of the
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY AT WILLIAMSBURG,
SKINNERVILLE, HAYDENVILLE AND LEEDS.

 

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.:
Weaver, Shipman and Company, Printers
1874

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This booklet about the Mill River flood was published within three weeks of the disaster and drew heavily from the Springfield Republican's articles. Accessible and affordable, "instant books" like these were frequently published after disasters and sold widely to a public eager to absorb tales of valor and despair. When the Mill River flood occurred on May 16, 1874, it was the deadliest dam failure in the U.S. A total of 139 persons died when the Williamsburg, Massachusetts, reservoir dam broke, sending a floodwave to devastate a valley lined with factories, farms, and homes.

 

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"A Full and Graphic Account of the Terrible Mill River Disaster, caused by the Breaking of a Reservoir in Hampshire County"

printer   Weaver, Shipman, & Company
creator   Springfield Republican
date   1874
location   Springfield, Massachusetts
height   9.0"
width   5.75"
process/materials   printed paper, ink
item type   Books/Booklet
accession #   #L05.003


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