Nine days after the Mill River flood of 1874 in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, newspapers such as the Greenfield Gazette & Courier continued their coverage of the disaster by detailing the property losses and the costs of rebuilding. The day after the disaster, residents petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature for funds to rebuild roads and bridges and asked local millowners to rebuild, which most did. The flood was a result of a reservoir dam failure and it caused the destruction of lives, factories, and farms. It was the most deadly dam failure on record in the U.S., killing 139 people.
Greenfield Gazette and Courier. “Reservoir Disaster.” May 25, 1874. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l05-008/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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