Remembering the 139 Lives Lost on May 16, 1874

Mill River Flood Victims
Williamsburg, Massachusetts – 57 Lives Lost
Family Groups
Sarah Collyer Bartlett, age 24, mother
Viola Collyer, age 4, daughter
Sarah Snow, age 76, grandmother
William Tilton, age 3, grandson
Johanah Downing, age 54, mother-in-law
Eliza Downing, age 28, mother
Edmund Downing, age 1, son
Mary Brennan, age 62, grandmother
Mary Scully, age 26, mother
John Scully, age 3, son
Mary Scully, age 8 months, daughter
Caroline Chandler, age 39, mother
E. Mary Chandler, age 8, daughter
Alexander Roberts, age 42, father; railroad engineer
Caroline Roberts, age 37, mother
Nettie Roberts, age 2, daughter
Olivet Roberts, age 1, daughter
Mary Ann McGee, age 14, servant
Susan Lamb, age 54, aunt
George Ashley, age 16, nephew
Jeremiah Ward, age 71, brother-in-law; stone mason
Electa Knight, age 80, sister-in-law
Spencer Bartlett, age 74, husband; farmer
Saloma Bartlett, age 55, wife
Lucretia Johnson, age 64, grandmother
Elbridge Johnson, age 38, father; physician
Mary F. Johnson, age 32, mother
Edward Johnson, age 8, son
Mary H. Johnson, age 6, daughter
Charlotte Johnson, age 4, daughter
Family Groups (continued)
Epaphroditus Hubbard, age 56, grandfather; farmer
Emma Wood, age 21, mother
Harold Wood, age 1, son
Elizabeth Kingsley, age 60, grandmother
Annie Kingsley, age 35, mother
Nellie Kingsley, age 3, daughter
Lyman Kingsley, age 1, son
Mary Josephine Adams, age 36, mother
William Adams, age 7, son
Henry Birmingham, age 47, father; superintendent of the wool mill
Laura Birmingham, age 43, mother
Mary Birmingham, age 20, daughter; schoolteacher
Lillie Birmingham, age 16, daughter
Carrie Birmingham, age 7, daughter
Michael Burke, age 61, grandfather; worked at wool mill
Michael Burke, age 9, grandson
Jennie Burke, age 8, granddaughter
Annie Burke, age 5, granddaughter
Frank Murray, age 53, husband; worked at wool mill
Mary Murray, age 53, wife; worked at wool mill
Individuals
- William H. Adams, age 51, miller
- James Stephens, age 49, worked at wool mill
- John Atkinson, age 48, worked at wool mill
- Frederick Burr, age 34, fireman
- Theodore Hitchcock, age 34, miller
- Mary Carter, age 23
- Archie Lancour, age 21, worked at wool mill
Skinnerville, Massachusetts – 4 Lives Lost
Family Groups
Eli Bryant, age 77, grandfather
Joseph Hayden, Jr., age 5, grandson
Individuals
- Christina Hills, age 46, daughter of John Kaplinger of Haydenville
- Sarah Hillman, age 42, wife of Jerome Hillman, who was awarded a medal for his heroism
Haydenville, Massachusetts – 27 Lives Lost
Family Groups
George Thayer, age 5, brother
Freddie Thayer, age 1, brother
Agnes Miller, age 10, sister
George Miller, age 8, brother
William Miller, age 1, brother
Mary Kiely, age 59, wife
Stephen Kiely, age 57, husband
Rosa Bissonette, age 22, mother
Joseph Bissonette, age 9 days, son
Theresa Pouzee, age 45, mother
Isabelle Pouzee, age 22, daughter
Ilocrain Pouzee, age 14, son
Nayerene Pouzee, age 11, daughter
Margaret Wilson, age 49, mother
Matilda Wilson, age 10, daughter
Rosa Wilson, age 7, daughter
Margaret Wilson, age 5, daughter
Individuals
John Kaplinger, age 73, father of Christina Hills of Skinnerville; shoemaker
Edmund Mockler, age 55
Margaret Lablone, age 54
Mary Hogan, age 50
Mary Macy, age 50
Mary Norris, age 50
Theresa Tafor, age 45
Johanah Williams, age 22
Francis Brodeur, age 20
Georgianna Nafroyze, age 14
Leeds, Massachusetts – 51 Lives Lost
Family Groups
Meline F. Braulette, age 38, mother
Isaac Braulette, age 19, son
Osina Braulette, age 16, daughter
Louis Napoleon Braulette, age 15, son
Victor Braulette, age 1, son
George Clancy, age 3, brother
Clara Clancy, age 1, sister
Jane Cogan, age 42, mother
Annie Cogan, age 23, daughter
Grace Cogan, age 20, daughter
Ellen Fennessey, age 80, grandmother
Andrew Fennessey, age 49, father
Ellen Fennessey, age 39, mother
Nellie F. Fennessey, age 10, daughter
John Fennessey, age 6, son
Katie Fennessey, age 3, daughter
Elizabeth Fennessey, age 36, Andrew’s sister
Mary Patrick, age 56, mother
Charles Patrick, age 24, son
Mary Patrick, age 23, daughter
Julia Patrick, age 17, daughter
Ellen Dunlea, age 72, grandmother
Jane Fitzgerald, age 38, mother
Charles Fitzgerald, age 20, son
Thomas Fitzgerald, age 10, son
Anna Fitzgerald, age 7, daughter
Lottie Fitzgerald, age 4, daughter
Bertha Fitzgerald, age 1, daughter
Carrie Bonney, age 16
Sarah Jane Ryan, age 21, sister and mother
Charles Ryan, age 4, son
Family Groups (continued)
Hannah Hannan, age 28, mother
Bridget Hannan, age 7, daughter
Edward Hannan, age 4, son
John Hannan, age 2, son
Michael Hannan, age 5 months, son
Individuals
Amos Dunning, age 78
Mrs. Hurley, age 63
Alexander Laney, age 40, button mill
T.F. Vaughan, age 40, silk factory boardinghouse manager
Ralph Isham, age 40, button mill bookkeeper
Sarah Shaughnessy, age 38, button mill
Patrick O’Neille, age 35
Samuel Davies, age 30, button mill
Mary Bagley, age 29
Mary Woodward, age 20, silk factory worker
Eveline Sherwood, age 18
Arthur Sharpe, age 17, button mill
Eliza Carpenter, age 16
Mary Rouse, age 12
Terence Dundan, age 10