Early one May morning in 1874, in the hills above Williamsburg, Massachusetts, a reservoir dam suddenly burst, sending an avalanche of water down a narrow River valley lined with factories and farms.
In this compelling tale of a man-made disaster peopled with everyday heroes and arrogant scoundrels, Elizabeth Sharpe opens a rare window into.
In just thirty minutes, the Mill River Flood left 139 people dead and 740 homeless -- and a nation wondering how this terrible calamity had happened.
Early one May morning in 1874, in the hills above Williamsburg, Massachusetts, a reservoir dam suddenly burst, sending an avalanche of water down a narrow River valley lined with factories and farms