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A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.

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Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)

Tributary of the Connecticut River in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

The Mill River is a 13.5-mile-long (21.7 km) tributary of the Connecticut River arising in the western hilltowns of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is notable for dropping in elevation, along with its West Branch, more than 700 feet (210 m) over 15 miles (24 km).
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Massachusetts

U.S. state

Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its…
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