The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-11 00:00:00

THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE

The Journal de l'lndre et Loire, of Saturday, gives
the following description of Tours on that day :
The Rue Royal presents the appearance of a canal,
and boats are plying on it incessantly,-carrying
relief to the unfortunate inhabitants who either
would not or could not quit their houses. The
Mail is like a torrent, and -all sorts of things
brought down by the Loire and the Cher are
floating about it. The ornamental trees on it
have been torn up. The rail Way station, the
centre of the commercial activity of the
town, is still surrounded with water, as
high as the windows. In the garden of the
Prefecture opposite nothing is to be seen but the
tops of the trees ; the walls of the' garden are
thrown down. The Rues de Paris, de Bordeaux,
and du Rempart, built on the old ramparts of the
city are under water. At every step we take we
see the ravages of the waters, and from the Route
de Grammont we perceive in all their horror the
effects of the catastrophe in the adjacent country.
As far as the eye can reach there is water. The
inundations were not able to surmount the obstaCle
caused by the Route de BordeauX, but they rose
to a great height, and they were strewed with
articles of furniture, clothing, • and woodwork.
The Pont de l'Areheveque threatens to fall
in ; the viaduct of the railway to Nantes, beaten
with great fury by the waters, has been thrown
down. Wherever the eye rests, it sees farms sub-
merged, houses that cannot be inhabited for a long
time to come, even if they can ever be inhabited
again, and on the heights thousands of victims grouped ,
together without shelter and without food. Even the
dark and 'narrow streets of the old city, occupied
by the lower classes, have not escaped. From the
Rue Borgne to the commune of La Riche, from the
Champ de Mars to the Mail, and from the Place
d'Aumont to
.Saint Sauveur, is an immense lake,
reaching in height to the first story of the houses.'
Such is the state of our city after five days of mortal
anxiety and indescribable calamities !
The accounts from Saumur of the ravages com-
mitted by the Loire and the Authion are even
more distressing than those previously received.
The pupils of the cavalry school of that place gave
a fine example of courage and devotedness. They
plunged into the water with their horses, they
saved many invalids and infirm persons- from
certain death, and compelled the inhabitants to
leave their dwellings. The clergy likewise dis-
played considerable energy, and effected much in
combating the strange determination of the people
to remain in their houses. A young curate swam
to a man who was clinging to a tree, and succeeded

in landing him in Safety.
From Lvous we learn that as the waters recede
numerous bodies are discovered, all in a state of
decomposition. Workmen are employed in build•
ing wooden huts on the Place St. Pothin for the
reception of the persons who are without homes.
The dikeetors of the Mediterranean railway have
placed a number of railway carriages at the
disposal of the authorities for the temporary
accommodation of the houseless When the
Emperor came to Lyons he gave I,ooof. to be di-
vided among the engine drivers and other employes
of the train. That sum•has been generously given
by these men to the subscription opened at Lyons
for the sufferers. A lettef from Arles states that
the extent of the country inundated in that neigh-
bourhood is at least twenty leagues. Although
the waters are going gradually down, guns are
Will frequently heard in different parts round, as
signals of distress from the inhabitants of the
inundated houses. Boats are moving about in all
directions to render assistance.'

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TURNOY• ,eived 3 ,itttt
Letters from Constantinople re.'eat fern3tL )1.
on the 7th instant, speak of 3 filio subii:cirio 11
prevailing among the Turks on the '.l,llleit
workmen, employed at Price's Pa'ent. CandleanConipanv, Hata Humaioun. At Podgorizza a lil .(),
THE CRYSTA f, p. s 1111 pal 1,
burnt two Catholic churche ,\rovte sio
kLACR. —Nine hundred i eighty
have signed a memorial Christians ; at Niselti,
hav `
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Palace, ••• praying to the direct ,rs of the Crystal-
Christians, in order to sseng
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them to make
.Saturday shilling continual they meet 1" ' 13611°
nellei. tileillsell:oclittift
as on that day they and the a day ; outrages , . frora
factories get a half holiday. workmen of several other and pillaged' a caravan coining
teen Turks wero killed.