The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-06 00:00:00

I night on the site of the old Chateau of Pierre Scipe,
and cannot be calculated at less than from 1,800
to 2,000 cubic metres. A similar event took place
about 10 years ago. Since that period a great
quantity of this perpendicular mass of rock has
been removed, having been used as materials for
the quays. Apart of the recently constructed for-
tifications has boon damaged by the fall 'of thig
miss, and one of the houses situated on the quay
below was violently shaken by the commotion, and
had several windows broken. No accident, how-
ever, to life or limb was occasioned. •

On the 3d the Saone again rose, but not in a
manner to cause any uneasiness. The fineness of
the weather is a guarantee against the recurrence
of the misfortunes which have lately taken place.
The Rhone, however, continued to fall.
The Chamber of Commerce of Lyonsihas ' given
20,000 fr. to the subscription. The sum would,
doubtless, have been larger, but for the engage-
ments it is under for the building of the Palais du
Commerce. In 1810 it subscribed 15;090fr.
Although the Gier has risen in a most extraordi-
nary manner, no very serious accidents have been
cau?e'l by it, except the injury done to the railway.
At Rive-de-Gier the railway station and some of the
houses have the ground-floors inundated, but the
damare caused has not been very important. At
Andr6zieux the railway station and a number of
houses in the lower part of the place have been
flooded, but not to any great depth.
The which unites the bridge over
the isre m
to bant
ein vial
,N a et. of the railway on the right
et
bank, near Valence,'Thas been broken thrOugh, and
the water rushed like a torrent over the surround-
ing country. A fArnahouso which stood near was
soon flooded up to the first floor. Some persons
put off in two boats to rescue the inhabitants, and
reached the house with considerable difficulty.
They took on board a little child and its nurse,
but, the farmer and his wife obstinately refused
to quit, and all the persons could do was to leve
them one of the boats, that they might leave the
house if the water continued to rise. The bridges
of La Roche do Giun, of Ponzin, and of Theil are
completely surrounded by the water so as to be
inapproachable, but they have stood firm against
the pressure of the torrent. The bridge of Roche-
maure has been completely washed away. Prom
Valence to Viviors all the communications have
been cut off. All the inhabitants of the lower part
of the town of Valence have left their houses.
The villacro of La Palud, on the confines of the
Drome. and of Vaucluse, has been entirely carried
away by the waters of the Rhone. 150 houses have
been thrown down, the furniture and the cattle
which were in the stables and in the fields washed
away by the torrent, and the unfortunate inhabi-
tants only able to save themselves with difficulty
and seek refuge in the neighbouring villages.

Dr. Aragon, of Bourg d'Oisan, in returning from
visiting some patients dto cross over some rocks,
when his foot slipped, and ho fell and was killed on
the spot. His body was found the next day at Livet,
whither it had been washed by the torrent.
In the valley of the Isere, both above and below
Grenoble, from the frontiers of Savoy to the Drome,
large breaches have been made in the dykes, and
the rich and extensive plain of Graisivaudon with
its abundant crops was, as it were, in a moment
transformed into a lake. The dykes at Fonvet,
Crolles, Troges, and Dement) also gave way, and
all the surrounding country was under water. The
school farm of Sir Robert is completely inundated,
and the houses in the village of Font auil are
flooded up to the first floor windows. The situa-
tion of the inhabitants of Valabregues is most de-
plorable. The only part of the place which is not
inundated is the cemetery, and there the people
who have been driven from their homes are congre-
gated under what shelter they can manage to erect
for themselves, and getting a feeble supply of pro-
visions by moans of boats from the neighbouring
places.
Tarascon is principally supplied with bread from
Nismes, where the bakers are constantly at work.
The bread they make is placed under the vestibule
of the Hotel de Ville, and is conveyed away by the,
railway trains, which have
.not yet been compelled
to stop running between Nismes, Arles, and Mar-
seilles. Between Nismes and Avignon the case is
different. In addition to the washing away of a
part of the railway on the side of Barbentane,
which has been already mentioned, there is an-
other and more considerable damage caused near
Avignon. The torrents of the Is6re have com-
pletely destroyed the railway to the extent of up-
wards of two miles and higher up it has also
broken through on different points in the, depFt-
mentz of the Droma and the Ardeche.