The Nevada journal., 1855-06-01
Dreadful foundations i'm Holland.

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Accounts from the provinces Of Cuel-
derland and North Brabant state that in
consequence of the driving ice Of the riv-
ers having fixed itself in various points in
to barr;cades, vast quantity of territory
lies now entirely under water. As many
as seventy villages are submerged. Sine"
1850 such inundations have not been known
in Holland At Arnheim, enormous dams
have been constructed in all haste, to pre-
vent the entire town being Submerged
The Rhenlsh railway will, it is applehcn
ded, become impossible. In the village
Of Veonendaal the water covers the tops
Of the houses, most of which viii be left
undermined and IN ruins. In most places
the water has simply oyerfowed the dams,
which have hitherto resisted the pressure
Of the accumulated waters.
Many cattle have been drowned, but IN
consequence Of he excellent precautions
used in signalising TO the people the mo-
ment of positive danger, comparatively
few of orr fellow creatures have lost their
lives by these iamentable casualties. 4
| tclegraphic message has Just arrived from
Bois -le-Duc, to the effect that one Of tic
dams in the neighbofhood has given way,
and that others are expected to give way;
and tl,at a great part Of the city IS entire
ly under water
Accounts from the Lower and Upper
Rhine, and from the province Of Norh
Brabant, continue to be Of the most dis
tressing description. We hear of houses
undermined and beaten down by the IN
undating waters, while others, more capa-
Die Of resisting their violence, stand With
their roof peering above ne surrounding
food Ir one instance, in ? village near
Dusseldorf, the inhabitants had not the time
to effect their escape before The waters
dashed IN sweeping ali before them. Many
poor creatures were drowned, though not
SO many, happily, as und0r lie eircrm
stances might have been expected. 70
those who escape, the only place Of safety
was in the higher stories Of their dwellings,
and many instances occurred Of people be-
ing obliged to seek safety on the roofs o.
their cottages, whittier no assistance could
be conveyed to them, in consequence Of
| the enormous masses Of ice dashing about
on the surface Of the encroaching waiers
The village Of Yecnendaal has suffered Sc
verely the inhabitants have left Q.
have been driven from-their homes ess
naaSSe, and may be seen bringing with thenl
their children, their iurntnrc, and what
provision they could save, seeking shelter
in the neighboring villages. Even The wa
ter NAV have returned to its channel.
fearful scene Of devastation viii await he
return Of the inha bitants. Che village
must in a manner be rebuilt, reprOvisIon-
ed, and refurnisAed, before its Inhabitants
can occupy it again.
In North Brabant the food is net 81
general, but it has broken down The dykes
50 that the damage caused will prove Of &
fearful character. Several bridges have
been carried away, and the town Of Bois-
Ie-duc is a diminutiyo island amidst
waste Of water and ice. The surrounding
villages are deserted, but when the dykes
are repaired they viii again, foc The most
part, be habitable In one village, how
ever, twenty houses were at once swept
away by the food, and seven Of thelr oc
cupants were drowned. It is IA ye2lsi
ago since Holland was before visited WITH
a similar destructive food The ice, now
ever, is now breaking up very generally, !
so that nc, further stopQages are likely ,oi
occur in the channels; thus we may hope
that We have row seen tue worst Of this
inundation The Maese before hotter
dam has broken up, though net ur3i 9
steamer CT great power haG first forced i
passage through the ice. The Fact was
Immediately telegraphed to the principal
foreign ports, SO that next week We MAJ
expect to sec the usual activity resumed.