New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-18

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bali dressed, by wsdng through the water, leaving
all their property al the mercy If the food Msnv
were compelled to remain in their houses and wal:
until assistance could be brought to them. The en-
baDkmeD thrown up TO the north the Brot,eaur pro
teced the chemiD de roDae In that direction bu, ,t
further 10 the east the water broke furousy through
breach into the part called Ia Petite California b-6inI
the Pre- aux Clercs; and through the Rue Ms.sens
the wsier rushed like cataract. The establishment
of the Petites SGurs dee Psuvres inundated AMI
il was ourd necessary to remove all liz inmates 10 the
Hotel.Dieu in wagons. The directors Of the msison
du Saint EnfantJesus brought AL their children one
by one on their backs, and the sick were laid OH
nat,resses and placed RATS hastily made for tho
purpose, and thus carried to place of safety At
eveiy moment boats and omnibuses might be seen
setting down their eigbts at the Hotel de Vile and ia
the Cours Morand which remained clear OF the water
ard where an immf nse number Of persons passed the
remainder of the night. Some Of them had been abe
TO save few clothes, but most of them had only what
they stood in, and those we're drenched WITH water.
Cries and oans heard IN every direction,
women seeking their husbands and their children,
and the children calling for their mothers. Horses
COVE, and sheep were also seen prowling about and
utteiing cries OF hunger and alarm. IL appears
in p s,be to form ally correct idea of what accidents
have taken place, Il be correctly sscetaned
III til the water shall have subsded and circulation
be once more free. At the Brotteaux several houses
were washed down before the inhsbtans could be got
out. At Charpennes, man, his wife and their chld
were buried beneath the ruins of their house. A boas,
with several persons who had been saved from house
upset and ali were drowned. The Rhone is constantly
bringing down furniture, cattle, and sheep. Many
small houses built OF framework and brick, have been
washed away bodily from their foundations at tho
Brotteaux and are seen floating about with the cur
rent The Grand Rue de In Guillotiere has the ap-
pearance of regular river. The high bank used as
the Polyyone at the Grand Camp has entirely disap
reared. Three of the RhOne steamers broke from
their moorings and were driven down TIE river The
current fortunately carried them into the river 0al-
linz where they were brought TO by letting go their
anchors. The circulation on the Mediterranean Rail
way has been retsablished. The above details rels'e
almost entirely to the Rhone The Saone mas also
risen but up the present time its progress has been
tnflipg compared with that of the other river. Ac-
counts from Vaence state that although the rise Of
the Rhone has not completely stopped, II does not
advance as rapidly as befo,e. The qusys and tho
low parts Of the town are completely inundated,
and in many of the streets leading to the quays the
water on the ground floor is six feet deep. All the
PLANE des Oranges presents the appearance OF an
immense lake. The river is constantly seen bringing
down trees which have been torn up by the roots cat
tie furniture, and quantity of other articles Three
large barges, aden with coal which were moored 10
the quay at Valence, were washed away by the
rapoity of the current and all of them sank at some
distance down the river. One N an was drowned. At
La Pailasse, the Veoure has broken over its banks,
and caused considerable mischief The towns OF Tam
and Tournon are completely under water nom the
overlooking of the Rhone, aud Montelemart threat
e Mt with a similar fate The small River Morgon,
which passes through Viefranche and aerward tails
into the SaOLe, has become complete torrent, aod
having rren above the arches Of the bridge, which et
stands Arm, has overlooked the banks, aud many Of
the houses have cellars g'ounc floors under water.
The Alier the Doubs, and the Loiret, with all their
tributary streams, continue their upward movement,
and inundste all the surrounding country; but the
Loire, the Garonne, and the Cher have, 1t is hoped,
reached their utmost hight, and in many parts have
begun to fall.