The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-27


ger. At O'Clock in the afternoon o. Tuesday, the
waters suddenly subsidized by from twenty five cen
tmores TO thirty centimetres but this was caused ny
tie dyke having given way at Montlivau AT st. Ger
yhis and Chnrirains also barrages The
mass OF waters thus let loose not only inundated those
villages and the adjacent districts but invaded the Eau
bourg dc vcnne In all these disasters perished
but The damage done was immense especially at st. Ger
yais.
AT Amboisc the disasters were very great The rail
way has suffered greatly entertainments have been
thrown down for distance: rails have been
torn up and the goods station have been thrown down.
The lower parts oi the town have been much da macd
letter from Tours gives the following description Of
the appearance al that city
The Rue Royac presents the appearance OF canal and
boats are plying on il necessarily carrying relief 10 the
unfortunate inhabitants who either would not could
not quit their houses The Mail Is like torrent, and all
sorts OF things brought down by the Loire aud the Cher
floating about it, The ornamental trees 1t have
been up. The railway station, the centre OF the
commercial activity of the town, is still surrounded with
water as gn as ,G mnaows IN ne garden or, o. .he RE
trees; the walls Of the garden thrown down. Tho
Rue de Paris dc Bordeaux and du Rempart built the
old marts Of the city, are under water AT every stop
take the ravagcs OF the waters and from tho
Route dc Grammont we perceive in all their horror the
Effects Of the catastrophe in the adjacent country. As M
the eye reach there is water-nothing but watcf
The nundations were not able to surmount the OBJ
rose to a great height, and they strcwcd with
articles Of furniture, clothing and woodwork. The
ont de fArchevsque threatens to fall IN; the
ury by the waters, has been thrown down. Wherever
the eye rests farms submerged houses that
can ever be Inhabited again and the heights thou.
sands 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 Ia Richie; from
Place daumont to saint sanyemr IS an immense lake.
reaching height to the first story Of the houses Su
is the state Of our city after five days OF mortal anxiety
7th read-"The fall of the waters had commenced,
and is proceeding slowly, in the streets which run into
the Nail but in the Mail rapid current still exists The
side OF the city has suffered well the east.
Three fourths Of the Rues de la Grandere and Chanonelu
have invaded but day only the lower part the
streets is submerged. All the Rues Saint Eloi
and DIES Rccollects were under water, but only
portions remain So The infantry barracks are still sur
vlcperdue and part Of that of La Richie submerged,
but the waters flowed from the Rue des Acacas into the
Rue tes Oscaux. All these districts present terrible
of desoaton the waters have torn the paving
stones and stl remain III the ground floors and court
yards OF houses. The nundaons have interrupted
communications between this city and colnmunes OF the
department 1t is consequently impossible to obtain in
has asccraned these actThe dykes Of the Loire gave
way St. Mars la Pile, between In Varcnne and In Dau
dere to extent of about hundred yards and at
Amboise in the same place in 1886 In this town the
in places high the first story of
the houses, but lives lost. The bridge and all
the village of Svonnieres have been carried away but
Is not stated that any persisted. At Breheont the
country is inundated and one old woman who obstinate
" refused to leave her residence has been drowned All
the inhabitants of Ia Chapee-aux Naux which is inn-
listed, have succeeded in obtaining refuge at Lg
nercs The OF la Richie is inundated and
The accounts from Saumur OF the ravages committed
by the Loire and the Authon distressing
than those previously received The pupils of the cavalry
school Of that place gave tine example Of courage and
deyotedness They plunged into the. waters with their
horses, they saved many invalds and inirm persons
from certain DEATH and compelled the Inhabitants to
leave their dwellings The clergy likewise displayed con-
siderable energy and effected much in combating the
strange determination Of the people to remain IN their
houses. A young curate swan to man who cling
ing to tree and succeeded in landing him in safety
Considerable sums OF money had been collected in the
dcpa
by the Project the victims Of the foundations. In that
department the disasters are however, great than in
others, and deaths have Dad to be depored. Workmen
actively engaged in repairing the railroad and dykes
curious phenomenon in tho annals of photography has
just taken place in the eauce district (Eure lOirc)
rayne called the Couarde, which is transformed into
rvuet only about once every ten years this year attained
leans srrea over the plateau which slopes towards tho
department of the Eure Loire ran of in absolute tor
rents. ard that circumstance explains how certain high
grounds which usually without water springs,
inundated in the late visitation These torrents in their
turn swcled the Couade to an immcnse height But the
most curious fact connected with this sudden filling Of the
Couade is that the fish abundant III it in the
Loire the Loirct This phenomenon may perhaps, be
explained by the rising OF the in the ishponds of
different chatcaux the food gates of which obliged
be opened and thus let tho fnny inhabitants escape
The LYONS journals state THAI the Rhonc and Sa0ne con-
niue TO fall, and that the waters gradually running
from the inundated quarters. The Gniotere properly
called, has suffered comparatively less than in other
inundated quarters but still the injury sustained there Is
Considerable several houses having filen and others
eirg 80 much injured that the inhabitants obliged to
GbanGOn them. As the Warers retire numerous bodies
ere discovered all in a state Of decomposition Workmen
employed in building wooden huts on the Place ST.
othn for the reception OF the persons who are without
homes The directors Of the Mediterranean Railway have
placed number OF railway carriages at the disposal Of
the authorities for the temporary accommodation OF tho
Eousoess. When tho Emperor came to Lyons he gave
OOCf be divided among the engine drivers and other
employs Of the train. That sum has been generously
given by those men to the subscription opened at Lyons
for the sufferers letter from Aries states that the
Of the country inundated in that neshborhood Is at
least twenty leagues. Although the waters are going
hnnrA in
ent parts around signals of distress from the nlnbi
cf the inundated houses Boats are moving about
in al! direction TO render assistance.
THH RncNE.-Thc foundations which have just caused
such extensive caamtcs in the departments Of the south
naturally direct attention to the questions connected with
the h, biography OF Of the great Of France
Tie Eone which stands in the first rank rises in swift
zcrand tho foot of Mont Furca in the canton of the
vaais the whole Of which it traverses. has it, rise
nom three different springs and forms for itself very
irregular bed among rocks and innumerabc glaciers II
afterwards falls over an immense precpice near the
Charel st. Nicholas the small plain Of Oberwai,
where it receives several tributary streams. From its
source far as Martgny town situated at the com
mencemct Of the Great 81. Bernard road, and which
was entirely destroyed by the terrible nundaton
isis the Ehone follows q southwestern course Alta
short distance from Martgny II suddenly turns to the
northwest and after pass ing through narrow gorge
throws itself by two branches into the Lake OF Geneva
and at abot l1ncs further on enters the French terri
tory the Fort Ecuse and forms the frontier be-
tween France and Savoy. The river in ordinary times
is no, than II feet wide at Obcrwaid Above the
lake Geneva il is $50 yards wide On leaving the lake.
and ts confluence with the Arve. il Is SO yards wide;
and entering France IT'S yards From its source to the
Fort lie rFcuse its fall is 49G yards The Rhone,
alder quitting Switzerland, runs towards Lyons, and on
passing through the lake Of Geneva, hemmed in on its
right bank below Ccysarien, by the slopes Of the
ura the left bank far it, confluence with the
Ucles by the Montsgnes yaehes in Savoy Between
l'Fc,u-c and Gcniasea it through narrow dehc
shout IL miles in length. After Gensscat, the mountains
retire frcm tho banks Of the river until near Vennc
where they again approach IL, and continue until It's
con with the Ardecbe the right, and the Du
on the lett After this the banks become lower
The honc falls into the Mediterranean after total
q SIS kilometres about 515 mics) 1t Is navgable for
about 3l5 miles Its principal tributaries on the right
bank arc The Ain the acnc the Ardeche, the Cezc and
the Card and the lett the Guier, the Iserc and the
nurance The 0one, OF the largest rivers in France
rises il the department Of the Vosges in the arondsse
OF Mifecouit 1t tfaverses the departments Of the
Hauto the Cote Or, and So6ne eIOre, separates
those Of the Rhonc and An and falls into the Rhone at
Iyor- after Of about $50 miles AS far az its
confidence with the Hgnon II runs through narrow val
ley becomes navgable below Gray and at about this
POINT the situation OF the country changes; the valley
w!ens its left bank. while on the night Is -kirtcd by