The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-03
The ar,n, Inuod.,,ou In Germsny.


The terrible inundatops in Germany still con-
| tinued az the last accounts From Balm, Feb.
18th. We learn that the great dyke Of tho Elpo
at Niogripp is brokon and the whole mass OF tho
water has been precipitated upon the Berlin,
| Ictsdam aud MagioOurg railroad, ana hSi COM
| plotely oserthruws the dyks AZ B4dA Con.
/ muhicatiOn had been cut " ever tr psiesti
ans, without any pruspect ot speedy restoration.
The MEUsE journal Informs IA that tho
| ters which have deaolAtod Liega, and is neigh
bofhood are slosly subsidiug, hut sill cover =
large portion Of the valley between Namur ana
Maestricht in the low countries. A they res ode
they leave a heavy deposit of mud. An i'm
menss number Of enclosed gounds have boou
rsvagod, and trees torn up by the roots by tho
flo IS
The Neckar az Canns,stt hal risen Il feet
the Nagod az CalN, the MUIR at b,ckuang,
and he Rems Al Schorn'urf hal ovsrfo Ssl
their hanks. At Hall the Kochor Inundated
the town tp such an oStant that tho now Market
square was uavigatod 10y bosts, aud ,o,fc' Of
pcOIls had to- e.r,pe by these ilum tbs g. IHd
storV e thcit dNe,rngs.
A. THOR at irglont worthy 90 remark has
signal Jel tho juol. Durns the Nt.arnp,n
crowds Ot pe pie were avail >, thomselves Of he
fine weather to tlksl look at tho NUsullo which.
for days ist, hal been traling torrent, when
a little hoV, six etfs OIL. the son ut marker
named VII 81 p Nagler, fell into the river tro n
the quay, directly IA front ot the 4 i,tom House
nOlillnk n CIV OF iaTfNr iTDm tue Anat fAtufA
br,ught 10 tho scene Head Inspector RNemsr,
Who at glance saw tho child rising TO the
surface Of tlc water and instantly plunged after
him, and succeeded in graspiug him Idor one
arm, and thus oncumhsrod was the nsN mo
ment beheid struggling for hts own lilo against
| tho boiling current. Roemers wife, who had
also rushed TO the spot from her dwelling close
by, was also an agsni1od witness Of this scene
ia which her husband was battling for two lives
and almost against hope, too. ss tho force and
| rapidity OF the tiOol werc plainly too much for
| him. By this time a boat hAd arrived and a
| rope was flung 10 tina drow ming pair. Rat Roe
mer, too much exhausted bv tho cold and the
/ power ot the current, could not grasp IT, ami
| already hal no sunk for tho second tims, when
the crew OF another boat finally succeeded in
| illnRing line in such a manner as 20 pass un.
/ der his shou ders. Thi, he was unahloi 10 cling
! 10, and IN a few moments was dragged ashore 10
his weeping wifo ami chillron, whilo tho little
I boy he had 80 noby saved WAS ros torod to his
delighted parents.
At Trior, tho Hood al ono time rcachoi thu
hoight oi X foot, but ws falling Tho Sur at
| Saarlous, got As high as - feet. but on tho
ith ult. coal hargos were passing down tho
valley OF the Mosello ifom that tiyor. Along
the adjacent railroads. dams hal burst and
banks had fallen in, and tho tributary noun
tain streams hal swept OIL thor side paths aud
foot-Dndges. The nsighbonnR mills wore stop
pod for some two weeks.
Magdeburg accounts state that tho dam at
Guebs had given way, thus completely is)la-
ting the village, which is in doep valley and
OK posod TO Hoods in two directions. Ino cat,lu
which were tended there, in large numbers,
were in danger of being totally lost. The
railroad bridge on the Magedburgh side
Of Burg was damaged in two places 30
badly that tho ten o'clock train from
berlin had TO return on tho 9Th ult as had tho
Msgdeburgh trains going the other way. The
mails were brought round by way of Sommern.
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