The Nevada Democrat., 1862-01-21
REMARKABLE INUNDATIONs.

II would be impossible, in newspaper
article, to give even list of all the destruc-
tive inundations that have occurred in Eu-
rome aud other countries, within the historic
period. The following, which we collate
from historical Cyclopedia, are among
the most remarkable:
INA. D. 738, Glasgow was inundated by an
overflow of the Clyde, and more than 4OO iaihl-
lies were drowned.
Tn l1O8. Flanders was inundated by the sea
and the town of Ostend totally immersed. Inc
present city was built above league lroh the
channel where the old one lies submerged.
In I446, there was an awful inundation IN
Holland, occasioned by the failure of the dlkes'
The sea broke in at bort and formed the Auy-
der Zee. In the territory OF Dordrecht, ~
villages were destroyed, and lOOOO persons
were overwhelmed and perished; and more thaIi
100000 perished in Dullart, Fresland' ana
Zealand. In the two last named provinces
unwards of 300 villages were submerged, and
the tops of their towers and steeples were Ior
ages after to be seen rising out Of the water.
In 1883, the Severn overfiowed for ten days,
and carried away men, women, and children n
their beds, and covered the tops OF many noun
tains; the waters settled upon the lands, ana
were called " the great waters for hundred
years after-EHollinshed.
There was another general inundation in
Holland in 1880, caused by the breaking OF the
dikes. More than 100000 persons are SAID to
have perished.
In I7l7, 1900 inhabitants were drowned by
an overflow of the Elbe, and incredible damage
was done at Hamburg.
In September, 1887, 1000 persons lost their
lives in Navarro, by the torrents from the
mountains. ~
BY am overflow of the Danube, in 1871, the
city of Pesth in Hungary, was partially de-
stroyed, and "a villages and their inhabitants
swept away.
By an overflow of the Danube, in September,
1918, a Turkish corps of 1000 men, encamped
on a small island near Widdin, were surprised
and met instant death. In Silesia, the same
wear, G, 900 inhabitants perished, 1900 are sup
posed to have perished in Poland, and the ruin
Of the French army under Macdonald was ac-
celebrated by the floods.
In March, 1916, in Germany, ll9 villages
were laid under water, and great loss of life
and property sustained.
On the 9th of April, 1929, the waters of the
Vistula broke through the dikes at Dantzlc,
sweepine off 1000 houses and their inhabitants.
In February, 1880, incredible damage was
done by an overflow of the Danube. AT Vien-
ma, the dwellings Of $4,000 inhabitants were
laid under water, and many lives lost.
In the latter part of October and first OF No
vember, 1840 an awful inundation occurred in
France. The Saone poured its waters into the
Rhone, broke through its banks, and covered
10000 acres of thickly populated territory.
Lyons was inundated; in Avignon 100 houses
were swept away; 2l8 houses were carried away
at La Guillotiere; and upwards Of 300 at Vaise,
Marseilles, and Nismes. The Saone had not
attained such height for 23S years.
We can 6nd no definite records of the
many dsasterour nundations that have oc-
Cured at different periods in Italy. The
river Po, which rises in the Alps and runs
through northern lily, sometimes rises to
an unprecedented height, submerging the
valley to depth Of twenty and twenty-five
feet, sweeping off cities and villages, and
their inhabitants by the thousand. Many
years ago every house in the town of Two
Ii, on the Tiber, was swept away, except
the old pagan temple of Vesta, which was
built upon rock foundation and of such
solid materials that it withstood the tor
rents.
The inundations of the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers have at different times caused
great destruction of property, but as those
streams rise gradually, the destruction Of
life has not been so great as that caused
by the overflow of some Of the rivers in
Europe.