Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-30
By Nail.
New York Herald

BY hait.
I New York Herald.l
By the European mail OF the six
! teenth Of July, we have received the
| following details relative to the storms
| and floods already reported, together
with particulars Of severe gales, of rains
and 8 trem enduous hail-storm, all of
! still later date. The hail-storm, which
| has desolated a portion of the territory
| Of Switzerland, was almost unparalleled
! in violence and, probably uDequaled in
| the matter Of the strange atmospheric
! phenomena which heraldedits approach
! and the ruin which it produced in the
( space of a few minutes. The coast Of
/ Ireland was swept by a gale; in Eng
| land the floods had just commenced to
| damage property, anu from far of India
we have news of the prevalence OF the
| monsoon, of heavy rains and an overflow
! ing river. We have already given the
particulars OF the Geneva disaster, ana
! present the following to complete our
! summary:
| HEAVY RAINS IN INDIA.
Bombay Gazette, June l8th.l
The monsoon has burst throughout the
western coast of India and heavy rain
! has fallen. In Bengal and Madras rain
has also fallen, and agricultural pros
poets are generally satisfactory. The AT
took river has been blOckaded up by
! huge stone which has fallen from the
noun tains, and which may cause a seri-
| Gus overflow OF the banks Of that river.
RIVER FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.
Sydney Herald, June lst.l
The latest advices from the scene Of
the river floods report that the Connors
river had risen TO an immense hight,
and the surrounding country has been
f.arfGlly flooded since the last day of
April. Forty buIlOck-teahs are reported
as being submerged, and there has been
al immense loss Of stock of all kinds.
The Dawson river has fallen four feeF.
The FitzrOy remains stationary, at an
immense hight over its ordinary level.
THE DESTRUCTION IN FRANCE.
The M0niteur du CdlUadOS, Of July
9Th, gives the following details of the
flood at Lisieux: An unprecedented
storm broke over the town Of Lisieux
and its suburbs yesterday. For six hours
the rain came down in cataracts, and
the rivers, especially the Orbiquet, soon
became roaring torrents. In the low
lying parts of the town the water rose
from one to three metres, and the ground
floors of the houses were inundated.
The material damage and loss of human
lie are considerable. Twelve bodies
were found in the waters this morning,
and it is feared many more will be dis
covered. At Clos a family of five per-
sons were buried under the ruins of one
of the houses that fell. All the bridges
over the river, except the stone one, have
been swept away. Several houses are
lettering, and troops are stationed to
keep the people alOOf, Lisieux, gener-
ally so gay and lively, now wears an as
pect of desolatiOn, Traffic is stopped in
many quarters by the accumulation Of
debris and the trunks Of trees uprooted
by the flood. Several large firms have
had their whole stock OF merchandise
damaged or destroyed"
THE DISASTER IN NORMANDY.
To the Editor Of the London Standard:
SIR am certain that 1 have no
need to call the attention of your nu-
merous readers, and may say the peo-
pie of the United Kingdom, to the
frightful inundatiOns in the south of
France, but, unfortunately, the terrible
storm that passed over Normandy on
the night Of the seventh instant has not
occupied the world as it would have
done had it luckily been the only trial
that France has had tu suffer this year.
Calvados has suffered especially. Here,
although free from fear Of the Seine, the
harvest is nearly certain to be lost.
hope that while freely giving, as l am
sure they will, to the sufferers Of the
south of France, they will not forget the
cradle OF their first families-NOrmandy.
1 remain, sir, your obedient servant,
LEMPSTER r. ELLIOT.
RoUEN, July u, 1875.
NINE. MACMAHON's ENERTIONs IN THE
T-I-I, on
THE LOSSES.
On July 18th, the following letter was
received at the Mansion houss in Lon
don, from Nine. Is Marechale De Mac
| Mahon, by the secretary of the fund for
the relief Of the distress caused by the
foundations in the south OF France:
VERSAILLES, July Liza Marechale
de MacMahOn presents her compliments
to NJ. J. Vine, and hastens to send him
all the information that she is capable Of
giving at the present moment. The
committee that is under her direction
has named four departmental commit
! tees-one at Toulouse (Vicomtesse de
FenelOn, presiGente) one at MOntauban
/ Mime. Despres, presidente), one at Agen
! Mime. de champagne, presidente) and
| one at Folk Mime. Savage, presidente).
| These four departments are those that
| nave suffered tue LuO5ls Inc committees
| are to be under the direction Of the local
authorities, projects, mayors, and eccle-
siastics OF all denominations; first, to
/ distribute food and clothing in each viii
! lage, and afterward to give them cattle
! and the most useful articles OF labor and
/ household furniture. At the present
moment wooden barracks hsve been
constructed by the military to shelter a
| great many of the sufferers, but as soOn
as possible, and according to our means,
we intend to help them to rebuild their
houses. La Msrechale regrets that the
information she sends is not as complete
as she would have wished; but on ac-
count of the difficulties Of the roads and
the great extent OF the disaster, it has
been impossible to have them more
fully. In short, there are about six hun
bred victims and six thousand nine hun
dTed houses destroyed, and a total loss
Of nearly one hundred million francs,