, 1875-07-12
Toulouse a Vast sepulohre --Hun-
dredB Of Persons Drowned
in Their Homes,
Several Villages Completely Submerged
Thousands Of People Reduced
10 Utter DcslitHtiun.
How Aorlcu1turlsts and Manufacturers
+ are Likely to Be Affected
by the Disasters.

aud melancholy details Oh tue A"AA o'oseso. ~
1oo1s In Franco, In tho Southern Department. at
Toulouse, at Ycrdun, and ut other points: Mo'lh-
tain torrents, swollen by oil ,lnuxampled henvy
rain, syopt down on fields and dwellings, tho
Garonne ami othor rivers ovornowed. aud tho
,oss of Ito and property WAS, evidently, NOT by
nny mcaus ascertainod when tho mail was ds-
nstclcd from Paris and London. A fsw oKtracta
from foreign papers will render moro intelligibo
tho cable dispatches which hayo announced tho
terrible destruction TO lifo and properly.
FIFTY y1ouns RAIN AND HAIL.
0afiJndn,'s Messenger, FaTn, Jfnt y.
Tho temperature OF the last Tow ahJn at rafla
quantities at hail hare fallen in various ,locall-
tics aud caused much damage to agriculture i'll
certain pArts OF franco. To understand thcAo
phenomenon 1t must DO borne IN mimi that onof-
mous masses Of euow are constAnt!y floating In
the Atmosphere, oven during tho great heat OF
summer. Tho crystals which constitute those
frozen particles arc OF almost mscroscoric d.
meuslon, but they form imrnctlsc aggloinorn-
lnfeest mo,lutatna Of tho earth. It Ia frtm
thuse masscs that hatl-Htopcs arc detached.
Intoscncc from Castc!nauGary [A,tde) on
Tuesday morning fs to tho effect that ios thirty
that department, tho lfaute ffaronno and
tho Taru. Tho llarvest Of cereals, which WAS
being gathered. In seriously Injured, and II almi-
lar weather continued for four-nnd-twepty houra
longer all would bo lost. From Fa;x (Arioga},
Oh tho came day, It is stated that tho rivers have
overllowod thoir banks, nftcr fifty hours OF rain
III tho Village Of 4erdun seseFoi houses wero
vWopt nway and thor tenants perished. A tale-
gram from Toulouse Htates that a heavy Aool
exists at present In tho 0aronio, In consequence
OF tue torrei,tial rains which have boon falling
in the upper portion Of tho valley OF that riyor.
Tho waterH have attained tho height of G1f mo
tres above low-water mark. Tho bridge Of saint
pierte which Joined tho ArHcllaf to tue polyeone,
WAS swcpt awnS. Several dsastera are already
reported, and a service for eaving l.fo and
property haa bcen organized. with tho aid
OF tho police, i1temeu, aud BoldterH OF
tho garrison. The RIVER ia still risiug and
rain falls With uudimlninhod intensity. Tho
damage dono IL ncalculnbo, Tho whole OF tho
dtstrict OF st. Cypricn ia nuGrnorged. aud tho
ties. All tho troops are rendering asslntnnco,
the Generals directing the operations. The
number OF persons drowned II not yet known,
but 1t is considerable among them arc mou-
toned an officer Of artillery and a police agent.
l. largo portion Of the houses In that part OF the
town have already fal!on TO tho ground, and
others menace ruin. Tho railway service on tho
lines to Folk and to NIontreiean In suspended,
The bridge Of Elnpntot, over the Garonno. Is III
danger, and tho asylnms have been evacuated.
Arra1L1Ko DEvAsTAr1oN AND heath.
Tia account acoounts ' reoevod j. ,1,'' tors Dsa from Tho
y A sppaIiipe. Il Toulouse % alone 10 Upward Upward
Of 900 iouscs haye becn carried away.
and buried. In ono vii!Age in the neiehborhool
only ton houses romnn standing out Of 400.
Two villages, La Baat3e and DespleB, kro en-
tlrely destroyed. Railway and telographio cou-
intercepted. and 1t IL by clrcuitous routo that
tho nawa roaess ua that tho Valley Of tue Artego
hAs suffered as severely at that Of tho 0sronne.
The Marquis d'HautponL Is reported hmoug the
to resoue Tue inhabitants Of tho suburb Of 1t.
CvpEien. Upward OF 1000 persons are without
shelter. At Verdtn, near FOX, tho losa OF lie
IL estimated at 30. Tho number Of victins IL
Haid TO exceed 1,U10. Marshal MacAlshon NJ
Buffet and tho Minister Of War loave tonight
for the Boone Of tho isastor. Tils calamity, In-
| paIal1elcd In ita BuddonneBs II not its magnt-
| tudG, haS entirely driven Into tho Shade tue
| N. Gambotta's dootrinaire speech On tho ocoa-
! Aon OF Gen. llocho'a anniversary. Tho ao-
| counts are ~ yet very incomplete. and II 10
feared that The worrt sorualns to bs told.
| HUpt,EN lKAnLATION,
Parfs DtspaFh tJu,ls .3) 10 tbs London 0iobt.
The South Of FrAnce is ut present tho Dcene Of
= disaster such a. We ate quite unable to picture
to uusAe1vos In thia fortunate country. Tho ter
rom and horrors OF Al inundAtou, however
faithfully depicted by George Eliot Or Millais.
have to the minds OF EugEishmen no practical
exintonce, whereas the peasants of North Itaiy
and Of the aouth and esst Of Franco AFRO with
cue Of thoso cslamitcs. The Iato Hoods in the
nolghhorhood OF Toulouse Lave been cvon
.Foso iea5ai IN tnolf euects' ~ CONSEQUENCE or
tpo unsuHpecslng populatton. The heavy
ialnh. coshcldng tn time WIN tha mo!t!nR
~ saoH ~ lug tJ1eneea ano TUG Cesenhes
WIZ M uatuen ~ s8ouin
northwest, aud uniting with tho 0arnnoo. whose
nauo ttoy take, wAtot lilo wonlcrfn!ly fortl!c
valley lying bet"een Toulnuso and bordean1. 1t
IL At the pointa where tho several mountain tor
Eonts Join one another that Tho result has heon
most TERRIBLE Thus ss Toulouse just below tho
Junction Of the aaronne and tho Alicge. whole
| quarter haa been submerged, 500 houses aNopt
away and 20, 600 inhabitants Turned sdEitt. At
Moisoao, whore tho important liyor Tari, swoi-
on by two important tributaries, falls Into the
oaronne, tile obstruction is p1oportonately
greater, larae part Of tho town being reported
| hB actually hidden under tho wAIe1a. 1u A1i-
other small town, ont Of 4tO llorsea Which It
formerly contained, four or five only arc now said
tn he Inft Tim ~