The New York herald., 1875-07-12
DETAILS OF THE DISASTERS.

rHE ANCIENT TOWN OF AdEN, ONCE THE SEAT OF
ROYAL COURT LAID UNDER WATER.
fAgen dune so) correspondence OF London Times.l
ON Thursday last, at four O'Clock, the old town
OF Agen was suddenly hooded from two different
quarters IN less time than 10 takes to tell. The
Rues Maille, ST. Antoine and s.. Hilaire, the Pre-
lecture, the Cathedral OF ST. Capras, built in the
eleventh century, the quarters OF ST. Augustine
and ste. Foi-In short, evefy part OF the town was
under water; In TACT, only The jacoblns' church
and It's immediate neighborhood. the Lycee, the
Halles and ore o. two reefs escaped.
vIvE FEET OF WATER on THE FLOOR or THE cArHE.
In the Cathedral the water was soon over I'VE
leet deep as also IN the Churcn OF ste. Fol
OFFICIALS ESCAPING IN BOATS.
The College OF ST. Caprais was completely in
undated ana railway communication with Tarbes,
Tou ouse and Bordeaux cut OF. The Palais oe
Justice was surrounded auo the magistrates es-
capped in boats. The Public Treasury, the Post
ONCE, the oGices OF the Department and the Tax
Once were quickly flooded.
THE PEOPLE on THE ROOFS OF cRUMBLISG HOUSES
Most OF the wretcned Inhabitants spent the
nlgnt on Inc roofs OF their tottsrIng houses.
MAIN CAUSE OF THE DISASTER
One OF tue causes OF the rapdIty Of the hood
was the bursting or The railway emoankmsnt near
POut 81. Pierre de Gauoert. through the breacn
thus formed tee wafer poured ike torrent over
tne tSen erlile plain. IL would De dincult 10
SCENE or DEsoLATION ~ THE MoRNISG sUS.
Iound this morning tnat railway comm a=ica-
tion with this town was stoppeI NJ LsyIac. lna
country through which passed beyond that town
Is completely devastaied-the vineyards, The corn
n.ds, tue pasture lands ca ed w,tn mud the trees
beat anl broken IN every direction, and tue
hedges solid walls OF mud aud nay carried away
from tne nelds. Inc trees on tne roadside are
nlled with tue same substances. In suor-, every
wnere the progress OF tue Inundauon Is painfully
paren. In some places are ruined cottages; IN
Otner-, sWamps OF rottlng maize and Clover. one
hyuse nad Oh % an inscription denotlRg the heiSnt
Di The food Ia 1889. Inc water line OF the present
inundaton Is at least our leet higher, cluse un-
uer toe first no0r WINDOWS. strange to say
none o. the oriuges over the Garonne rave been
destroyed, ana consequently the roads are for the
most part open. At Agen itself the scene Is most
GravIer b. the river wnere stands the statue OF
Jacques Jasmin, tne cooo,er poet is IOng line OF
u.rooted trees, with At Que end piles OF iallen
houses.
In the streets the inhabitants are drlIng their
urnliure or pumping tue water from their cellars,
out they nave not tnat sad, despairing air which
| nouced at Tout use.
Agen IS IN dlnicultes, but 1T means to make the
pest OF them
STONES SWEPT INTO THE STREETS FROM THE
RIvERs.
To snow the force OF the hoods. may mention
that IN the very centre Oi he town are large
stones from the bed OF the uver.
CHRISTIAN GALLAN1RY IN THE MIDST OF DEEP
GRIEF.
Three Inhabitants OF Agen are worthy OF the
highest commentator for their exertlons ouiinR
tne time the Town was Inundated. they are Lieu
tenant Peyrolle, OF the entcth regiment OF he
hne' N Groussei, and SAILOR, N. AnrIat. For
three days these valiant young men went about
from hOuse TO house Ia boat, de pite the RAPID
current aud Idllug houses, conveying provisions
bnd Iellel 10 the su1er r.. hO" manv lives they
equals tnslr courage. "Don'l pia sc me.'' sala ~.
Pe,rolle, "lor | can swlm;' aud yet how lew
swimmers woulu have run the risks winch n and
MS companions did AIN GLAD 10 say the Marshal
made NJ. ieyrone Chevaller oil the Legion OF
VILLAGE DWELLINGS DowY-PEoPLE AND CATTLE
DROwSED
At 81. Sixie, Ser1gnan, Langon, Passage and
Begun, villages IN tue neignOurnovd, houses nave
Ialirn, catte nave Ueen drowned, ana, ln some
cases, also human beings
BOwING TO THE WILL or GOD.
"rne lnundaUon, y said au Agenois TO me, '1s
IKE the plaques Of Egypt seourse from COO for
THE AMOUNT OF LOSSES IN roULoUsE-rnE ST.
cYPKIES QUARTER.
Pdrs dune 2s-Nigbtl correspondence OF the
London News.
The Municipal Council VI toulouse has held an
IL Nv Ibe ionn engineer ana arcSitect and the
syhdlcs OF the dinerent trades corporations, the
losses sustained at toulouse are roughly set
down al 1900, OO0f. 81. Cypr,en, IN propUr-
uOn 70 rs inhabitants, PAID the heaviest
taxes oI any quarier Oi the city. Inc damages
cdu-ed OY the noVds are estimated according 10
the inIand revenue returns OF tile districts whlcn
have Dcen ravagec. Real property being rated in
ngures gwen do not err on tne side OF exaggera.
ton. No cdddsre or general vaiuatlOn has Deen
made SIDE tie tlme OF tue first Empue. when tue
agricultural resources OF France were, compared
with what tney NOW are, scarcely developed. rue
mafen idQnr, tncu SCI uONu as waste, ana suO-
iected IN consequence to very light lmposts, are
now among tne mott valuable, particularly In the
snn-ourned South. ne great grazing country OF
LanQueuUc, whence thousanus Oi horses are aHnu-
ally expo ted. belongs TO ms category. People
VINO OouRht properly thcrc, whIch thlrfy yeai 5
ago returned three per cent on the purch- Sc
money, now get up.ard Oi nfteen.
two HUNDRED MILLIONS on FRANCS.
The miami rcveuue return can aiIOrd out very
imQCr ect data as tU tho losses caused by the IN
uDuatI0D. II taxes need OF the nUmcstcaus
WnIcn nave been omit ana the gsraens tnat nave
Dcen planted wItpin rhc last nalf century. u tue
aaInaAes are E0w set down at 2UO0OO, ,OOU.. more
;nau hall as much IN addition may be safely
,uded. Ine head Oi local bank puts them ~
mr. ce the sum mat nave Just stated. AlpBOn~c C
Karr had hcory maj fheie Is a certain amount
D nj inherent to Euman existence, ana mat wnen
We manage 10 AVOID II IOr while, we must pay