Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-30

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partially ceased. No fatal results have
yet been heard of. At Sydney, four
miles from here, the floods have been
equally destructive, but it is impossible
at present to estimate what damage has
been DONE" A later dispatch says: "a
new cause of alarm in respect to the For
est of Dean floods has just arisen. An
immense dam of water has burst in the
Cinderfod valley. Business is entirely
suspended throughout the district"
THE REPORT FROM BRISTOL.
Bristol Post, July l5th.l
Yesterday was one of the most re-
markable days that has occurred in the
middle Of July for many years past.
The rain fell in perfectly deluging tor
rents for tWenty-four hours, without the
slightest intermiSsiOn, and at the time Of
our going to press was still descending.
At intervals there were violent gusts of
wind. We learn from our scientific cor
respondent, Mr.. Denning, that the
amount Of rainfall at Ashley-doWn was
1.509 inches, or more than one and a
half inches. The report from the
meteorological office says that fall of
more than two inches Las occurred at
several stations.
A DOwNPOUR OF RAIN IN LONDON.
London Globe, July l5th.I
Heavy rain has fallen continually in
London and over great part Of the
county since yesterday. st, SWithin's
day has brought down-pOur such as is
seldom Witnessed in July.
DAMAGES IN SCOTLAND.
Accounts continue to be received of
damage 10 crops in Scotland by gale
and rains, On Monday, the DeverOn,
Spep, Don and Dee were heavily flood
ed, and Ben Mscdhui and other noun
tains were coated with new snow half
way down their sides.
IN SHETLAND.
The gale has been severely felt in
Shetland.
SUDDEN DISASTERS AND FATAL CONsE-
QUBNCEs.
Cork Herald, July 1Gth.l
The effects Of the bad weather Of the
past week are beginning to show them
selves 10 England. Floods at Dean
Forest have burst an immense dam OF
water, flooding the Cinderford valley.
Two villages are under water and BUSH
ness i5 entirely suspended. Tae rain
was still falling yesterday. In the west
of England the rains have been produce
tive OF more disastrous consequences.
The pressure Of the flood caused a large
dam at Croncarn, in MOnmOuthshire, to
hurst, and the waters swept away fac.
tory with thirteen persons, all OF whom
were drowned.
STORM OFF THE IRISH COAST.
Cork Herald, July l6th.l
A fearful storm has been raging off the
Wexford coast since Wednesday morn
ing. On Wednesday night it blew a
hurricane from the southeast, causing
considerable damage to the shipping in
Wexford arbOr. The chief casualties
reported are the driving ashore OF the
schOOners Charlie, New Zealand, coal
laden, and the German brig Theodore,
undertaken, all bound to Wexford.
The crews were saved, but the schooner
Charlie is in danger of becoming total
wreck.
BUDA-PEsTH.
BUDA-PEsTH, July l3 Another fear
full storm swept over Buda-Pesth the
day before yesterday. Almost all the
temporary works which had been made
to repair the damage done to the roads
and bridges by the storm of the twenty
sixth ultImo, were again destroyed. The
floods rushed down again with violence,
filling the cellars Of the houses just
pumped out. Fortunately, this occurred
during the day. The houses which were
exposed to the danger had been evscu-
ated after the last storm, and the ap-
proaches to them were guarded by the
military, so no loss of life occurred. Be-
sides, the floods last month had already
done their work and cleared away what
ever could Obstruct their way. This
time, however, it is not only Buda, but
PesLh likewise, which feels the effects of
the storm. Several houses were un-
rooted, and the wooden theater Of con-
Juror was demolished. Both in the town
parts and in the island of Margarethen
number Of large towers were blown
down, and both places looked a picture
of desOlation. Great as is the misery
caused and the damage done by these
two storms they have had one ad-
vantage, namely, that Of arousing the
people and authorities of the capital
frora the sense Of security in which they
had INDUCED, and inducing them to
take effectual measures against the re-
currence of such disasters. How far the
sense OF security went may be gathered
from the circumstance that some of the
houses demolished were actually built
over the DEVILS ditch, which provides
the drainage of the valley behind Buda.
They were old houses, and must have
stood there for many years. There was,
indeed, another great flood on record,
on the fifteenth of August, 1887, which
caused even greater loss OF life, for 1t
caught holy-day-makers at the foot OF
the mountains and carried them away,
bus the houses, although injured, were
not destroyed. Everyone begins to see
that there must be not only thorough
drainage Ct the valley, but that some
thing must be likewise done to prevent
a too rapid flow OF the waters from the
mountains by making reservoirs in dit-
ferent places which, besides lesseuing
the danger, would likewise go far to
remedy the want Of springs from which
these higher parts suffer in ordinary
times.
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK CITY.
New York Times.l
We are passing through q sUmm er
marked by weather of an unusual kind.
The heavy foods which have prevailed
in Europe seem not unlikely to visit
some parts Of our own cMntTy. 1ester-
day, in q circuit ofssy fifty miles round
New York, there were three or four dis
tinct storms, each accompanied by an
almost tropical rainfall. The railroads
near the city we're almost flooded for a
time, although the earth is as yet in q
condition to absorb quickly the water
which falls upon it. In some parts Of
New Jersey and Long Island, moequi.
toes are plying their bloodthirsty vOca.
ton with even more than their usual
vigor, and the. pleasures Of country life
are in consequence slightly reduced
Here in New York we have close anC
"muggy" weather, and 8 high rate o
mortality among the poor. Thus far il
has not been healthy season, but for
tunately we have not yet been called
upon to record any great misfortune
and the accounts of the crops from al