New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-12
THE OVERFLOW OF THE GARONNE.
ITS BEGINNING-ATTEMPTs or THE INHABITANTS TO
rscApE-uEARrRENpIN sCEgEs--ALL TIE GRAN

THE OVERFLOW OF THE GARONNE.
IT'S Observation-Disclosures or THE INHABITANTS TO
EsCApE-HEARrRENDIN sCEgEs--ALL TIE GRAN
ARE ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER DESTROYED
yrrrfy Time 27) telegram 10 me london Time
Accounts received from Toulouse, though f.t
present Imperfect. show that tie calaniy Is iar S
is sysa t hhn so Ms sanscds persisted
Twenty Thousand PERSONS destitute wiic tho ue-
S rue Of n rssSyy HdGa ha% any
tbs heavy rains Of the previous week INC s
river indeed unusually high, ana some slight dam
age was expected sc nI ,estsn pre-
cautors grln disaster they wonld have been deemed
quite gaoeo Gn cap t"e river bsanS torrent
aud by 10 a. III it reached the level OF tne
were taken with desperate ardor to hem the waters
but the tteapt was late They invaded all the low
arches Of one of the bridges and 20 houses swept
away and the swmn gbaths and lavatorIes moored 20
the bans were hurried down the sreain dasIng asass
houses alon gsde their course. AT m TIC water
the paapes protecting the poPu3us Wns
hastily got out to the inmates OF the ,ahg
houses Of them were carried away P oa ,t
manned by eight soldiers. were dashed against eacn
Other ana sank N PSo sy on only one
was saved. Several persons VINO trleu 70 ss
from tae qd" a@av on by s the FEC food and porhed
In the evening the whole quarter OF 81 Cyrren was Gu.
carried away All wednesday night was to be heard the
crash OF houses aud the cries OF the victis on
classes veg with another in their efforts to rescue
the victims he presented heartrendng specta
Gle 5000 TO G000 poor creatures hanaked bruised
and bcnumbcd, conducted on foot or carried In
vehicles ltters to the military hospital many OF
BY the afternoon the waters had fallen six feet in
1t. Cyprien, but both above and below I9uiot i,
the the bodies Of human beings and animals and with
articles OF furniture while roofs OF houses ana u,s
eery Of ST. Nicholas went in procession to the Church
de Ia Daurade to suppcae the Virgin for mercy ana
About 100 corrrcs we're discovered on Thursday and
Friday and buried. after being photographed by
cr friends. One Of the victims was NJ Wohlfart, re-
:red major who had entered nuose to two chill
aren, when the walls fell In and buried him. Bodies were
discovered in many sanC, in aleys ami gardens rive
victims composing one family were found In
trsthoor room locked in an o aso1 ~ o en
stationed at tho entrance OF their ruined teneIncnts
aud giving information rs to their felow-occuPlers IN
the bery St. Nicholas Church go persons took refuge
The food reached the altar table and not far OIL cer
cal student searching all day among tho runs or
for any Of life All the granaIies on tho banks or
the river destroyed and the entire quarter may DE
said disappeared for all the houses still standing
are damaged or lettering The new Carmelite Church
was flooded, lady who confessing being drowned,
convent school we're rescued on Thursday They had
passed dreadful night going up from story TO story AS
the food rose, and passing the time III prayer. expect
ing every moment be their last The bodies OF four
women were found, each with an infant in her arms.
Another woman found by her dog In one room Ten
victims were found, two OF whom were still breathing,
and received the last sacraments before expiring Inc
older houses account OF the greater sody or their
walls offered greatest resistance to the Hood and
those supported by the old Notifications were not car
red away Large numbers Of persons have applied AT
the Marie for food and shelter The troops rendered
great service displaying the greatest coSe ana oar
pay. Tho villages round Toulouse have considerably
suffered, and several persons persisted
APPEARANCE OF TOULOUSE AFTER THE INUNDA-
TION-A TOWN OF EUIys-INToLERABLL doors
PRESIDENT MMAHON AT THE SCENE OF THE
DISASTER.
Joulouse tune 2S) telegram to The London Times.
Nothing can present greater contrast than
the north and south sides of river at oulousethe
with its usual aspect undstirbed ana It's
pursuing their ordinary avocatiOns the other, Ike
place which has been bombarded The Faub0nrg 81 W
pricn is in fact town OF ITSELF and IL to the upper part
of Toulouse hat side OF the Thames 10 the
Mddlesex shore. The quarter Ia densey pcopled, or
rather had 30 900 inhabitants most of them OF the work
ing elias ,es though the walls villas and
cottages belonging to Weather people Ilrongh inc
quarter run OF trees and around II are fields OF
and market grdens in short under ordinary eur
cunsanctanccs a. must be pleasant enough place 10
To describe what St Cyprian is is almost mpossi
BILE ia a town OF ruins The GarOnne Is now running
in its natural bed but all over the inundated quarter arc
pools of water aud rank river mud trees are uprooted
gardens swamps aud streets haf1ired water
courses, with here and there great CRACKS anu yawiHg
gaps In places the houses are heaps OF rubbish ID
others the walls left standn with pictures or articles
Of attire hanging on them In one street through whc
probably the In dozen other thoroughiares Every
walls collecting furniture, and making the roads
passabe while the OF the ruins were, some help
mattresses gazing vaguely at the rubbish repre-
seuted their homes Some OF the more energetic families
desolate gardens the WOMEN bright Il not cheerful the
children playing about nothing had happened me
with their faces buried their hands and the boys and
girls lying hudded together among the broken beams and
of articles from four-post beseads down TO blankets
and bonnets. and in several places the small shop
keepers were drying rather attempting to dry their
stock in trade in the outside the barriers the
scene is the same, with the addition OF large
OF little piles OF gaypanted boards once forming por
tions OF summerchoises. The town wall itself, solid
line Of concrete has in place been thrown down
quite fiat and little further on two great beams. at
least 80 feet long. have completely barred one Of the
flood so much the ruins OF the suspension bridge
Nearly half the bridge itself has been firmly and securely
mistook it for landing stage Only one bridge is now
it been Carr led az the losses the St. Cypren side
would nave been even more terrible than they were
Marshal MacMahon Gen ds Ciss s and Baae
the quarters of ST. Cypren and ct Michel where they
that il would he better considering weather
would be better to burn all the ruins OF ST Cypren for
tne SaSr eSd e now Scarcely ocrae The
Marshal said that he had idea OF the desruc
the dsis lie afterward visited the H6pta St Jacques
the military hospital and the tobacco manufactory
"Vire MacMahon!" He especially compimented the
Baronne sandrans wife OF the Project the Contesse
icy thanked Sour Pelt grin for her abos At hafpast
Yesterday morning the Marshal attended, mass and i'm
mediately after left for Fenouet where only house
and the church left standing On his return here he
distributed decorations Besso and other Off
GERS and privaes The way in which the soldiers have
worked working rs the theme Of general admira
tian. To-day q large body Of enginees is expected
In the evening there was reception at the Pre-
lecture and at o this morning the Marshal and
his left for Tarbes In carriages tue railway
communication being interrupted.
DESTRUCTION IN OTHER PLACES.
DAMAGE TO VARIOUS TOWNS AND yILLAGES-RAu-
WAY COMMUNICATIONS INTERRUPTED.
Toulouse (J1ue 2s) Telegram 10 TIE London Times.
At Muret in the Haute GarOnne, the Suspen-
sion Bridge has been destroyed, and many houses