The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-26

gdTWens UEItTIJ
DESTROYED. And sad as 1T Is TO see the homes Oh
which taste and money and long years OF LABOR
had been bestowed all DESTROYED IN ten minutes,
IL Is sadder tar TO reject on the absolute ruin
| entaied by the devastation OF the lat
| ter. and on the despair OF tie poor cult
try had been invested In their gardens
and vinegar rs, ana constituted the whole OF IhelI
an an industrious CITY. aud, no doubt, can hnd
the means OF repairing its own losses. though lts
Immediate available means have at The present
moment been lessened by the generous aid II mas
been extending 10 the sufferers rom lnundatlon
In the South OF France. subscription lists ior
where re the means TO be found Tor rescuing the
unfortunate cultlvators, who lost their all from
| utter ruin and de5LitutlOn.
LEARNING THE WORSE
AS the detailed accounts continue TO come In
! the calamity seems 10 grow In MAGNITUDE. one
oil the localities that seems 10 have been the most
exposed 10 the fury oil the tempest Is the pretty
lett bank OF the Arve Not Oniy are tue crops there
utterly destroyed out IN many instances the tiles
or the houses nave been broken TO FRAGMENTS;
aud, incredible as IL may seem, strong plank par
utlons have been pierced with hoes as ny I've Dali
OF a musKet. AS Tor the fields ana vineyards II
seems as II a charge OF cavalry had passed over
! them. The loss to human lite, as have saia, has
been fortunately very small but not SO TO the an
| Imal creation. lnnumerabe quantities or small
BIRDS nave been picked up DEAD. And among tine
various evidences OF ruin brought down Dy the
Arve was Iound the BODY OF q fox. and, still more
surprising, that OF an eage-a circumstance
WnICn rs credible enough, wnen IL Is tod tnat one
Maidstone has been picked up which weighed TWO
pounds. also near OF foxes found killed In other
localities. ana oil many dogs 10 whom the storm
'LADIEREsr on THE LAKE.
1t may be worth mentioning Tor Inc considera-
ton OF meteorologlsts that the singular ana I'M
explained phenomenon known on tue Lake OF Ge-
neva as 'lAderesn was observed to an unusual
degree during the whole OF the Gay preceding the
storm. The 'laaleres" are currents Whlcn arise,
or begin TO exist, suddenly In directions,
and without any cause that science mas hitherto
strong to make their enects very senslby Ielt oy
Loats. whether this phenomenon may or may
not be supposed to nave any connection with the
storm OF the following night IL Is LOT the sclentlnc
THE TEMPEST oIRcUMscRIBED.
Fortuna tely the tempest was singularly circum-
scrIbed IN lIs sphere of action. Up 10 within
about nalf way between Coppet and Geneva-less
thaa I'VE minutes by ran from the city, that is
say-no eIiects OF the storm are visible. Tpere
were violent but Comparatively sllgnt ana harm
less storms Of thunder ana lightning In various
parts OF SwItzeriand curing the day that pre-
ceded the Geneva catastrophe.
THE CANTON ARGAU
TO the north the STORM occurred IN the afternoon
On the right the people ascending ny the railway
were caught III a violent nailstorn aoout seven In
tne evening. There the hall ueScended quite per
pendIcuarly and IL was fortunate ior tue travel
lers b. the mountain railway that IL dld So Inc
II the tempest naa come as 1t came at Geneva,
the open SIDES OF the cars would nave gwen Them
no protection, TO say nothing OF the Imminent
danger Of Deiug blown on the line. IL seems re-
marKable tnat, while the storm came upon &C.
neya from the southwest, those storms, wslcn
visited otner localities TO the northeast, should
have preceded by some hours the tempest at &C.
neva.
THE LOSSES
The President Of the Municipal Council who had
had two farms OF his own completely devastated,
told NE that 1t was Impossible as yet to estimate
with any eXactness the amount OF the mlsc0lef
done, but that 1t would assureoiy reacn several
millions OF francs. Should any appeal be maze In
England for assistance under this Calamity Eng
hsnmen, the universal assisters OF all great mis-
fortunes, may be reminded That the sufferers III
this are especially worthy OF their consldera-
ton. lhls Is community winch not tAe
smallest ldea OF calling on the British or any otaer
hercules Without putting It's own shoulder 10 the
what with their CHARITY 10 other sufferers, they
are just at present n little overweignted, and
little help would assuredly De well bestowed
TIE DESTRUCTION AT LIsIEUx, FRANCE.
The Montteur du Cdtrados OF July gives the fol-
lowing details Of the hood at Lisieux:-
An unprecedenJed storm broke over the town of
rain came down IN cataract and the especially
tue orolquet soon became roaring torrents In the
metres the ground floors of the houses
lie are consiaeTabie rweve bodies were found the
waters TINS morning and It iearea many more S oe
the ruins OF or the houses that tell. All the
swept away Several houses are tottering and troops
are stationed to keep the people aoOt LIseuT gener-
ton. Traffic stopped IN many quarters ny the accun
the food several large firms have had their whole
stock merchandise damaged or destroyed.
THE DISASTER IN NORMANDY.
SIR am certain that l have no need to call
the attention OF your numerous readers and
may say the people OF the United Kingdom, to the
frlghtlu foundations in the South OF France. bus,
unfortunately the terrible storm that passed ever
Normandy the night OF tue 7ta inst. has not occu-
pleo tue world as IL would have done had 1T,
luckily been the only trial That France mas mad 10
suder tnls year. CalYados has suffered especially.
here, altaOugn free from fear OF the Seine, the
harvest is nearly certain 10 be lost. | hope that
N freely L the ElQltEn WHY
to tine sufferers OF the south Of France, tney Will
not forget the craaie OF tneir first families
NORMANDY. 1 remain, sir, your obedlent servant,
LEMPSTEk RICHARD ELLIOT.
RoUES, July ~ 1875
NINE MAcMAHoN's EXERrIoSs IN THE RELIEF COM
MITTEE--A DETAIL OF THE LOSSES.
y On july Is, the following letter was received at
she aSnsS Se ascMaaon secretarV ." the
Fund Tor the Relief OF tne Distress caused by the
lnundations in the South OF France:-
VERSAILLES July H. 1875
La MARKETABLE de MacMahon presents her COMPILING nts
TO NJ. j. Vine ana hastens TO send him all the inOrma
lhe committee tnat IS under ner direction has nanled
comtesse de Fene,on, rresidente, one II MonIauban
Mime. Desrres, Presidentel one at ;Agen !sme. de
wage freseentel dnese four departmsnts are those
under the direction et local authorities, Prefecs
Mayors and ecclesascs OF all denominations; first TO
distribute 1000 and clothing In eacn VILLAGE ana AFTER
ward them catie aud the most useful articles OF
wooden barracks IA we been constructed by the military
sheIter great many OF the sufferers but as soon
them TO rebuild their houses. La Marechale regrets
tn at sends is not
would have wished but account OF the dIfc ulties
and the great extent OF the disaster 1t has been
Impossible have them ia ~. In short there
about victims 900 houses destroyed, total
loss Of UUt. the departments named
here the d lsricts that surround them.
other information arrives it VIII be forwarded
Enclosed In the letter was long statement
giving
DETAILS OF THE DISASTERS AND LOSSES.
The losses in the department 0l tue hauie Ga
rome were estimated at 29,0O0 00Ot 1; Lot CT Ca
rome, "a 300 000f Tarn ct GarOnne 10 800, 000f.
LArIege, 7,73g, 4JsL L'Aude, 9,3l9, 909f. La Gil
ronde, 800, OOOl.; Les Landes, 1900, 0OOL lie
Gers, 2,1OOO0OL; and Les Hautes Pyrenees,
l,o0O,O 00l.
THE FLOODS IN GREAT BRITAIN.