, 1875-07-13
Further Particulars Of the Deyasta-
ton al Toulouse and
Elsewhere.
Great Loss Of Life and Immense De-
struction Of Property.
Governmental and Individual Move.
menls for Relief Of the
Sufferers,
Tho Causes OF lie 1sIundation.--Pl Physical
Geography Of the Region.

bHE1G1u1 anu lbuIBnH9 wAt cut in over HCZetI
rIaccs br the inund,,,op. A. reron.. m t,1t..
no,re. f1,u, r,.r,,,.v, H.. .,,,,,.ui.
"'eN' N1o".""A' wv e''''''5
ONE sAsf LAKE,
and tho watrrB are up to tho irrt-noor Windows
a Tue otx' H. n T. carried .".y BY
fm,,r,. al ,r,,rt. -, ,,... .',.:.,.,
'"'"''"i'' ', s"o .1"nsS - ''eaH arc "ll14ea
through tho village. At hatfae further down
tho linc everything IL under water. Ths Aooda
arc spreading IN this district. and tue villages Of
Artnn,ts mi pear+;r.n vim, III, co,n,rr ,,,ur,
.rs ,,.,,s 1o;,, snhnernod ,oo oeo,r,,.i,a';
are ksanaa,'y oc'us s.o"s'sea a'n eo'nlete'
10 MAKE 1oag CIRCUIT fouho " fet'saent IN
order to Echch Toulouse.
rAu,s, Juno 27.-Accounts received from
Tou1oueo. though At nre.ent irnneriec. sbog
t,,at ~ a.t.,,i,r !. -, t.,.;,Ia .,,.s,..,
shas tne CALAMITY ID iar lnote te1!p'o thah "hs Il
hfst SUPPOSED anu II IL no" believed that aome
hundEcdn of peraonB have perished.
TWENTY TuorsASD rEIHoxs ARE DESTITUTE,
wli,s the dcstrnction Of nroncrtv il in,m,nsc
H., - u..,..,1., ,,a,.e,l .,~ ..s H..
op " "eonehua5 "opoat uho any ioea 'hat.
OWING 10 tae heavy rams OF tho previous Week.
tue Garonno wonld oyurilow its hankA with sucl,
,spidity. On Tuesday tho river indeed yas ,,p-
,,,n.,1, hi,t snt, a,na pttyht a,u,,o u.s .v,,,,-
~ .,,.t, - ,,.,,.,T. t., ~.
CD 0"en IN "ous"3 n"Ppeua Ii" "''''e1 "ueh t1'e
SNOW melta' put had anybody suggested precal-
tiouB against dlsaster they would have been
lee,ned onitn nr,peces,ary. IN Wcdocs,,av bnw.
oyer. tLe pson,,cct cGauced; tie riyer b.eamea "a
torrent, aud bv 10 q, m. II reached thu level IT
tic Hood Of 1855, II coutiDuej to rlte. and
meaBureH wcro taken with dcsner.te artInr In
I,em in tho watorn Int tha utto,nnt lyas I'm in.n
They invaded all tllu ipw-I,iug quarters OF tlle
town and at 4 =, M two OF the
arches OF ono Of tho bridges and twonty ,o,,Res
ue.o sErpt ayav. and tho sg,mpng-bstL
and layntories moored to the banks wora Hurried
alnycside In their course. AZ D. m. tho watcr
roso over tho rarnpctu protecting tic uoputoua
quarter Of St. Cyprion. It IN l,our later II was
II feet deep. Ioa.s were hastily got M out to
several Of them vero carr,ed away Ly lie cur
rent and daabrd to nlcces ar nvan,nod.
Two boats, manned bv eight soldiers,
wcyo dasnod against each other. and
Ii IIospital. Out Of thirty Persons on board
oplv oue woman yas eayct. Seyern} pct nona
WHO tried 10 cAcapo from tho guartor on tho Left
bank On horseback we're carried away by tho
oua,tcr of st. CyuE;on wau cut Oh from t!,e rest
n tIo town, Tia thTee bridres hrim. carr1ci
auav. All "Wednesday night was to 10 Ieard Tho
crush of houses and
rur cn1ra mr. THE vtrrrws
On Thursdoy uorpiD. The whoio nopulation vaa
in I,o atrrcs nj ciassas yv,n,, wtti, nns snntIer
in their efrortr tn repc,,o tin Victims The tnwn
nreanntcd a henrt.reuG,nr nnectacte. i. mn Ia
Il MN ncor crcnturca l1n1fuoEc,I hrui.ed and
lncnutnbei wSra conducted on loo, or rsrfied in
yelir1r. nr m fttors II thn r,,iit.rr hos.
,isaI uorr ~ tnnn, ,.xe r,,na.' 1n.1i,.
Mta.; many many OF taem were "nmon iesnahe
sne1a a. s snaioson " te nahn. ai,., ~ .no a'' O.
Gspf'on. ~ G3tn ABOVE anu De!ow loaloaso ena.
nS .hoS eAtehooa .,Ke an isnenHe aaae uoIsea Win
no ooa,es OF nu1nat beings eha hhlmais, ana
VIII ar.ls4ea o. !u.n'.use . "ns!o too1s o. houses
a aaa steeh 9ete alu ,ue!e alreatea aoose tho
Aoou' a. ?. H. tno clergy nt ~: hleho1as
won. ~ |lncesh.o1 .1 70 !ne ehnlen oe II uaniaoo
20 supp1'tate tle t1Teih 1or mercy, hnd sefsacea
~ Mbont 1uo c4rpsca wero aseososoa On
ihnfeday ana ffiday, ana HeTo n'fiea' after
btiuE phntoEraIl!ed by their friends, ono OF
no Slct,ms was ~. Woh!fart. retired Major.
when tho wa|la fell III aud buried him. lodtca
were discovered IN many instances IN allays and
gasdens. t'vo victims. compoa'ng ono family;
were touha IN = htst,llour room LOCKED
IN Al agonl2ing clnEFaco. Ihoso who
bad Escaped were to DO seen Htntioned