The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-11


reported missing may be lying smoIhered IN the
/ mud OF the Garonne.
OmnibuSes are passing through the streets OF
Toulouse TO receive from house 70 house elits OF
food. clothes ana bedding for the destitute ana
naked MANY dead norses some belonging TO the
arunery, are noaung IN tue Hooded streets
TONES OVERTURNED
The cemetery is greatly injured. Many tomos
and monuments are overturned or cracked
DEAD BODIES MUTILATkD.
Dead bodies. horribly mutlaled. are found
ever moment. Many can onls We torn plecemeal
from he runs which crushed them.
DEAD BODIES CONSTANTLY SEEN DRIFTING DOWN
STREAM.
Toulouse June 2sl correspondence OF London
No positive return has vet been received OF the
number OF victims OF the innndatlons; dead bodies
are being found every moment, and are
stanty seen drifting down the stream.
WHEN TEE WATER WAS AT IFS HEIGHT IN ToU-
LoUsE-THR AWFUL SCENE As REPORTED TO
IFrom the London Telegraph, June 29l
From Toulouse graphic description Is lOrwi rded
TO the DeodtS OF the aspect OF tnat city when the
lnundailon WAS at Its height. he Inhabitants as
semOled on the quays and on the stone Bridge,
and looked he plessly on the scene OF desostlon
and followed with terrified eyes the work OF de-
strucuon. Property OF all sorts was being swept
away by the angry waves; plies OF tilnber, carts
casks cattle and heavy panks were hurled In their
flight against the piers OF he bridge. Hall an
hour alter the precaution had been taken TO close
the bridge OF ST. Pierre IL gave way with crash,
ana the large pubic washhouses OF rournay ana
ALL THE KLRMRNTs WE'RE COMBINING
against the unfortunate town, the large rolling
mills OF BeZecle we're discovered 10 be In flames,
while another IRE broke out az the PORT GarIud
IN house that entirely cut or iTOm any
cnance oil succor. The manufactures at Bazacle
and in the Rue des landowners were abandoned
on the water rushing into them, and were or
course greatly damaged. Two houses fell at the
Port Galaud and II Is pelevea that two women
the rise OF the water was so rapid that many lam
lilies could only be rescued by means or the win
COVE
THE TUGDoAr
stationed at ST. Pierre was carried away by the
loIce OF the torrent ana was capsizeo. Four or
nve persons were on board at the time, and as
ire vessel was borne away they uttered cries OF
despair. Their tate Is Us yet unknown.
A HEARTRENDING SCENE
TOOK place at tue Hotei Dieu which was entirely
surrounded aud hooded bv the river. All sorts or
conVeyances were speedily placed In feQulsltlon,
and the Unfortunate patients were removed be-
lore the water rose too nlgn as promptly pos
slbie 10 Tue Military hospila IN emnouses, car
rlages and artillery wagons. All tae officials, the
sisters and the surgeons behaved admirably In
this work Of rescue
Among many trapical occurrences the following
Churca OF Sept-Denlers arrived at the ARTILLERY bar
racks ana asked Tor volunteers 10 save Jour per-
! sons imprisoned q mouse surrounded by water
| Tnrse men al once departed in TWO boats, accom-
| panied Dy tnree sailors. They roWed over the
Inundated cornhed IDS between the Garonne ana
| the canal untli they arrived opposite the above
named church. There the nrSt bJat, manned oy
! two sailors and one artllleryman, was suddenly
! seized by the current. became unmanageable.
/ and was uriven away toward the Garenne at a
were lust enabled IL escape the current, and were
/ thus preserved from an almost certain death. AS
to the persons snue up In the house, 1t was found
Impossible TO rescde them, and lears were enter
tanned that. owing to the force OF the water. the
building might succumo at any moment.
| FROM TIE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
Although we nave the fullest accounts from Tou-
louise ii must not be imagined that the rava2es OF
the disaster were confined 10 that city. On the
contrary, terrible accounts pour in from the
! rounding districts, the hoOas having extended
Terrible ne US continues TO arrive. Al veroun it
ID stated 1lty houses are destroyed, eighty IN
fortunate persons buried In the rufus, WITH about
500 head OF cattle. Tnirty.iour corpses have been
recovered and buried after Identification. The
villages OF LaDastlde and Besplas have been en-
From Iarn. et-G aronne the news Is also disas-
trUus. The Garonae and The Tarn have been very
destructive IN their course and the overflow was
so rapid that In many places the Inhabitants were
unable TO carry anything away. A large number
OF lamiIes are homeless, ana many animals have
persisted.
washed down or nave suffered injury. At Mon
teslang they were enabled to drag woman from
under the Ruins oil house mat HAD Ialen In.
In the towns ana villages OF the Basses.Pyrenees
there has been great destruction. Bridges have
/ been carried away; houses nave been inundated
aud greatly injured the crops have been partially
destroy ed IN some dlstricts several animals have
| peen drowned, ana at Jaut shepherd lost his
! lie.
A correspondents OF the Sotr .eegraphs from
! Agen tnat the bodies OF number or cattle have
been ouud in the fields; that MOURNING and ruin
are everywhere; that the exchange and markets
saS sas inc the 5s de Of T Ike so Sn
Another correspondent OF the same Journal says
!
OF tue army OF Toulouse. II VIII bear the names
/ OF the soldiers and citizens who persisted IN en-
deavorng 10 save the sufferers from the inunda-
ton. Inc families OF the sol iiers who Iell victims
to tHeir devotion WIZ participate In the dlstriou.
/ non OF aims
ANOTHER INSPECTION AFTER MAcxAuoxs, IN THE
81. cYPKIES QUARTER.
After Marshal MacMahon had inspected the
alo wed to VISIT inc principal streets Of tue Eau.
/ bOurg ~. Cyprlen and relative 10 tnls the corre
/ sponaent or the Paris Figaro. NJ. CASTOR Vassy
] Of a
lowing Iurtner details concerning the great catas-
LIVERY moment bodies are being found, for the
most part horribly mutIlated, some having TO be
literally pulled out piece by piece from Tue rubbish
! ny which they had been buried Houses still COLI
tlnue 20 fal, and an unfortunate soldier has Just
1 been crushed by one Inc hand is powerless to
describe by means OF the pen the aspect OF tails
! 0esolated fauoouig At each step heap OF ruins
MARKS what a short time ago had Desn happy
scripteu, Is mingled In lnextrlcaDle cOnlu-
SION with tue bodies OF men. women, call
shape. Ia the Rue de Bay onne 1 was SHOWN the
muse under wnIcn DR.. Brun and his Iamlly had
been buried. Further on Is that where NJ. VOL
lard, government Commissioner 10 the Council or
War at toulouse. perIsheo. | then see the Con-
vent oil the CaI meiltes perfectly gutted, ana many
Other well known spots which nothing OUT
mounds OF rubbish. AT the locality known as the
Pace de Lonenle the state Of tue railing when
! encloses the office for the cOlscllon OF tue town
/ dues NAV give one an idea OF the Jury OF the
waters, the doors having been beaten III and me
iron bar5 actually twisted. Ia the avenue OF the
/ Pate d'Oie' tue trees are thrown TO ths ground,
| tine gas lamps are torn up and the work OF de-
struclion has been thor ougny uone upon tue right
| hand as well as upon the lett oil whoever strUs
aIong the spot. 1t ~ worthy OF remark, however.
that tae only walls which have resisted the enor-
nous pressure OF the foods are thVse DGl.t long
ago, and the Cd foftl1cati5ns are comparatively
unlnjured. The Rue de TourneIeue may be
pronounced 70 have oeen utterly blotted Quit
no longer exIsts-and the 'Ahee de la RepuC-
lque' mas suffered even more than the ave.
nue. OF the Pate d'Vle;' there trees, posts,
and gas amps cover the ground thlcKly, aud the
soil Itself Is most deeply tOra up py the rusnIng
] IL.
aster one comic incident at the least, usually
presents ltself, aud curious Instance oil fhis mas
Just been related 10 me. some soldiers passing
by some ruins la the Alice Bonaparte heard faint
cries vi Papa TO track tue sounds and dls-
cover tue locality from winch they proceeded was
DuL the WORK VI 4 mOment-tO rescue the en-
tombed victim was That vi some hours. IL was
rather disappointing 10 the gallant fellows, after
al thelr exertl0n aud toll TO hnJ tnaf, although
their laDUrs nad not been 10 VAIN, they had only
d no uni a.Lu erlA