The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-12
FLOODS OVER THE WATER.

ENGLAND'S LATE INUNDATIONS.
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERLY -
STREETS sUBMERGED-A VIEW OF THE
SUFFERING TERRITORY.
One of its English correspondents thus
writes to the New York Tribune: Scarcely
| have we had time to recover from the shock
caused By the news Of the terrible inunda-
tions in France before we are aroused by ac-
counts from the interior OF our own country
which, If not quite so appalling, are at least
of very serious chpract Meteorological
records will have to be searched a
very long way back before anything at all
like our present vet summer will be dis
covered. Rain has fallen almost unceas
ingly now tor several weeks, aud, as q con-
sequence. all the water-courses are choked,
and the country in The midland counties and
all the 10 v-lying in the neighborhOOd OF the
| rivers Is submerged. The disaster at Cwm
earn, in South Wales, is happily the only
one by which any serious loss OF life has
occurred, but from all the districts we hear
of the immense destruction OF property and
| growing crops by foundations which even In
| winter are but rarely equalled. The country
lying near the beds of our principal rivers
and much of the low lying lands in the
| Midland and Eastern counties We naturally
expect to see flooded during the later and
/
the inhabitants make preparations TO meet
what they regard mors as visitor than a
| foe. Such weather as we have had, how
ever, defies sll calculation and preparation,
for even an Englishmsn is not accustomed
to fear being washed out of his dwelling in
Julv. The country on the banks
of the Severn and its tributaries seems
to have suffered most. The district OF the
| Forest of Dean, in Worcestershire and the
country adjoining the Wye and Usk In
MOnmOutshire have received the mostterri-
BILE visitation, even leaving out OF account
the disaster before alluded 10, which is per
haps as much owing 10 q mechanical cause
the bursting of a reservoir-as to the pri-
mary cause Of
THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
Tourists who know the beautiful country OF
the Severn valley and the banks of the
Wye, especially under their usual summer
sspect, would almost fsil to recognize the
devastated region as it is now to be seen
In the districts above Monmouth the river
- five times it's usual width. Meadows
which a week or two ago were covered with
new mown hay, are now little better than
one vast sea of water. What are in ordinary
times lofty trees, affordiDg pleasant and
grateful shade, are almost submerged, leav-
Ing little else than their branches above the
the water. A railway in course OF construc-
ton in this immediate district Is OF course
seriously injured, and bridge which had
been commenced TO carry the road across
The Wye has b5en completely washed away.
Ia Monmouth itself the low-lyiEg streets
} have been submerged, and much suffering
caused to the occupants of houses there
chiefly of the poorest classify the Hood
ing OF the lower rooms OF their dwellings
and the destruction of the furniture and
goods. A painful incident connected with
the floods ia this district is told from New
port. 1t ia said that the aged mother OF
one of the sufferers, William Bowen, who
had to swim for his lite, came many
miles to congratulate him upon his escape,
but on seeing the condition of his cottage
and his ruined home she fell back dead with
} excitement in his arms. In the Trent valley
and the Midlands the floods have been Sc
we're. Throughout Leicestersbire and Not
} tinghamshire the low lying fields have been
completely submerged, while In many cases
the roads have been almost impossible.
What promised to be a very good hay crop
has been completely destroyed. AT Burton
hundreds of houses in the lower parts of the
town are said to be uninhabitate on &C.
count of the lower
ROOMS BLING FLOODED,
in some cases nearly to the ceiling. Live
} stock and furniture are everywhere being
!. removed, and it is feared that the brewing
operations will be interrupted. In the
Trent, both here and lower down, may be
frequently seen the csrcasses OF drowned
cattle, besides many tons Of new mown hay
In the town of Leicester the sewers ars
/ found to be quite inadequate to carry away
the water, and, in consequence, as much as
five or six feet of water is in some of the
cellars. fatal accident is reported from this
neighborhood. At place called Quomdon
near Barrow-on-SOsr man was assisting che
} landlord OF the village inn in getting some
furniture from the lower to the upper rooms
OF the house, when a wall suddenly gave
J way and let in the water, which carried him
with great force into the back garden; but
he was drowned before he could be rescued
: In another part OF the same county, at 9
} place called Glenfeld, the streams were
, much swollen, and IL was no uncommon
; thing for the people for miles around to find
; their furniture floating about in the lower
rooms. In the lower levels the inhabitants
became much alarmed, and men waded the
J water, which was nearly breast high, and
, by means of wagons rescued screaming
, women and children in their night-clotbts
and carried them to places of safety on q
higher level. In the district of Lough-
} borough people would not believe but that
q large reservoir IN the neighborhood had
burst, so great was the 6uantity of water
which broke upon the little town, flooding
even the market place. In Nottingham the
condition of affairs has even been worse than
J at Leicester. Here several factories have
+. stopped working perforce, on account oil
the water rising so high as to put out the
! furnace fires. The water has risen SO high
here as TO render it necessary for the inhsb
itsnts in several DISTRICTS of the town to use
boats to get to and from
THEIR DWELLINGS
The floods have been as disastrous as those
, occurring at Nottingham six winters ago
, indeed have destroyed much more property
as no one had suspected the likelihood O.
such an Occurrences in the summer. Al
Nuneaton, in Warwicksbire, factories have
been obliged to stop work, as in many cases
) not only was it impossible 10 keep the fires
, aIight, but the machinery was absolutely
! ~ bmer2ed.
This is q ,ratchfnl season of the wear fnl