The New York herald., 1875-07-12


subscribe In an address whIe1 dwels on the Tepu-
ta'ion Of that city Tor charity, and studiousy
France.
Most OF the French municipalities are voting
From rou ouse hear that the Archbishop has
received q teiegram from the Pope announcing
that ne mas sent 2o,ooN. for the relief o the sui
ierers.
THE LONDON TIMES CORRECTED.
From the London Times, july H.
The Londoa correspondent OF the Urtrers writes
70 us under date l. Barnes Villas, Lonsdee road,
Barnes. y W., June 29:-
rsrms!tezmoi dc rectiner uns errsur De "a part de
du = couran sexprime ains au suet ues inondatons
he unrers does publish list but proposes give
n g ~ e an ne money ppu Dy tue state as suoVen
Ccttc tenirai fare croirc QUO Unipers
damnc les SUBSCRIPTIONS parculeres tandis au'au
de a%eaS % Pa ss paf %
suivant ~Un admirable elan de charifs Sc maniiee de
loutes parts favour des lnondes du Midi Des
nous a9dressons les nores Mgr rArcheveque dc rou-
II nous semble que ce'st gully fare
me%ent si Enyoyer ls plus ct le plus vie possle
tant dune collects spontanee dine page 4me, coonneL
Or colecte provenat des redscteurs de 0nirr,
les somnes desiinScs Gpera e. autres t5eatre,
Dc ras ellie snsnaiI ~ aeo.ne M taudryl aa
Jespcre que yous yoadrez bien accuellr rec,lhc,
de la let ettre.
an urgent appeal to the charity OF the nation Tor
the reieI oil the suffering and loss caused oy tue
Goods in the South oil France, ana says that, what
may be the re- suit Obtained II can never ade-
qaately repair the effects oil so terrible a vlsia-
ton.
THE FIRST REPORTS FRoA TOULOUSE AND OTHER
PLACES TO PARIs-oFFIcIAL DELAY MAIN
CAUSE OF THE TKRRIBLY FATAL CONSEQUENCES
OF THY RIVERS RISE.
lParis June 29) correspondence OF London Tee-
We begin at length q get the Information for
which people have been asking TINS week past,
ABOUT the origin OF the hoods. One could NOT un-
del stand how catastrophe SO terrible should ar
rive without longer notice. lhe first report heard
In Paris re presented the foundations as already
beyond check, and the first that many poor souls
SHs en e 81 Us S
what fatality and by what negligence so many
hundred lives were lost On Wednesday the
river rose seventeen TO twenty centmeires eacn
hour kilograms from up stream warned the offi-
Gals OF tho hydraulic service OF great food,
winch Chief Engineer Faraguet calculated at
eight meLres Tnls erroneous estimate was posted
as usual IN the Fauoourg 81. Antoine. II was not
oil a sort To make much Impression. especially as
the authorities suggested no arrangements Tor
saving lie. There were many boats, but no
sailors ready. One opinion only prevails about
this neglect On Thursday morning the hood IN
creased rapidly. twenty to twenty-five cenIimetres
Dan ano Molsssc announced alarming news. At
midday, with sucn intelligence, it became urgent
to give the people warning which Is zone by the
tocsn IN the country, by sound OF trumpet in the
town OF Aeen; out nothing was said, nothing
aone. BY four O'Clock the banks OF the river mad
Fon. .Rache was submerged up 10 the nrsJ noor,
and the promenade OF Gavier Hooded"
THE AGGREGATED WATER BURSTS THROUGH TIE
RESTRAINT OF EMBANKNENr
Up to this time the Gar onne had poured itself
alone; but two hours after 1t suddenly deuged all
the plain. IL appears that the southern Rail way,
t.Tre ie from the BonEncenre station TO- 10 the Via
Duct OF Saint Pierre de OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, and
from thence to the village OF Layrac. iorms sort
oil dam. Four thousand metres OF embankment
give no opening Tor water 10 pass except the
seventeen arches OF The aqueouct, saving 0ridge
across the Estressol, by Layrac.
THIS IMMENSE DAM
kept back the waters accumulated 10 the plains Of
Sauveterre. SAINT Nicolas, SAINT Jean de Thurac
ana Ostende. 10 drove the nood into the Garonne
Canal. and thus caused, apparently. the partial
inundation OF Agen.
Apcut SIX O'Clock
THE EMBANKMENT BURST
ard let through TINS enormous mass OF water.
No alarm nayinS been gwen. many people stlll |
had dOub about their peril. Ihe shops were |
open, merchandise In ali the windows. Before |
you eoulu WINK the bGlhieueS OF Boe, Qninault, !
C.illornie. &c, vanished under wn;er. / he sub |
urbs, the Route Neuye, Trenac. the Plate-lorme, !
the Grand seminary. and. aoove ALL DescAJrac, |
shared the same late. BY the broad streets
porte Neuve, SAINT Jean, du Temple anu SAINT Gi- |
lis tue nOOo reached the clfy's neart.
oAN THE AUTHORITIES EXCUSE THEMSELVES.
sucn appears TO be the direct cause OF that /
waste OF human lie wnicn mas astOnisued and |
shocked the world. Inc responsible authorizes
VIZ fro nave nea OF M
Tae loss of property hey could perhaps, nave |
done little TO avert; out there vas ample time |
10 get all human beings into safety or. at least,
TO warn tnenl Oh their danger. IL would see |
that the words OF tie Emperor, which maze !
sucn SUR 10 july 1856, passed and were for
sotten. He wrote TO NJ. Rouher. from Plom-
beres:-"Wnat happened alter the hoods OF lS46 |
ought to he a lesson 70 There was mucn
tax IN the Chambers many luminous reports. but |
no system was adopted, no clear impulse given, |
and the government confined itselI 10 partial |
works, whlca nave only served as scientific men |
declare, to make MS last flood mole DISASTROUS |
III ret a avara
perImenis nave suffered from lnundattons. IBave |
ever reason 10 nope that science will nnally sue
honor that rivers IN France, like revolution, be !
made TO keep IN .neIr beds and oe unaole 10 stir
the Emperor failed, alike with rivers ami revou-
tons. No new system was used, no common I'M
pulse gwen, alter 1856.
Toe words he spoke may serve us now.
THE KEcURRENT PERIODS OF FLUvIAL cALAMTTIKs
IN FRANCE
Paris Dune 29) correspondence OF London Tele-
graph.l
1t is noted as y strange coincidence that the
great oyernows oi the Garonne nave happened
every twenty years since the beginning OF this
cen urJ-lSl5. loo5, 1855 and 1875 are dates eJstt
on that river oank. Inc Lolre and the khone
sald upon evidence less C car, to be dangerous
every ten years-lo46 and 1856 pear out TINS calcu
la tion, and the suprrstltous are growing alarmed
to suppose that hoods are really periodic the
official reports OF disaster which begin To come
you viii already % have seem seen the dresdfui re
turns, but he villages pass with little notice.
i nnu IL entlOneu tnat a0ntecn ana RlVOle have
mot wholly per. r.sned." Az Basude Besplas Sixty
two houses are destroyed out OF seventy. In the
Valee &c Nop three bridges OF masonry have
broken down. Mauran is levelled; SO
FenouIller, GAgnac and Oudes. AT Asissac 200
houses nave gone" at Castelsarrastn thlrty and
go on through the list, though have chosen the
" orst cases.
ia 1870 damage OF fSoo,ooO was calculated; In
1855 1910 900. Neither o. tLese calamltles ap-
prD acned that before us, either IN height OF the
overflow nor In the damage.
THE MAXIMUM DEPTH.
The best accounts diner as To the maximum
oil tue food. SCme put II at thrty-seven leet two
inches, othe rs at thirty-etgnt iec;.
THE DANGER OF RAIS FLOODS EXCEssEs-HOw TO
PROVIDE AGAINST CALAMITY.
To THE Editor or THE LONDON IIMES:-
sIR-lne terrible lnundatlons by the Garonne
may teach a useful lesson TO tnUse wao Will learn
II, TINS lesson growing out ol the fact That eX-
cesses In ram Hoods are 10 De expected anu snoud
be proyl0ed Ior, Tne story u destructive river
floods occurring Ia one part OF the wOiId or tine
Otuer Il new anu ever being told. Now