The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-07-03
Terrible Storms in France and Austria
GREAT LOSS or LIFE AND PROPERTY.

PARIS, June 20, Heavy rains have caused
an unprecedented overflow Of the river Gar.
onne. Two bridges and many houses have
been carried away. Toulouse Is inundated
The waters are still rising and the situation il
serious. The hospital is threatened and the
patients have been removed.
PARIS, June H.-The damage done by the
foundations in the valleys Of the Garonne and
Adour Is immense. All the bridges at Ton.
louise have been destroyed The water /.
slowly subsidng but the rain continues. The
Assembly has voted twenty thousand francs
for the relief of the sufferers.
Paris, June 25.--The loss Of life by the
Hood at Toulouse is appalling. In the ST,
Cyprian quarter 2l5 corpsss have already
been found. The violence Of the torrent frus.
trated the efforts to rescue the unfortunate
inmates Of houses, and several men were
drowned in the attempt. 10000 persons arc
deprived OF the means Of subsistence in
Toulouse alone, and the disasters elsewhere
are almost of equal magnitude. The lower
part ofthe city of Moissaic, on the Tarn, Is
hidden under water. At Tremoullet in the
Department OF Aniege, FIVE houses only re.
main standing out Of 400. In the district OF
FAX, IN the same Department, two villages
are completely submerged, and many bodies
nave been found. Crops ofall kinds through.
out the inundated districts have been destroy.
ed. The troops and authorities are doing
everything in their power to save life and
property. The rain has ceased, but II is
feared that the melting Of the mountain SHOWS
VIII raise the water Of the Adour still higher.
President Mac Mahon and Minister Buffet have
lett Paris for the scene Of destruction. The
journals here have opened subscriptions for
the relefof the sufferers, and benefit per.
Torrance is announced at the opera.
The Southern Railway Company has sent
10000 to the Mayor Of Toulouse, for the des.
ttute.
=. PARIS, June %, Midnight. General De
Slssey, Minister Of War, accompanied the
President and tho Ministers Of the Interior to
the scene OF the foundations. The municipal
Council OF Paris has voted $4,000 for the
relief of the sufferers Eighty persons were
drowned in Verdun. Eight hundred houses
nave fallen IN Toulouse. At Bordeaux the
datonne is much swollen but no serious
catastrophe is reported. 1t is said that alto.
gether over one thousand lives have been lost
in the foods
PARIS, June 26.-The loss of property by
the overflow Of the river Garonne and other
streams in the South is fully as great in the
Department of Lot-et.G aronne as in the
haute 'Garonne. One hundred and seventy
houses were destroyed at the town of Moissaic,
IN the Tarn'et- Garonne, and fifty at La
Magistere, in the same department. Immense
damage was also done by the rising of the
water IN the river Adour at the town OF
Bagneres' de- Bgoorc, in the Department OF
Hautes. Pyrenees.
AT the town of Agen, in the Lot.d Gar.
onne, the waters in the river Garonne rose
thirty nine feet.
The American and English residents OF
Paris have opened subscriptions for the suf.
ierers by the floods. The National Assembly
to-day voted urgency" for motion TO up.
propriats one million francs for their relief.
A committee, with President MacMahon ut
the head, has been formed to collect funds for
the relief Of the sufferers.
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION OF LIFE.
LoNDoS, juno 2S.-Special kilograms TO the
Times say 300 persons persisted in the food at
Toulouse alone. The outbreak Of an epidemic
is feared. 1t is believed that 1900 houses
have been swept away in the town and
enyirons. The damage there is estimated Of
from el2, 00O, 600 to 5000, 900 sterling.
The Dditg Ners special kilograms say the
lowest estimate Of deaths in the flooded dis.
tricts is 1000
1t is proposed to lombard and destroy the
St. Cyprian quarter of Toulouse to prevent
danger from the crumblng walls Of the houses
that yet remain.
The French Assembly voted S39s, 900 for
the relief of the sufferers by the foundations
Later dispatches state the loss to property
in the cities of Toulouse and Aeon will exceed
S26, 100000
The subscriptions received in Paris for the
sufferers by the foundations are unpreeeden.
teddy large, the total amount received up to
Thursday was $4,000 II is announced that
one hundred thousand persons will be wholly
dependent on public charity for months to
come.
The later reports from the inundated re.
gions of France show the devastation to have
been appalling. One account places the
losses ut sixty millions of dollars-an almost
incredible hgure-while the damage to two
cities has been estimated at twenty-four
millions. The loss Of life at Toulouse alone
is put at two thousand, though il is impossible
to make anything like correct estimate.
The valley of the Garonne, where the food
took place, is one Of the most fertile and pop.
ulous in France. The population is nearly
half million, and fully 100000 persons are
rendered homeless and are dependent upon
charity.
LONDON, June 2sth.-A dispatch from Buda
Pesth, Austria, to the Standard says fu.
rous thunder storm passed over that city to,
day. The lightning was incessant, and hail
fell in such quantities that the roofs of the
houses and surrounding hills were covered
two feet thick with ice.
The waterfall was extraordinary. Torrents
swept through the streets Of Buda, carrying
men, vehicles and everything movable down
into the river. Many houses were suddenly
flooded and destroyed before the inmates
could escape. Five hundred of the inhabi.
tants are missing, and at least one hundred
have been drowned or killed by falling walls.
All the railways are interrupted.
Later dispatches say one hundred and
twenty dead bodies have been found in the
Danube, and many more must have been car
ried away by the current.