, 1875-07-03

which nt onco dfSnnSeB OF WEBSTER 1ul kEE- |
1rY. no far m their nreeent olnims are con.
cerned.
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THE FRENCH FLOODS.
Ihe HOODS when causea sueA w'ae:s1feaa
devastation IN tue South anu East OF sh's
country IN tho eaf'y sprlng soem 10 nave peon
repeated IN the south OF Franco Will aaa'-
tlonal destructive enects, ea'i5ing m ahpfe.
cadenteo lo8S OF Aie anu oes1ruc''on VI
property In many OF tho towns and villagca
along the A'ver 'aronne. rms ziver' which
takos 1ts raso IN tho ryrenees, near the opn1-
lsh frontier, Is Hooded nearly evory spring
W tho melting OF the mountain ico anu SNOW,
but this IL tue irst umo TINT 1t has occasioned
any serious disaster ~ iss overflow, showing
That the winter must nave peen marked oy
excessive rgor IN France as 1t was IN this
country. Inc pf'ne'pol soene Ok dlsastof
seems 10 nave oeen ~ tououse' Guy OF
ABOUT l2o,too people, aitoatea on tho da-
ronne' ut the confluence OF its branches, tue
Lens and the ArT1ege. me city ls pr1ncl'
pally owls upon INC s1en1 oank-
poruon OF IL occupies an ls!aho
III tho nsel. anu 1ne remainder,
known as 'ho 81 eyps'en quhsser' IN WINCH
the destruction Was ereatest' Is puhs on the
!eis nahk' IN uas quarter tue faVa8es OF
tho Aood were so terrible TINT It has been
found necessary 10 destroy II ny oomoard-
ment, 60 rs 70 prevent danger from tho
erumohng, ia1hng walls 4ets standing inter
tho Hood. In thla quarter about Soo people
were drowned, ana IN the WAoie o!ty ooo per-
aons per'sheo nna 2'ooo houscS wese swept
away
Ihe Who'e ioss OF me IN Inc 'aAey
OF tue uafonhe ls 8'atea W yeatofaays cao4e
disPatch at 3'ooo' ana the OBSTRUCTION OF prop
erty as sixty 10 seventy millions OF dol'ars'
Az sefann' "nefe 'ne liver sepafates INTO
n7e Streams "ltnln tue 'o"n, tae 4o7s OF u1e
Waa also ief8o' Az 11emooAlct, on TAG Ar
f1ege' ono OF tho oFanehes, out n7e houaoa
were lett standing out OF 4oo. At alo'ssac' l1o
houses were destroyed. IN tho district
Oh fa1' TWO Villages were entfc'y aeatfoyea'
and great damaee was a4so done OF bagnerea
ae blgo'Fe ana asea, Tue f'Vor fas'ng w 1eot
a. tae latter p1ace' ahe .otaa LOSS Oh 1ue ls
no" SGT as a'ooo' Inc nooa seems 70 haso
speht It's iofoe AZ hofdeau1' without occa-
saohahg any SERIOUS e"sastfophe AZ tais I'm"
poftant Guy. the pf'ncipa4 d'saster le IN the
department. OF Hsuse'Iafonne O. Tue oaso OF
Tue fy'eneea' aao' az 1ne 'huustr,ea OF THIS
department aso mainly agricultural, 1oulousa
being the only manufacturing point OF any
| importance tno 6uueF1ng u intense. ~ tho
crops were aes.eoyeo' aao tnousanos o1 poo-
PFC &o.oo0 ~ 'Ao en'4fous u 1oplooss A'one'
n @@e "ishous 'no "eans u saos'ssenee' 1Ae
ffonoa people anu INC aoeesnment
nave come noo'y 10 'ne Fe''el OF tno soner-
efa' Dn' lnasnucn as IN appea ms Already
peen maao 10 1ng'nno ioF ne'p' IL shows that
tho catastrophe aas 'nyol'ea an extent OF Huf-
iefahg oeyono .ne ao'nsy OF nome oonoVo-
lenco a4one 10 al1e7a0se. Inc olaaaters anrlng 8
tho month OF June "efo nos conhhea 10
tranee' -Four Gays utter INC tFonch HOOD
terrible 'nonaauons occurred IN bohem'a'
MoFavla' cor'nthia' berat, and tue Iyrol,
not aestios'hg as many lives Is IN ffanee'
ont drowning thouaahds OF catue and ruin
ing inc crops IN sevefm o'etf'cts' Inc day
a1tes theso Monaat'ons' thunderstorm
panied by an unprecedented fall OF hail,
which covered the houses md hills with
Ice two feet thick. The floods were unloosct]