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

scented BY the depopulated towns and villages
over which they nave swept
one Is struck with the monotony In horror OF
them all. The unity OF cause ana unity % etrect
are terrible In their simple suDlmiry. Herolsm
seems powerless TO struggle against the terrible
hoods. IL remains to be seen what Charity can
accomplish IN relieving those who have escaped
with tneir lives from the implacaDle waters.
THE hAUBoUkG ST. CYrkiEN NO LONGER EXISTS. "
The Faubourg OF ST. Cyprien. an ofiicial telegram
exists. IL Will take long years TO reconstruct the
houses torn down oy the rising and ebblng FOODS.
The high street Of 81. Cyprien, when had grown
uuder the forcing influence OF the railway TO be an
important quarter OF Toulouse, has best resisted
the inundation. lt still mods It's nead erect but
Is badly damaged ana soaked from almost the
third nour 10 the basement story. Many of its
houses are marked Tor blasting. There Is not 4
single house standing round the Place du Chare-
don.
rue streets converging on It are
BLOCKED UP WITH FALLEN DWELLINGS,
Those VINO nved In them a lew days ago are be-
widered wnen they come back by the ruin watch
mas neen suddenly enected IL Is found tnat n lar
TOOK refuge III the upper stories and were killed
when the houses ielL
DEAD BODIES or WHOLE FAMILY,
consisting OF husband, VIE, grandmother and two
children, nave been Tound In ihe ruins or the Place
0u Cnaredon ked IN each other's arms.
ON \ lew boards or a tara floor In another dew
croucning IN corner He di not dare TO move
and was almost paralysed from terror ana the
1xIty OF his position when taken down. He had
prevailed on his wife TO ny before the hoods to the
high-lying part OF Toulouse aud remained to take
care OF the house, which ne feared in the coniu-
sion robbers might enter and punder. The first
nlght OF the deluge he walls cracked and shook
ana most OF them le burying fifteen or the In
mates.
THE CLERGY OF ST. NICHOLAS
on their return from the procession to the Black
du Cnaredon by the rising Garonne and TOOK
refuge IN mouse, from wnlcn, aft err passing eight
hours between life ana death they were released
by the artillery p0ptoons. deacon Is said to have
lost his reason when lie felt the walls shake. The
iron ran gate Of the Avenue de Bayonne aud us
moi q n Hal We III
gether with molten lead, lie Hat on the ground.
THE TREES,
which were Old and shady In some places, are
torn up by their roots, ana In Others broken. For
the distance Of a kIometre there is scarcely q
house standing he head Of the medical school
reported This morning tnat, accompanied ey a
scar OF assistants, lie went through tue quarters
wounded people. He did not md one. "
EVERYTHING HE MET IN HUMAN SHAPE WAS A
CORPSE
The slaughterers attacned to the abattoir were
every one drowned III the streets branching OF
the Rue de Bayonne, tue proportion OF houses de-
molished Is ABOUT one IN every Jour. But wher-
ever the water has passed dynamite, II Is sald
must 20 used. Moreover there Is not. 1t Is sur
missed, a single rum that Is not also a tomb
IN TIE CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS THE WATER
COVERS THE TABLET OF THE ALTAR.
In the Chnrcn oil ST. Nicholas the water covered
the tablet OF the altar, carrying away the sacred
vessels and hoSttd.
A CLERICAL STUDENT SEEKING MS PARENTS
One OF the tragic sights which Marshal Mac
Macon witnessed In his walk round the Close was
young seminarIst clearing away Win ieverlsh
bent his mead TO one side. Us II STRIVING 10 catch
sound winch he hoped 10 near, but which oId not
reacu him. lie had Deon there from dayDreaE, in-
sensible To the RAM seeking lor his Iather mother
and sister, who had emigrated from Auvergne TO
be near hun at Toulouse. Nobody on the Mar
shal's stan mad the courage TO speak to him.
THE FOUR GREAT IRON FoUNDKIEs
OF MN. Delpie. Messonnie. Lamoureux and Bourge
no longer exist.
THE DANCING ROOMS
or the Grand orient, the warehouses or NM.
OLIVIER, Estrada and Groc, aud the Ola Hotel
Massabian have Deen also swept away. Great has
also been the destruction OF mills. Those OF the
CroIX Pierre and Bonchauge are marked Tor
dynamite.
WIDE DISTRICT UNINHABTABLE
The whole OF the Rues de Novars. vlleneuvllle
and des Canueites are uninuabItdble. Eleven
bodies were taken this morning out Of fallen
house in the Rue st. Nicholas, which Is also
was stTewn with the bodes OF men ana boys who
bad cnmJel INTO the trees, some or whlcn were
ieIi, overcome probably by fear and exhaustion.
Dead men and dead horses DRIFT through the low
streets or rather where low streets were: me
cemetery being under water, funeral ornaments
foat on the yellow tlae. Capsized boats speak OF
crews engulled by the violence OF the currents,
STILL MORE TERRIBLE DETAILS.
AS write fresh and terrible details arrive. The
paper mill oil the Avenue Maret, which was In
sureu against lire Tor 800 00oL., but not against
water, IS u total wreck. Inc deaths are far more
numerous tnan has been feared. Photographers
have Deen telegrapned Tor TO come anu
PHOTOGRAPH THE DEAD,
who are brought In tumbrs 10 the medical school,
and cannot possibly be Kept there Tor identinca.
ton. Long lines OF drenched and famlne.stricken
people 81 81 ases %a Usiors n me a e0r rs
great hospital, into winch wagon oaas OIL surrer.
ers are continually fetened by the artillery. All
the public buildings except the residences OF the
Mayor. Project anu Archbishop, have been requ-
sltioned until otner asylums can % provided lor
three weeks rain are in many cases almost Naked
suAPRIsED IN THEIR BEDS
By tie water. and IN making away for their lives,
had not time TO dress themselves.
THE ANCIENT CAPITAL
OF Languedoc was town In which work was
easily ootalned aud well remunerated, aud iood
aud VINE were relatively eneap. ms lower
patriotic iund aised among tRem III 1870 testified
Their position IS now terrible, and must be lor
some time. This VISITATION wound have not
weighed heavily Oh a less thrifty population.
The French poor Invariably invest eood deal OF
money III strong household and body linen. Ons
OF the narrowing sights is the contents OF the
drawers ana presses, which Were kept with house
wiley care, noating like scum on the wid~ned
Garonne. Poor people there are als) very luxuri-
GUS and neat about their beds. They neap up
woollen mattresses some OF which are 10 be
manred ovnr re- c"I1,,rsn when tha lime comes Tor
tBem TO marry and settle. The river mas swept on
these household gods OF the toulouse working
Classes, and pdollc charily, however generous,
cannot possibly restore them.
FIFTY YOUNG LADIES RESCUED FROM BOARDING
SCHOOL
The fifty young ladies OF the submerged board
ing school In tie Pace Ges Feuillants nave been
saved. aud went to their respective homes tins
morning.
NOBLE SUFFERERS.
Among the properties devastated Is one OF the
De RemusAt family
NJ. oe Belcaste, the legitlmist Deputy, has done
wonders In relieving the SICK ana Esmeless pour,
VINO crowd the public buildings His sen-in-law,
the Marquis de Laurens CaSteet and the Co III
de Begoaen have also behaved noDlf. The one
consollng feature Of tnls caIanitous inundatIon
10 the great amount or nerOsm 1t has brought out,
and especially among tue sodery.
RIVER SWEPT PROM ITS ANCIENT CHANNEL.
Accounts IRON the Gdronne become still more
terrible At MOissac the river has deunu ely lor-
saken les former oed and nows four Kilometres
away IN an ancient channel.
PRESIDENT MAcMAHoN's VISIT TO THE SCENE OF
DESoIATION.
Paris June 20) correspondence OF London stan
Garu.l
Marshal Mac Mahon with the Ministers Rcco n
pauyag MIN, arrived at Pei tsueux at quarter past
SIX THIS morning aud lett again at quarter &c
seven lie Will reach TOULOUSE at twenty-five
nlnu es past two L. NJ. The loss vi property IN
the Department o. the Lot-etGaroune IS AS great
as IN the Haute-Garonhe. Tue NUMBER Uf houses
destroyed at MOlssAc Is ITO, aud at MGgstere nrty
Enormous damage has also bsen Caused at Bag
neres and Blgorre. Tue rise OF the waters at Agen
a. reached metres and the town