The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-03-29
STORM AND FLOODS.
The Sweep Of the Gales in
France and England.
FRENCH VILLAGES SUBMERGED.
A Railway Train Engulfed
in q River.
SEVERE LOSS OF LIFE.

LONDON, March II, 1876
During the past week England and France have
been visited with a succession of heavy snow storms
aud gales, the effects OF which have been more
or less disastrous both on land and sea- Telegraphc
communication has been interrupted rivers have
flown. and long list of ioundercd and damaged ships
has appeared daily ia the London papers The gale OF
Sunday broke down the telegraph wires in both coun
tries, thus deprving English journals OF their usual
columns of Partisan news, while in the French capital
itself
THE SEINE
has steadily risen to greater height than It had
attained 1902. In the environs OF the city Sc
rous floods have occurred the safety of the villages OF
Abort and Alfortvie being much imperiiled that
the military train assisting the inhabitants to re-
move their household goods. and below stream the
country between Chatou and Asnleres is under water,
= the tramway service between Paris and Versailles
being also checked by the overflow between Auteuil
and Grenelle. At Nantes several manufactures have
been closed by of the rising of the Loire.
HOSPITAL
the village Of Ivry in danger of being undcr-
mined, and 500 of the 1000 patients have been re-
moved.
Bercy and the neghborng villages the waters reached
TO the second stories Of houses No OF land
be for miles. Streams in and out OF tho
various thoroughfares of these little towns, and In
Abort alone 900 people have been thrown out of en-
poyment The most
TERRIBLE cArAsTRoPHE
yet occasioned by the deuge the railway accident
at Lutterbach yesterday, where of the arches Of
the bridge the Ill gave way, and the slow train
bound from Muhouse for Strasbourg precpitated
into the river The engine had reached the ground
the opposite side when the breakage occurred, but the
carriages sinking with the arch, drew with them into
the torrent the remainder of the train. Tho
carriages fell on the top OF each other and Immediately
disappeared in the river where they broken up
by the strength of the stream The scene which
sued a heartrendng one Those OF the travellers
who killed by the fall were of course, unable
to escape from the wagons in which they imprs
oncd ana they carried down the until they
dashed to pieces against the rocks or slowly
drowned.
OVER THIRTY BODIES
have already been recovered, but this unfortunately,
does not represent all the victims OF the accident
SECLLY
the Isle Grande Jatte is submerged and St. Cloud, st.
Maur, ccurbevoIe, Belancourt, with many other
places, have suffered severely.
PARIS
At the Pont National in PARIS, the water had risen
yesterday to within few inches of the tops OF the
arches and by OF kiosks wooden huts and
stalls were being whirled about in all directions
SERIOUS RESULTS
apprehended in the event OF the waters not sub
siding.
eleven persons lost their lives.
loose stone falling from beliry killed priest
LIEGE
In Belgium the barometer Tell Sunday afternoon
| lower than in lT6S, which year the reading was
lower than at any other time then record and at
Brussels an unpleasant but comical shower, com
posed of rain, hail, hats, umbrellas and chignons
blinded the street passengers.
| ~ THE ENGLISH sHIREs
Various low lying districts OF England have sus-
tanned injury ia consequences OF the heavy falls
OF and the. inundaons, and In localities IL
has been found necessary To second spring seed
| COAST
Tho rough weather of the English coasts has caused
plenty Of work Tor the llieboats, among which craft
appears prominently the Sprlngwell oil Harwich when
placed at that port shortly after the wreck OF
Deutschland The lfeboats stationed the Keniish
saving the u distressed vessels rhe state
OF the sea all round unusually dangerous. owing
mainly the continued violent west and northwest
gaes and since Sunday very many shipping disasters
have happened.
SERIOUS DAMAGE
by floods and winds has been inflicted In neighbor-
hood of Bath Banbury. BackpoOl and Chatham where,
Tuesday. large building connected with the school
OF military engineering was blown down, many gun
carriages and military wagons being greatly injuTedl
YEARS.
In Dover, Gloucester Hastings, Monmouth, South
amplou, Windsor, Yarmouth and many other
places railways have been Hooded, roadways torn up,
market gardens inundated trees uproOted, houses
rooted and walls broken down Altogether this has been
OF the most extraordinarily mischievous gales Of
the last half century As Kind of atonement We have
had in London Il succession Of sunny days and
usually bright sky