The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-03-18
A BURSTED DAM.
AN AWFUL CATASTROPHE IN
HUNGARY.
A Whole Town submerged Fl Houses
Crushed by the ScOre- Eighteen
Hundred People Homeless Heart
renting Scone.

SEEaEDIN, March l2.-The catastro
phe, for some days apprehendcd, OCCUR
red this forenoon. Aided by gale tht
water broke through the dam and rushed
in broad streams towards the town. Th.
iRhsbitsnts are fleeing.
LONDON, March IA dispatch from
Szegedin. "Wednesday morning, saws:
After fearful night Of anxiety al efforts
proved useless. Tue water broke through
wi ID immense force at 3. O'Clock, carry
ing away part of the railwa station, en-
hankmenI and rolling stock. Within
three hours the town was MANY feet deep
in water, and terrible suffering Is commen
cling. Sar,eks and cries from thousands
are heard. Houses are crashing by the
score, and 10 many cases carr, ing their
inmates with them. There is no gas, the
works being fifteen feet in water. / tear
we shall run short of food. One boa,
was jnss gsipg to ssve large house full
OF people, whtnAa fearful cash carried
with it The Whole living freight. The
scene simply heart-rending. Over
lS00 people areou of house and hom =,
Hundreds are drowning and the water is
still rising rapidly. a
Szegedin is the second commercial
town 10 Hungary, and has been in i'm
inent danger the past week of inundalion
from the river Thesis, which flows
through the town. Several large dykes
protecting the back OF the town have
bursted. and the safety of the town de.
pends on the embankment of the railway,
to strengthen which all efforts have been
concentrated
PEsTH, March 12.-The latest tele
grams announce that the food with a
terrific roar is rushing from both sides
over Szegedlu. The horrors of the stu
alton b ffiss all description. The town
is, in fact, destroyed; two.thirds OF il
are now suhm erged. including the citidal,
post and telegraph Offices; whule rows
of honses are falling; two MANUFACTURES
are on fire: the inhabitants are fving to
Nav Szegedin and more elevaIed parts
,ofthe town The municipality of Pesth
is making every effort to send aid to
Szegedih; two relieftraius have started.
Accommodations for the fugitivr.s have
been provided iu the barracks and public
buildings of Prsth.
LONDON, March IA !Ncadard's
Pesth dispatch says: One hundred
square miles in the neighborbood oi
Szegedin are q mded, and the crops in
the district are los,.>
PEsIu. March 13-Evening.-The
misery at Sz,gedin is increasing. Res
cuing boats continually strike the ruins
so that in manv cases ,he rescue of suffer.
ets is impossible. One boat capsized By
Nh.nh seven women were downed, A vio
lent storm is raging, aud the d 'od is ris
ing; it is now TWO feet above the Ievee
of Thei-s. The unsubmerged area has
been reduced 600 sq,are metres
which continually decreases. At The
first eruption Of the water 35 soldiers
we're drowned. Tie State railway car
ried gratuiously, 100000 fugi.ives yes
terdav.
LONDON, March 13-A correspondent
at Szegedin states that the government
authorities report 800 drowned. At moor
Thursday there were still people on tn,
roofs OF houses aud in trees. Some per
sons died OF exposure to the cold. A
number of incendiaries have been arres
It'd The towns OF Crongrad, at the con
6Iencc of the rivers rheiss and Koroo
80 miles north of Szagedin, and Szantes
ncarer 81 'gerttu. ure also threatened.
Accounts from Vienna say: Six
thousand persons are sill surrounded by
water al Szagedin
PE>rH, March I3.-The Hungarian
Minister OF Finance left for SzegeliI
with 100000 norins. to be distribu &c
among the sufferers by the inundation
The greater part ofthe town OF Szsgedir
was DESTROYED and several hundred peo
pleperished. Relief parties are activeI,
at work succoring the survivors. NJ
official report of the extent of the calamity
has yet been received.