The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-19
LRRlGHTlUL DISASTER.
THE TOWN OF szEoEDIs, HUNGARY,
INUNDATED.

LONDON. March l2-The Times
corresponding at Peslh. says:
For aeli nigh y week Szegediu,
The second commercial va Ia HUI
gary, has been in imminent dagger
Of iaundation from the river Theiss,
which aJss through the town Sew
eral large dy kes projecting the back
of the town have been burst aod the
safety OF The town now depends on
the embankment of the Afford rail
way, TO strengthen which all efforts
are concenErated. A, however, in
the upper cou 8, of the river the wa
Ter has begun 10 fall rapidly, If the
emoansmeat holds a day or two lon
ger The danger may pass"
LoND N. Ma~cn PA dispatch Il
the DAILY Netcs from Szegedin this
"Wednesday morbing. at eight o.
clock. says:
After u fearful night of anxiety
Ill Ell ,rls are useless. Tue water
broke through with immense force at
3 o'clock, carrying away part of the
railway station embsnkment and
roIliag stock Within three hours
the tosn was many feet deep 10 wa
ter. Terrible suffering is commeue-
ing Sbrieks aud cries from thous-
suds are heard. Houses are crash
ing by the score. aud ia many ase
carving their Inmates viii them
& d knows what we shall do u night.
rnere Is 40 gass, the works belng ID
feeT ia ca,er | fear we shall run
short Of food. Oae boat was just GO
Iug 10 save a large household of peo-
pie when a large crash carried With
it the whole living freight. The
Scene is simply besrtfendiGg. Over
so 600 psnpie are out of house and
bone Huaireds are drowuing aud
The sa'er is >tlI rising rapidly"
LoNDoN, March IL TIE last em
5ankment Of the river Theiss Al
Sc sgediD. Hungary. burst early this
morning, causing immense dvstruc
loo snd, II Is feared, great Toss Of
life
SZEGEDIN, March l2.-The syns-
g que has fallen III, baryiag a Number
OF people who bad sought refuge in
il
PE.rH. March IL -EveniDg-The
latest kilograms that the
d I'D with o terrible rosr, is rushing
from two sides over Szeeediu. The
horrors Of The situation b. I'll all de
c riytion. The town in fast IL de
stroyed Two thirds of it are now
Submerged. including the citadel and
he p,st and telegraph ut&ces. Whole
rows Of houses are falling. The or
phana2e aud synag que are destroy
ed. All the lnpates II the former
were haried in the ruins. Two maD.
factories are on Gce. The lphsb /
ants are flying to New So gedin aud
the more elevated paris Of the town
The Municipality of Pesth is ma
king c eff TIT TO send assistance
10 Sc .gedia. Two relief trains have
! already started ACCOMMODATIONS
for The fugitiges have been provided
in the barracks aud public buildings
Of Pesth.
LONDON, March l2-Tbe Stan
dard's dispatch from Pestb, Gays:
"0ne hundred square miles 10 the
neighhorhood OF Szegedin are food
ed The crops in this district are
lost
Sze4edia or Zegedin, is g tswa Of
southeast Hungary, capital OF The
county of Csongrad, ia u marsh on
he hanks Of the Thesis, at the Influx
Of the Mlras. 80 miles e north
vest OF Arad. aud according to the
lsst census bad 8 population OF ehouI
SO GEO The town is divided Into
tbe Palaaks or central town, in which
be residences Of the merchants are
grouped around az old Turkish for..
res., the upper aud lower towns and
new Szsgedin on tie east bank of The
Thesis. reached by a bridge of boa's
IL has a vast market place, numerous
churches, converts. high schools,
hospitals and a Magyar theatre. Il
lis an unpsved and badly lighted
town, bat is noted for the neatesl
boats end best floating mills in Hun
gary. Szegedin has also many SOAP
factories, aud ~ always had a large
export trade 10 iron, rape seed, tai
low, etc, while the imports generally
included Toksy vines, timbeFs, etc
from Vienna, Bohemia and othel
points