The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-03-20
A HUNGARIAN FLOOD.
THE TOWN OF szEGEDIN OVER
WHELMED BY FLOODS.
Bursting Of the Remaining Dyke, Flooding the
Town and Rendering Eighty Thousand
People HOmeless-TerrlbIe loss Of
Life and Immense DestruC.
tlOn Of Property.

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London, March PA dispatch from szegedin
this "wednesday morning at O'Clock says
After fearful night Of anxiety all efforts have
proved useless. The water broke through with
immense force at o'clock, carrying away part
OF the railway station, the embsnkment and
rolling stock. Within three hours the town was
many feet deep In water. Terrible suffering is
commencing. shreks and cries from thousands
are heard. Houses are era hing by the score, and
In many cases carrying their inmates with them.
God knows what we shall do tonight There is
no gas, the works being fifteen feet in water. I
fear we shall run short of food. One boat was
just going to save large houseful of people,
when fearful crash carried with It the whole
living freight The scene is simply heartrending.
Over so 900 people are out of house and home.
Hundreds are drowning and the water is still ris.
ing rapidly"
Szegedin is the second commercial town in
Hungary and has been in imminent danger for
the past week, The inuudation is from the river
Theis', which flows through the town, Several
large dykes protecting the back of he town de-
pended on the embankment Of the Alfold rail
way to strengthen which all efforts were concen.
trated.
Pesth, March 13.-The Hungarian Minister Of
Finance has left for szegedin with two hundred
thousand forms, to be distributed among the
sufferers. The greater part OF the Town OF Siege
Din was destroyed. Relief parties are actively at
work uccoring survivors.
Pesth, March 13.-The misery In Szegedin is in.
creasing. The rescuing boats continually strike
ruins, 80 that in many cases the rescue of suffer
ers Is impossible. One boat was capsized, by
which seven women were drowned violent
storm is raging. The food is continually rising,
and is now two feet above the level OF the Thesis
The submerged area has been reduced to 600
square metres, which continually decrease. At
the first irruption of water 35 soldiers were
drowned. The State railway carried gratuitously
10000 fugitives yesterday,
Vienna, March 13-six steamers and 20 tugs
have left Pesth for Szegedin.
London, March 19.-A correspondent at Siege.
din states at noon, Thursday there were still peo.
pie on the roofs of houses and in the trees. some
persons died from exposure to the cold. mum,
Der of incendiaries have been arrested The
towns Of Crongrad, at the confluence Of the riv-
ers The'ss and Koros 32 miles north of Szpgedin,
and szentes, two miles nearer szegedin, are also
threatened. 1t is impossible to make close es.
innate as the number buried under the ruins can
not yet be ascertained The houses built of sun
dried bricks continued TO collapse long time az
ter the first thrush of the floods The work Of
feeding and removing the sufferers Is now pro-
ceeding with the greatest order The first sensa.
tional stories of hundreds buried in the syna-
goEue and military hospital are without founda.
ton,
Pesth March 14-Evening Government
Commissioner at Szegedin reports that he was
rowed through the submerged streets, and found
three-quarters Of the town in ruins. He thinks II
the water remains few days longer scarcely 200
houses will be left standing The BurgOmaster
estimates that several thousand persons have
been drowned. He attributes the disaster to the
Incidence of the inhabitants and the fact that
the GOvernm ent Commissioners concentrated all
their efforts on strengthening the dams and
didn't prepare means OF saving life in the event
Of the breaking Of the dams
London, March 15.--The Lord Mayor Of Lon.
don, at the request Of the Austrian ambassador,
has opened subscription for the relief Of Siege.
din. correspondent at szegedin telegraphed
Thursday that Thousands Of people were starving.
The correspondent passed in one Of the relief
boats 400 persons who had taken refuge In
church. The boat was unable to afford them any
help. There were hardly any serviceable boats
available. In school house /, 900 people had ia.
ken refuge and were without food. Large mum.
bers OF boats which were proceeding to the aid of
the submerged city, had been stopped by storm
which had cut off communication by the river
A dispatch from szegedin, dated Friday, says:
"A fearful storm Is still raging. The vast lake
around the remains Of the town is tossing like
the sea- The inhabitants who have not yet been
taken away are crowded in the Citadel and up
per stories Of the few house and In railway Wag.
ons. These people are fairly provided with pro.
visions, but thousands are encamped on the
dykes and with these 1t Is impossible TO commu.
nicate. Four hundred cOrpses were recovered In
the Village Of Szeoged yesterday"
A correspondent at Pesth reports the waters
around szegedin subsiding.
dispatch from Szegedin says: "The river
NaIos is rising rapidly, and threatens New Siege
din. Numerous villages in the vicinity are
crowded with refugees. Anarchy and confus on
reign here and In the surrounding country be.
cause of the insufficient number Of troops Sey.
eral incendiaries have been summarily exc
cuted.
A dispatch from Pesth, dated Friday night, |
says: "a northwesterly storm drove the waves |
across the dykes protecting Cosgrad, which con- |
tains 5000 inhabitants and the town was par
TALLY inundated. The people are actively repair
ing the damage. and may perhaps escape, as the |
storm has ceased. SZentes, q town OF 26,0O0 in. |
habitants, is engaged in similar struggle with |
the waters"
THE COUNTRY sTRRwN WITH BODIES OF DEAD |
fEOfLh,
Pesth, March 16.-The whole country below |
Szegedin and TemisVar iB strewn with caravans |
Of people. All the villages and boroughs have |
Hospitality opened their houses and stores to ref.
1gees. The railway Trains yesterday took to Te. |
misvar about 900 fugitlves, while 500 people |
went by steamer to Szentes. Engineers and sol. |
diers are busy with their relief pontoons and |
boats there being still great need of them. The
Emperor has contributed further sum of TO- 900
horins
Szentes Is now the only place in danger The
Emperor will go to szegedin Sunday evening"
An official statement shows of 700 houses in See
din all except 26l have been destroyed. Most OF |
he habitations destroyed were Of the lower
classes Of population.
A dispatch from Vienna states that 1t is thought
5000 persons have been drowned.
szegedin, March 16-The lowest estimate now
current fixes the number drowned at 900. Many
persons believe that 1000 persisted, as the gale
prevented a majority OF the inhabitants from
nearing the first alarm. Some of the largest
houses fell Saturday One Is said to have over.
Rhelmed eighty tprobsbly eight families and
mother Sc persons. Tonight many people are
IT'LL on the ruins of houses and In trees Diph.
heria has broken out among the fugitives in SEE,
)ged Sixteen thousand horses and cattle and /
70 900 sheep have been lost. The water falls very
lowly, only reCediug three inchus Saturday
right The frost Is causing great suffering Fear
uI tales are told of individual distress. Women
IN board the rescning steamers refuse to part
With the corpses OF their children, The refu9ees
m the embankment are eating seed corn Ae-
occur in boats and on the railway
rucks.