The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-03-20
TIE HTNEARIAN HORROR.

LONDON, March IA dispatch from
Szededin, Hungary, this "wednesday
morning at s O'Clock, says: after a
fearful night of anxiety ali efforts prov
ed useless. The water broke through
with immense force at O'Clock, carrying
away parts of The railway station, the en-
bankment, and rolling stock. Within
three hours the town was many feet deep
in water. Terrible suffering is commenc-
ing, and shrieks and cries from thousands
are heard. Houses are crashing by the
score, and in many cases carryiny their
inmates with them. God knows what we
shall do tonight. There is no gas, the
works being fifteen feet in water. l fear
we shall run short of food. One boat
was just going to save barge-house full
of people, when the building fell in with
a fearful crash, and carried with it the
whole living freight. The scene is simp-
ly heartrending. Over $4,000 people are
out of house and home. Hundreds are
drowning, and the water is still rising
rapidly" Szegedin is the second COM
mercial town in Hungary, and has been
in imminent danger the past week OF IN
undation from the River Thesis, which
flows through the town. Several large
dykes protecting the back of the town
burst, and the safety of the town depend
ed on the embankment Of the Afford
Railway, to strengthen which all efforts
were concentrated
FLEEING FOR LIFE.
SZEGEDIN, Hungary, March 12.-The
catastrophe, for some days apprehended,
occurred this morning. Aided by the
In,. tI,ic
ing and rushed in broad stream toward
the town. The inhabitants are fleeing.
The Synagogue has fallen, burying a
number of people who had sought refuge
IL It.
PEsTH, March u, 8 p. M.-The latest
kilograms announce that the flood with a
terrific roar is rushing from two sides
over Sezgedin. The horrors of the stu
alton battle all description. The town is,
in fact, destroyed Two-thirds are now
submerged, including the citadel and
post and telegraph Offices. Whole rows
Of houses are falling. The Orphanage
and Synagogue are destroyed. All the
inmates of the former are buried in the
ruins. Two manufactures are on fire.
The Inhabitants are flying to New
Szegeden and more elevated parts of the
town.
The municipality of Pesth IS making
every effort to send assistance to Siege
din. Two relief trains have started. Ac-
commodation for the fugitives have been
provided in the barracks and public
buildings of Pesth.
PEsTH, March 13.-The Hungarian
h6aister of Finance left for SzegediE
with 100000 forms to be distributed
among sufferers by the inundation. The
greater part of the town of Szegedin was
destroyed and several hundred people
persisted. Relief parties are actively at
work succcring the survivors. No official
report of the extent of the calamity has
yet been received.
LONDON, March ia correspondent
at Szegedln states the government
authorities there report that 800 persons
have been drowned. At noon, Thursday,
there were still people on the roofs of
houses and in trees. Some people died
from exposure to the cold. A number
of incendiaries have been arrested. The
towns of Crongrad, at the confuences Of
the river Thesis and koroB, 30 miles
north of Szegedin, and Szentz, two miles
nearer Szegedin, are also threatened.
Accounts from Vienna say 5000 persons
ale still surrounded by water at Siege
din.