Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-13
The Horrors of the Situation Battle De-
ScriptiOn-A Hundred Square Miles
Of Territory Covered with Water
Disastrous Results of the
Breaking OF an Ice.GOrge.

LONDON, March PA dispatch from
| Szegedin this "wednesday morning, at eight
| o'clock. says: AFTER a fearful night of
| anxiety all efforts proved useless, as the
| water broke through with Immense force at
| three o'clock, carrying away part of the rail-
road station, embankment and rolling stock
| Within three hours the town was many feet
| deep in water. Terrible suffering is COM
mencing; shrieks and cries from thousands
| are heard. Houses are crashing by the score
| and In many cases carry their inmates with
| them. God only knows what we shall do to-
| night. There is no gas, the works being fif-
| teen feet under water. | fear we shall run
short of food. One boat was Just going to
save large house full of people when fear
| full crash carried with 1t the whole living
freight. The scene is simply heartrending
| Over eighty thousand people are out of house
| and home. Hundreds are drowning and the
water is still rising rapidly"
| Szegedin is the second commercial town in
Hungary, and has been in imminent danger,
| the past week, OF lnundation from the river
| Thesis, which flows through the town. Sew
eral large dykes protecting the back of the
| town have burst, and the safety of the town
depends on the embankment of a railroad,
to. strengthen which ali efforts are concen-
trated.
Another dispatch from S1egediD, Hungary,
says: The last embankment of the river
Thesis burst early this morning, causing i'm
mense destruction and, it is feared, great
loss of life
THE APPREHENDED CATASTROPHE TOOK
PLACE.
SzEeEDIN, March 12.-The catastrophe,
for some days apprehended, took place this
morning. Aided by the gale, the water
broke through the dam, and rushed in broad
streams toward the town. The inhabitants
are fleeing.
The synagogue has fallen, burying a num-
Der of people who had taken refuge in it.
GREAT EXCITEMENT AT PEsTH.
PEsTH, March 12,-The greatest excite
meut 10 caused here by the S8egedin dis-
aster.
HORRORS OF THE SITUATION BAFFLE ALL
DESCRIPTION.
PEsTH, March 12.-The last kilograms an
nounoe that the food, with terrific roar,
is rushing from two sides of Szegedin. The
horrors of the situation battle all description
The town Is, in fact, destroyed; two thirds
of it is now submerged, including the cita-
del, the post and telegraph offices; whole
rows are fallingj the orphanage and syna-
gogue are destroyed; all the inmates of the
former were buried in the ruins. Two man
ufa3torieS are on fire. The inhabitants are
flying to New Szegedin and the more ele-
waited parts OF the town. The municipality
of Hoata 10 IaaolEine OTerY effort to send az
sIstance to Saegedin; two relief trans have
started; accommodations for fugitives have
been provided In the barracks and public
buildings of Pesth.
HUNDREDS OF HOUSES DESTROYED
LONDON, March l2.-An official telegram
confirms the report Of the terribla aspect of
the town and the destruction of hundreds of
houses. 1t states that the removal of the
inhabitants is proceeding without disorder.
So far only four cOrpses have been found.
The dams are being cut in several places to
allow the water to run off. No excuses have
been reported, but precautions have been
taken for the protection Of property.
ONE HUNDRED SQUARE MILES FLOODED.
LONDON, March 12-The Standards Pesth
special says that one hundred square miles
In the neighborhood of Szegedin are flooded,
and the crops of the district lost The gov
eminent has sent forty thousand forms for
the relief of the inhabitants. The radicals
in the diet have violently attacked the gov
eminent for neglecting 20 take precautions to
prevent the calamity