, 1879-03-28

THE HUMILIATION At SZE9EDtN.
n4udIeA In Etsadh1 IYinfs.

PEsTn, March t2.-+rh!s tnurnlnE ak "a. M,
In spite Of all efforts made to avert 1t, The catas-
trnp!le whitt, for tnnrc than week has beer,
impending ovcttuok the Tawn Of sxcgrtiEn. THIS
kcromi emporium Of Hungary, d fltnlriehIn,
town Of aomu 10,000 Inhabitants, lies At the con-
flncscn of the 'l,eiss With its c'icf tributary,
tie Maros. Will, The exception of tltc euhurfl
New 4aegediu, tlic toxin exle1Ids at1ng The
right bank of tlm river. Il. fnr tic largest part
lsss on low alIuyIal ground. onsy the ras.tc n,ll
ttn precincts occlluying an taufate.l cn,luencc.
For fn"rc than tcn Engeisli miles abnve the
town the river wlsds its tt'rsuons way through
tas aiuyial Hat. Which extends tur several
miles to the west. for many yrars tte wur';
Of cmbanIs,ng the river has l'ccn CARRIED IN,
md millions nj arrcs ali alpag tle river
and ,ls equally dangerous ntucnta havs
tn,en r:rlutsne.l nnd protected, 7'hotr tntetctf-
rI fu.tctl l1enseisra Into snctcttcs zach anuGr-
intending tts ossn grnls,ul. Earll M,dy waa thus
1natnly intnnt on pEntccttiG. tihclf, ttlnugis IN
from its tniGuI.srs. Tile Tows, Of :szrgetlln was
nut hchfnlalafnl In tarka 1abnyn. Nut only WA
1nfgt, llIgh tllke carrie.l n!ng tie river, hit,
III co,ncetnh With other parties Interested. The
people lad tuHclI snensrHs to nristGct tile rrnr
Of the town BY carrying hcycral tra.lsyrrsv dikcs
from tin: Higher Laid sud ldOlat4at htllncka It,
t!c river. 'ffse first of these Is n.,nut twelve
Englt.ll tni!cs 10 the north vi the tbwn, where
iHE bhGb tusIb5 AlIjDsk III ItEHt-HuElES 10 IHE
east. This, which might l,c called tla. uutwos',
0f the lines III tcfcn*c. gate way rs curly ns
Tuesday last Wrek, tie wntrrs nwecs1ng III
aud 'looilng the wlls,'c spacc ~ The sccond
tlle west IN tutlttrrly direction, brI.g inter-
secte1 by tlc c,nhanktlens uf tie Ailold &niI.
way, which runs southwest. 1n The night OF
Friday last Tie nortern frontier of this second
lthc WIS broken through, leaving Us last d..
tenae ihc southern purtun u The Baklo ,ttkc
htd uf tlle RAILWAY c,iltIanktlent, Oil which,
ttnrc!0te, NIL ctlusts were concentrated. l}c-
s'slcs il,c military dispatched tniller to work
AnI!er the tuperIntcnhetre Df iAe cnginecrf,
the population vas called upon to give tilclr III.
s!+tAtlr..
On Sunday things sec,ncd to improve: tic
abatement 81 tho walters fn tlw Upper T1Ietss
low.ieyel nut only did not increaer. hut evsn
slight falling becnnie perccptihle. Tile excite.
tnGnt QfslnEiE thu Inhabitants. therefore, began
to moderate, and II tnorc hopeful feel
however. turn set In ior the worse 4 furious
norsl,eriY Enle spranE up, tnsl,lIlg the wntcra
aEasnst the ctntankncnt. Such storms arc NO.
toribusly tic most dangerous tnen,!rs OF, s,ich
III to the unusually hlGh water level, houghs
were piled up ngAnst tho action os tile waves
At u =, III. the news reached sllc town that tho
tltkc Ind given way to the extent of abuut sixty
population, who beya1', to 'iy III iii directions
whithersocscr uny higher Grolnd seemcd to
Promise comparative safety. This, however.
proved Il fAse atarn. Some Of tlle worK.nen,
the waters were coming, .Aill thus spread thu
alarm n1itl confusion, which Is described as har-
}nr been quite fearful.
,lhe .,o.riterly Eae, far from aeatint:, dcscl:
the nlcn at work on tr dixie, hcng constantly
0vcrtul;un by the waves swelling oyer tie crest
of tho umbunkn,ent, were only kc;,t to ti,elr
york by iim military cors'un compelling them.
military cspec1aly held out to tue lust. Re-
utatcdls t!1c waves pierced through tho eul-
banktnent at single points, In particular near
The first railway Euard-huuse about C00 yards
nboys the railway station By dint, however, Of
frcsh ciInsts the damage wns ever anew re-
ratrcd. nsnl the ol'atnate rrsl.tance did not rr
lux. Al Inst, however, it was found tllnt the
cmbanknens WAS yicfaiuE at several points ulnnE
t!!e line of rctreai. 80 tint Gen. palz, who wns
dfrcctln. the work, seeing The uselesacss Of tur-
tllcr ctfurts, gave orders Tor abantisn!ngit This
was between and ~. m. tIltsmo7n!nE. 'Ille newt
re.lehcl tho Commission OF Safety ut halt-past l.
,ire1. Su quickly, however, did tic nnplA fol-
low tue itrst public Intelligence TINT tuo.c who
lad been ut work on The dlkca could scarcely
rcaell the tawn. Crowds ut propc from tho
could carry, hurried to the higher posftions.
Tllis morning when ihc last news nrrtrcn thc
wGter had 6wrpt over the greater part nf tile
town. SohllerA, pensioners and otl,tr yolltn-
entlceyoslng 10 save the pcopsc who ''ad BEEN
nycrtakcn IN their houses. The dnngcr having
for soHo time been imminent, 4 good deal had
becll prepared. Tie Danube Steam Navigation
Co'npany tul ordered thtllcra natnber "f atea,l'.
crs Mltl barges. Til: companies OF engineers sent
down brought pot,toons viii, thru. AL the
netghbnrhIg dstrlrsh hasi:cnnirbntctl aIi ihe
steamers ulHl buats they could spare, a,,tl the
down alfnott ii hotly, taking with them wl,ns-
eyer might lG suitable for il1t uuruuBE. All