Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-15
THE FLOOD CALAMITY
In Hungary Continues TO Increase -
Three-FOurths OF the City OF Siege.
din in Ruins, and Many Hun
dred Lives Lost.
Siehness Adds It's Horrors by 4Elictiug
the Refugees - The Storm still
Raging. Rivers Continue 90
Rise, and the End *
Not Yet.

| the river Thesis, the water which rdsned in
from, the higher grounds behind the town
! BERG several feet above the present isYel OF
the river, bore down on its way the high read
embellishments, Rushing IN cascades in the
! lower grounds and iuundatng with fearful
| rlpidity. Instead of five or SIX hours which
| it was calculated the flood would take to
| spread through the town, scarcely an hour
ard half had passed before Sz'gedin lay
submerged up to its present level. Withal,
| account of the alarm which fer days before
| the occurrence of the calamity reused the
people to a sense Of their danger and gave
| them opportunity to fly for refuge,
THE LOSS OF LIFE
| has not been very great, but the victims
must at any rate Ire numbered by many hun
dreds, If not by thousands, nor ia the havoc
yet complete. Besides those swept away
during that terrible night, all through We'd
nesday dull, fatal sounds were heard Ia all
directors, indicating the successive fall of
buildings. The special government com
missioner says the poorer classes were ex-
tramaly unwilling to abandon their houses.
la many cases fOIcs had to be used to pluck
people from houses that were in a danger
Gus condition. All communities IN the neigh
borhood vie with each other "a rthevin. dis
| tress. They are sending provisions By land
ana water, and opening their houses to
secure refugees. Comparatively few, how
ever, seem to avail themselves OF the latter
offer.
THE WORKING CLASSES
especially prefer abiding by the nearest safe
spot iii the town, or close to it with us, and
thousands are eEcamped on the high en-
banknDenh rnrnin2 along the river. which
stands firm, so that the opening OF this eI1-
bauknert to let tne water above IN behind
town rGa Ia the river il front ccu.d only be
lnprItrc:ig carried out. L q ror Francis
Jos-p1 VIII foreko has visit to Peeth to re-
ceiY cousrGtuistJ as OH the Occasion Of his
silver wrdjipg. He desires that the money
intend a tor the festivities shall oc distributed
amon.: The sufferers by the flood. The en-
peror aud empress also give forty thousand
forms from their private purse.
THREE FoURTHs OF THE TOWN IN RUINS.
PEsTH. March 1.-THE government COM
missioner at Szegedin reports that he was
rowed through the submerged streets and
found three-fourths of the town to be in
ruins. He thinks if the water remains few
days longer scarcely two hundred houses
Will be lett standing. The burgomaster estl-
mates that several thousand persons have
been drowned. He attributes the disaster to
the Incidence of the inhabitants, and to the
fact that the government commissioners coa-
centrated all their efforts in strengthening
dams, and did not prepare tie means of sav-
ing life in the event or contingency of the
breaking of the dams.
RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE.
LONDON, March IA dispatch from
Szegedin states that the river Naros is rising
rapidly, and threatens New Szegedin. The
numerous villages in the vicinity are crowded
with refugees. Anarchy and confusion reign
here and in the surrounding country because
of the insufficient number of troops. Several
incendiaries have been summary executed.
A dispatch from Pesth, dated Friday night,
says that northeasterly storm drove the
waves across the dlkes protecting Czongrad,
which contains sixteen thousand inhabitants,
and the town was partially Inundated. The
people are actively repairing the damages.
and may perhaps escape, as the storm has
ceased.
habitants, Is engaged in a similar struggle
with the waters.
THE STORM STILL RAGING.
LONDON, March IA "A dispatch from
Szegedln, Friday, says a fearful storm is still
raging. The vast lake that remains around
the town Is tossing ike the sea. The inhabl-
tauts who have not yet been taken awey are
crowded III the citadel and upper stories of
few houses, and in railway wagons. These
are fairly provided with provisions, but ihou
sands are encamped on the dlkes, and with
these it is impossible to communicate. Four
hundred corpses were recovered In the village
of Szegsdn yesterday. A correspondent at
Pesth reports the waters around SZegedin
subsdiag.
SICKNESS AMONG REFUGEES.
VIENNA, March 14.-The authorities at
Szerty, Vasarhetz and Czongrad, which
towns contain au aggregate population OF
eighty thousand, have telegraphed to Pesth
for aid. The dikes protecting them from the
waters are threatened. Sickness has broken
out among the refugees encamped on the
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