Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-08-31

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that OF l0l5. putting a large part of
Holland under water and taking more |
than three years until It's last traces |
had finally disappeared; then the over |
flow OF the Eibe and Wcser. destroy
ing entire towns along their banks;
further the inundation oil the p omera-
alan coasts In i0i4. reaching in places
AS much as twelve geographical miles
into the country. and then the fearful
floods In the Alpine regions and Ger
many In 1860.
In 1i06 the old and important town
of Malamoeca. near Venice. was de-
voured by the Adriatic sea Other
great floods through soverhows Of the
Rhine and Danube occurred In 1924.
1850 and 1852. when large tracts OF
fruitful lands were devastated and
buildings and numerous lives we're de-
stroyed In the towns. The year ll62
was another sad one for the north OF
Europe through its repeated disastrous
foods. taking the lives OF thousands
OF human beings and cattle. Again
between the years 1912 and 1924 there
were hundreds of towns and villages
destroyed by foods In that part OF the
world. and Ia 1918 single catastrophe
of this kind killed 10000 human be-
ings at Nordstraod alone. About
Christmas, 1877. the city OF forum
and fifty smaller towns around the
Ems sank into the sea
n..t H.. lfth ~ Nn0nxwhnw 1890 N
most enormous food gave birth to the
Quider sea and put the Dollart into its
present shape. by which mighty revo-
luton OF nature 80. 90 TO 100000 hu-
man lives were lost and many towns
we're wiped out forever. The second
so-called '.Marcellus'' food In 1900 de-
stroyed twenty eight towns In Sleswick
,.:one. and with theiu 1900 human be-
ings. II also swept away another half
OF what had been left for Heligoland.
SO that only about one-fourth OF the
original island remained. The year
1917 was most remarkable one in
France, Germany, aud Austria All
the rivers In these countries over
flowed their banks and the water even
spurted forth from the depths OF the
earth. la 1887 large portion OF the
province OF ICELAND. containing seven
dioseses and fourteen villages. was
buried beneath the waters. The year
I342 saw the most disastrous OF floods
which ever visited Germany. On the
8th OF December the German
ocean leaped. as IL were,
upon North Frisia and swallowed
up more than 100000 men, women,
and children. together with all their
hablsations scattered through thirty
dioceses. Again from the 18th TO the
20th of November. 1921. 100. 900 7 eopls
were destroyed by flood near Dor.
trecht and Rotterdam, together with
seventy-one villages, OF which twenty
two have never since been seen.
similar calamities happened In thos,
regions In the years l425. i4l9. 1875
I497. 1900. 1911. 1880. 1871, 1913. 1925
1854. l7l7. 1884. 1898. 1909. 1875. an,
other years. destroying human live
by the hundreds. thousands and ten
of thousands. In August. 1866. ther
were general inundations In Switzer
land. oceasioning loss OF 200.00'
forms. The year 1870 was the mos
disastrous for Holland. Large tract
of valuable lands were flooded an,
400. 600 people drowned In 1871 par
OF the beautiful city of Lyons was tor
away by the river Rhone. The yea
1888 saw the destruction Of the prou
Armada. ents,iling the loss OF 1000
men. In 1885. June 4. an inundatio
In Switzerland. caused by the outbreaI
, OF glacier. swept away 500 house
: and las human beings.
J On the llth and 18th OF October tn
: Ganges suddenly overhowed all tn
adjoining country. taking the lives G
100000 people In one single night
The food rose TO a height OF fort
, feet In 1924. October 20 November
; great floods along the entire range {
the Alps did great damage. A r,
/ markable food occurred In the vale
= OF the Euphrates in 1881. In singl
night 1000 houses and more tina
I i5.0 lives were destroyed. Tn
> great Hood in China OF the year 1856
\ still remembered by many. II too
i place In tho province OF Honan nm
I cost 200. 600 lives- Stanley reports &
, gantic floods 10 have taken place |
. 1871 and 1872 in the valley OF III
. Makata river. Central Africa Gres
q damage was done In loss OF life an
property. A most violent flood visite
0 Bengal. In East India, on October 8
: 1876. The water was driven up to
. height OF forty-fsye feet covering IA
4 geographical square miles. 165. .0t
d human lives were lost on that occi
y sion. Ia 1873. during October. N
= Nile swallowed up forty-6ve villag,
$ and 800 people The financial 10,
$ amounted to over 1900. coo franc
d The dreadful inundation of Szeg
r din. Hungary. In 1879 Is fresh Ia II
a memory OF all. The loss was 8. &c
o buildings and 1000 lives. In the IA
}, OF the same year Spain. was fioode
o and 100 people were drowned. In lss
. the Chinese cities Haifung and Tale
IS we're Inundated aud 5000 OF their II
% habitants found death ln the water
+ The year 1882 was an extraordina,
% year for floods. There were great Al
r disastrous ones In Spain. Italy. Franc
II the Tyrol. Germany and Hungar
causing fearful loss ia lives al
ss property; II amounted In one locall