Milford chronicle., 1889-06-07

1911. -Pesth--OverIlow Of the Danube.
Twenty-four villages swept away, with
their Inhabitants At Sal0p, cloud
BURST many persons and much stock
persisted.
1918. Dreadful foundations in Hungary,
Austria and Poland At Widdin-
1900 Turks were surprised by an over
flow Of the Danube and persisted. In
Silesia 6,O0O inhabitants, and in Po-
land 1000 lives lost.
isl0.-G srmany-V istula overlooked Many
villages submerged and great loss Of
life. Strabane, Ireland-Melting Of
snow occasiOned destructive floods
1918. -England-Fivo thousand acres deluged
in the Fem counties
1929. -Dantzic-Vistu broke its dikes.
Many lives lost Four months later
tho Spey and Findhorn rose so feet
above ordinary level Many lives
were lost. Called ''the Moray floods.
Misunderstanding containing $4,000
people submerged.
lS33.-Canton, China-Incessant rains pro
duced floods; 10000 houses swept
away; 1000 lives lost. Same cause
produced worse results elsewhere in
China.
lS40.-Lyons, Marseilles and Nismes-The
Soano rose to a greater height than in
23S years. Lyons inundated and from
other cities many houses carried away
Brentford-Property destroyed and
several lives lost.
1s46.-France, center, west and southwest
Many bridges broken away. The Loire
rose 20 feet in one night.
ls49-New Orleans, 600 houses flooded by
the Mississinpi
S52.-Inundations Of the valleys Of the Sew
ern, the Rhone and the Rhine. Ham
burg flooded by the Elbe. Holmfrth-
Catastrophe from floods.
iS56-France, southern part-Immense dam
age from flood
.-Holland-40,0 900 acres submerged.
ls63-St. Germain's-Great inundation from
bursting Of the outfall sluice. An
other marshland sluice burst later.
1sGL-Bradheld reservoir burst; $50 Hives
lost
1s66-North Of England flood; some
people drowned Also in France.
sG9.-Cork, Dublin and other places inun
dated; much suffering.
ls7O.-Rome, Italy, inundated with loss of
life
1872. -Italy-Mantua, Ferrera and other
places inundated. Many people left
homeless.
1874. England-High tides Banks OF the
Thames swept and number of lives
lost. Pennsylvania-Alill River valley
flooded by bursting of reservoir, IN
lives lost Eureka, New WaterspOut
and protracted rain; some 20 people
persisted. Pittsburg and Allegheny
Heavy rains, 900 people drowned.
1917 -Vnu1orca EronRa Rfvar Carnuna
swollen; 1000 lives lost. In England
and Wales - Heavy rams brought
foods and great loss Of life In India,
Ahmedabad inundated; 10000 people
left homeless.
1s76-Holland and France-Severe inunda-
tons, also in England.
1877. -Folkestone, Dover and Hnstings-High
water overlooked piers, doing great
damage. Banks of the Thames over
flowed and surrounding country dam
aged
1878 -London-Suffered from severe inunda-
tons Mexico-Leon, city Of Mcxi-
co, containing 100000 people, half sub
merged; 400 buildings ruined; several
thousand people lost Flood on the
Mississippi river: 500 houses submerged
at St, Paul and great damage on the
AANHI htlOMs
1875. -Hungary-Town of Szegedin nearly
all swept away by the destruction Of
dams in the river Thesis from storms
of rain and wind; more than 5000
houses demolished nearly 100 lives lost
Five months later, in Spain, 1000
houses destroyed and 1000 lives lost by
aood. Hungary again visited by mum
dations i'm December.
lS79.-The rivers Pc and MinciO overnowed
and did much damage in north Of
Italy Spain-In Murcia and in the
the provinces Of Andalusia, Alicante,
Almeria and Malaga 1000 houses swept
away by floods; 1000 lives lost.
1880. -England-Midland counties suffered
by flood.
lsS2 Mississippi and Ohio valleys flooded
and many lives lost, with great dam
age.
floods on the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers Much loss of property
and some loss of life. Portsmouth, o.
A town 1900 people-all under
water.
Yellow river foods in China.
About five hundred thousand persisted
and 20 1000, 900 were made homeless
1883. Mississippi river-Great rise and large
tracts flooded with much loss IF life