Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-06-11

JouSsrows HEFoRG rHH rInoD
besn many that r,rc uoariy " quite A. de-
structive
Year
eta -llncolnshlre. Englani-inundatlon %
the "a Flooded thousands n acrcs
Ssa-Cbs-hire. England - the
"a Five thousand llvcs l0ft
20 Scotland. Glasgow-lnundAtion More
than t0O families p.rish~i.
sd -Ths river Tss..i oyerhowed its tanks
for thirty miles rount
iOiA -English cUast-inun,lAti0n destroyed
number q seaport towns
lin Kent. EnglAnd-four thousand acrr-
- coast overrow~d by the "a SAnd
tank formei
iiOs -FlAnders-lnundai~i by the 40 o.
tend totally imm~r.s,l
i2so -Wlnchslsea-Sco hou-s Ovcrsbelmed
by the -
I.O The Tetel-A fooi nrsi rsi-d the
commerce q Amsterdam.
itS -Dort, HollAni-Ths sea broke In and
Submerged p.yeuty.t~o Villages and
i0Oo pcople
ltSl -nas severn ov,rfowei. Many llvo
lot
iW7. The Severn again ru-s over tors of
hou-rs. 100 lve- lost
isSo -IIollAnd-Dlkes broks The numbsf
u fp-ople drowned IA all 10 have b..r
tO0o
i6iT.-CaiAlonla -Tiocls; ;ooo live. lot
iGsd -Yorkshire, EnglAnd-A rurk All q
have opened AMI pourci out vatsr tc
the height of church stsspls, rrosiuc
Ing an inundAtion
iTiI. -ZealAnd- -Overhovci, 30 lives Let
liz Madrid. spain--A numt.r u Tromi
n~nt T.r-ons p-risheL
iTTl.-Yorkshire. EnglAnd-An humiliation
callei "Npon fooi.-
ITG.-Navarre, France Torrents from th.
mountains. 1000 live- lost Dublin
An inundAtion ot tho IArey dh greai
damage
isJa-Lorca, Spaln-Ils-srvolr burst, NOR
than 100 T-r-ons t.rished Dublit
again inundated by the I4rey.
lsll.-Pssih-Oyerhow % the Danuba
Twcniy.four villAgesswrp, away, viii
their inhabitants 40 SAlop. cloud
burst. many p.rSons AMI much siocl
p-rishei
lsia a-Dreaiful inundAtlOns In Hungary
Austria anil Poland Al wkidin-
2.0D Turks were surpri-si by an over
now q the Danube ani Ierishsd Ia
Sllssia 900 inhabitAnts. AMI In 20
lAnd s,oc liv,s lost
d-GcrmAny- -Vstula 0vcrfOw~i Manl
villagy- submerged AMI great - N
llfe strahane. Melting o.
snow occaslon.d destructive noosiS
1919 -England-Tivs thousand acr,- dslug"
IN the Fenn countiez.
isco -DAntfic- Vlstula broke u. dik-s
Many lves lost -Four months latsi
tho Spsy AMI Findhorn ru-a a0 fcs
above ordinary level Many live
we're lost Callei the Moray fools y
lsoo-Visuna a-Dwcllings containing oo,"
p-opls submerg~i
iSs3 -Canion. China-incesAnt rains pro
ducoi noods. iO,0cO h0u-- swcpi
away. 100 lives lost Same oau-
pruiucod worss RESULTS elsewhere i
China
is.O.-Lyuns. MAr-silis- and Nismes-Th'
Soane ro-s to greater height than Ia
- yoars Lyons inundated and fruu
other citis- many hou-as carrioi away
is,l.-Brsniforl-Pro destroyed an
several lives lost
isla-France, ccnier, wesi AMI southwest
Many briige- broken away. The Losr
ru-s ~ foct In Que night
lSi9.-New Orleans-i .0o hou-s nooiei 10y
the Mississippi
iSa.-Inundatlons q the valleys of the Sew
ern. the Rhons aud the Rhine. Ham
burg nools,l by the Eliza Holmhrth-
CAiastrophs from ncci1
is;A-Frnnce, southern pATt-lmmense dam
age from hood
1851. i.-IIollAnd- 40 acre- submerg~l
tSn st GcrmAins-Groat inundAiion frou
bursting u tho outfall luica An
other MARYLAND siuics burst later.
1854 -Dradheli rs-.ryoir burst, 30 livc
lost
isdd North of EnglAnd-Grcat nood, som'
pcople drownei Also In France
isD.-Cork, Dublin and other PLACES inun
dated. much suffering.
Is7O-I.ome. Italy. inundated With los ID
life
isTa-Italy Ferrera AMI othe'
PLACES inundated Many people LET
hOmslssI
A-England-IIigh tides Banks % th'
Thames swept and number of live
lot Psnnsylvania-MIllR River waller
nooissi by bursting q q reservoir. ~
lives lot Eureka, New. .-Waierpou
ami prOtractel rain. SONS ~ p.opl'
psrishei. Pttsburg AMI Allegheny-
Heavy rains, ID p.oIls drownsL
is5a-Toulou-c, France - River Garonn'
swollen, l,OD lives lost In EnglAne
A.
Goods AMI grsat lo-s % life In India
AhmsiAbad inundated; 9.oO peopl'
left homeless.
issd Holland aud Franco-S-vers inunda
tions, also In England
is5l-TolksStone. Dover ami lIastings-liigt
water oyerfowei PIER. doing greal
damage Banks n the Thams- over
nowei and surrounding country dam
aged.
s-IOndon-Sufferei from severe inunda
tons Mexico-Ieon. q city of Mexi
GO, containing 10000 people, half sub
merged. 4.OOObuiLlings ruined. ssyera
thousand p.opls lo~t Flood on th'
Mi-issippi river. 40 hou-s submerge
at ST. Paul ani great damage on th'
river fellow.
l51h-uQnehy-loNu " onHeeih uA1il
all swept away by tho destruction O
dams In the river Thei~ from storm
Of rain and wind: more than o,ou
houses demolished nearly 100 lives lost
Five months later, In Spain, 400
houssd sdesiroyei AMI 90 lives Loot by
food Hungary again visited by inun
dations In Decemher
isp.-Ths rivers Po and Mincio overnowel
and dii much damage In north o
Italy spain-in Murcia AMI In tb'
tho provinces of Andalusia. Alicante
Almeria AMI Malaga :. .OoO houses swept
away by foods. 1000 lives lost
lssn.-England- Midland counties suffer~
by food
lSSs Mississippi and Ohio valleys fcoie
Ani many lives lost. with great dam
age.
lssL-Greai noois on the Ohio AMI Missis
sippi rivers Much los % propsrt,
and some los Of life Portsmouth. o
"A town 1900 people-ali unie'
water.
isS.-Great Yellow river foods In China
About I've hundred thousand perishe,
and 0,0o0,0oo were made homeless
isss-Mi~i~ippi riyer-Great riss and hrg
tracts flooded. with much los Of life
A horsa at Ansonia, Conn, got a pebble IN
III. -. xxhil. drinking from A shallow brook