Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-16
FLOODS IN SPAIN.
Two Thousand People Said to
Have PeriShed
By the Overflow of the Amarguillo
at COnsuegra,
Hundreds More Injured by
Failing Buildings.
THE TOWN DESTROYED AND OTHER
VILLAGES FLOODED.
RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS CUT OFF
COMPLETELY.

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Five Hundred Houses in Ruins in COnsue-
gra - Two Hundred Bodies Already
ReOOverod-The Cabinet Meets and De-
cides to Take Measures for the Relief of
the Destitute aud Suffering.
MADRID, Sept. 18,-Serious floods and
storms are reported in various parts of
Spain. Railroad communication is in
terrupted at several points. The Amar-
guillo overtiowed its banks, destroying
the town of Consuegra and flooding sew
eral villages. Official kilograms report
that 1900 persons perished at Consue-
gra, hundreds of others were injured by
falling buildings, and enormous num-
bers Of cattle perished.
+ AT other places many persons were
drowned and much property was dam
aged. The work of relieving the desti-
tute in the flooded districts is very diff
I cult.
The floods derailed train near Cas-
tillego and one person was killed and
three were injured.
| A house collapsed at Toledo and six
, persons were crushed to death.
An immense amount of damage was
done by the swollen waters.
Communication Cut on.
AT present it is utterly impossible to
send assistance to the survivors, as all
road and railway communication with
the scene of the disaster has been cut
, off.
In the face of the terrible calamity the
strongest efforts are being made to re-
pair the railway and telegraph lines, but
the work must occupy some time while
the gale continues.
Fresh floods are reported in Almeria,
Valencia and Badajose. Four hundred
houses have been destroyed in Almeria,
and many families made holnesless.
! Five hundred houses are in ruins, at
Consuegra, and the occupants are buried
under the debris. Two hundred bodies
have already been recovered. Many
persons are dying of hunger.
Relief For the Suffering.
The cabinet met Monday and decided
to take measures for the relief Of the
destitute.
The postmaster was sent to superin-
tend the clearing of the ruins at Con-
suegra.
News comes in slowly from the flooded
districts, each succeeding dispatch ad-
ding to the public sadness.
The moment the queen received the
news ut San Sebastian she sent the su-
perintendent of the palace to Madrid and
thence to Consuegra to distribute money,
clothes and provisions among the suffer
ers, and she herself gave $lO,O 900 to start
a relief fund.
The cabinet dispatched minister to
inform the queen of the measures taken.
A national relief fund will be opened,
and troops will be dispatched to assist in
clearing away the ruins and burying the
dead.
News Slow to Come In.
LATER-News slowly coming in from
the south of Spain reports the damage
by reason of the extraordinary floods in
that section as being general. The loss
to property is something enormous, and
everywhere railway trains have been de-
rallied and the roads blocked. The
meager details thus far received from
the province of Toledo give narrowing
accounts of the extent and phenomena
of the overwhelming catastrophe which
has befallen the province So sudden
was the breaking of the waters that in
numberless instances the unfortunate
people were drowned before they could
leave their beds.
Four Hundred Bodies Recovered.
Strong bodies Of laborers, assisted by
troops, are working night and day TO re-
cover tie bodies of those drowned or
crushed to death. but up to the present
time only four hundred Of the bodies Of
the missing thousands have been &C.
of the distressed district have been totally
destroyed, SO that poverty and hunger
must follow in the wake Of this fright
full visitation.
An Epidemic Feared.
Two-thirds Of the town of Consuegra,
in Toledo, with population of 1000,
has been destroyed by the floods. Five
hundred houses have been destroyed at
Almeria. 1t is certain that fully 1000
people have lost their lives by the
floods. Hosts of corpses remain un-
buried, and, because of the great heat,
an epidemic is feared. Famine is caus-
ing many to engage in plunder. The
government is striving TO feed the desti-
tute