The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-17
DIRE DISTRESS IN SPAIN.
Tremendous Destruction Of Property And
Loss Of Life by The Floods.
COKSUEGERS LIKE 4 CITY OF TEE DEAD
Is wrapped IN Dendiy silence and Nothing
Eur Rnins ,Iark tho pince o. - Ohce
Thrifty Old City-Forcign Events.


MADED, Sept. lG-Iurther ii tressiDg par
ticulars in regard TO the flooded provinces
continue TO be 70 eiyed at long intervals,
each additional report showing that the ex
tent OF the disaster has in no way been ex-
aggerated. The latest information is from
Jaen capital Of the province Of tie same
name The Governor Of that province tele-
graphs that the whole commune If Aubeda IS
submerged that tho damage done is enor-
nous. and that there Las beon considerable
loss Of life.
"a CITY OF TIT DEAD
The correspondents of tho Spanish and
foreign newspapers who have been able 10
reach Consuegers describe il as "a city of the
dead" Ii is wrapped in deadly silence, which
in itself Is hOrriiying in the extreme Con-
suegers IS situated thirty five miles southeast
of Toledo. and before the Hood it had popu-
latlOn of about 1000. IL also had number
of factories where coarse wOolens we're manu-
featured. and bOssted of the remains of an
ancient castle and many Roman antiquities,
for COnsuegers was the carsebrum or cOnsa-
burum of ancient history
Previous 10 the floods the old town pre-
sented busy aspect Now on every sido are
terrible siens Of destruction. The rumbling
of the death carts CRATES horribly upon tho
ear az those ghastiy vehicles pass slowly from
house 10 house, from street 20 street. gather
ing q body here and a body there, heaplng
them upon Others already poisoning the air
about these equipages OF the dead and then
conveying their sickening loads to the com
mon trenches dug for their reception.
THE SURVIVORS.
The survivors of the food rs d rule stand
in groups about the ruins Of their former
homes or about the places where they were
Oh tr
means and cries OF anguish arise from the
men and bitter Waillng from the women and
children as they witness the departure. ia
those horrible dead carts. Of their loved ones
on the way 10 the public burying-grounds
The streets everywhere are torn up washed
out and filled with all kinds Of wreckage.
principally furniture. the remains IT down
stricken dwellings and domestic goods Of all
descriptions.
Human remains, stray limbs headlo-s
trunks are sometimes seen 90 be prOtruding
from heaps of mud-cOyered wreckage and
half 4, ncealed thereby, but painfully visible
t. the inhabitants Of that severely visited
town.
DEPTH OF THE FLOoD.
The depth of the flood at Consuegers can
be gauged from the fact that the water rose
sixteen feet in the Church OF ST. John tho
Baptist.
As estimate made Of the damage TO prop
erty IN and about COnsuegers places the loss
at -. 500 900. not including the money and
valuables buried everywhere in tie ruins Of
that until recently happy and prosperous
Tie survivors Of tho disaster aro only able
10 give vague and confused accounts of the
rise and onward sweep of the flooding water
which wrought such deadly havoc.
They say, however. that though the river
was noticed 10 be rising rapidly. no serious APP
prehension was felt until the waters seemed
to make a sudden rush forward threatening
10 overwhelm md eventually destroy every
thing Then came wild race for llte. the
people flying IN ull directions ia hope of escap-
ing the death which seemed certain % over
take them.
MANY climbed upon the roofs of their
houses. hoping 10y So doing to escape, but the
buildings gave way beneath them a. the sud
den waters swept through tho town. consign-
ing hundreds to death IN the Wrecka-e e-sden
stream.
STRUGGLING FOR LIVE.
Numbers Of people were TO be seen strug-
Cling IN the mud-cOlOrad water. clInging t.
blanks. beams pieces of furniture trees
anything they could lay hold of that would
sustain them above water, and 50 they strug-
gled from place 70 place until they either
reached secure refuge or sank exhausted 10
rise no more SOme families were cOoped Vp
in their rooms and IN danger OF being drown
ed without possibility of escape. but some Of
them managed 20 reach places OF safety
through the collapse of their dwellings,. the
gaping walls opening way 10 safety 10 the
terrified.
Some idea Of the force Of the rushing waters
can bs gathered from the fact that the food
bodily lifted from the ground tho entire
framework Of a good-sized suburban resi-
dence and carried it almost as il was taken
up for eight miles There arc numbers OF
other and similar instances Of the strength
and depth OF the flood which has plunged