Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-18
HUNDREDS HOMELESS
Floods in the South Of Spain are
Reported to be
General.
Two thirds Of the Town Of Con-
suegra, in Toledo, is
Destroyed.
Desperate Deeds of Destitute Men
The Government Furnishing
Provisions.

MADHlDt oepl. lO'-Ne"s colncS IN
from the south of Spain reporting the
damage by reason OF the extraordinary
floods in that section as being general.
The loss to property is something enor-
nous, and everywhere trains have been
derailed and the roads blocked. so sud.
den was the breaking forth of the waters
that IN numberless instances the unfortu'
nate people were drowned before they
could leave their beds.
Two.thirds of the town Of Consuegra,
In Toledo, with population of 1000 has
been destroyed by the foods, Five hum
bred houses have been destroyed at AL
meria.
The overlooking at Consuegra threatens
to cause further damage Two-.hirds OF
the houses, practically destroyed, are still
standing, but their foundations are Slapped
and threaten TO fall at any moment Fam
lies saved from drowning are in the
greatest distress from want OF food.
moderate estimate places the loss OF life AZ
1000 Large numbers Of Corpses still rest
where they were found Unless soon in
TERED an epidemic of fever il feared.
Municipal and government authorities
are exerting themselves to the utmost in
order to relieve the extreme distress
existing. So far as possible the bodies of
the drowned are being buried in trenches
dug for their reception. Many bodies
found are entirely nude showing that
they must have been washed from their
beds or else jumped from the windows
only to meet death in the swollen waters
surging around them. The utmost praise
is due to the troops, physicians, clergy and
sisters of charity, who in this emergency
have shown themselves cayable OF almost
superhuman exertions on behalf OF the
sufferers.
Months of terrible privations and tx
tremC suffering are before the utterly i'm
povcrished survivors. Crops are gone,
cattle swept away, houses and household
furniture ruined and all that would en-
able them 10 earn bread vanished beneath
the torrents of water which have rolled
over towns and villages, fields and
farms.
The gripings of hunger have IN sew
erui instances driven men to despera-
ton aud they have been goaded to pill
Iage luCkler or more wea'ty compatrlotS.
Bands of desperate men determined to OBJ
tain bread mt any cost for their destitute
families have been driven to making
raids upon and pillaging buildings where
they expect TO find food. In some cases the
rioters were successful in obtaining u
limit d supply of four wheat and corn,
but in most cases they found that food had
been removed to aplace of safety or dis
tributed or sold to the starving peasantry.
Troops have been instructed to take the
most severe measures to protect property,
Two thousand kilos of army bread have
already arrived in the Hooded districts and
the commissary corps is working nigh and
day to supply provisions to the starving
people,
Az Almeria, the number of dead is still
unknown, but it ia admitted that over
500 houses have boon destroyed and a
large number OF people perished 1t is
impossible at present to get full details
Of the disaster, but in addition to the
places already referred to, Mt Andaraz the
stream has oven flowed and - ruini...' the
grape crop, and the villages of Puerto
Lnp'che and Villafranca, have been
severely ray ged 10y floods.
The queen has subscribed $4,000 to the
relief fund and the Bank of Spain has
added $4,000 At Almeria the flood has
stol ped operations at the electric light and
VaS WORKS anu the ClIN IN III toIu' "'u "
ness.
The river Andaray has over
flowed its banks, converting the
valley into vast lake. 1t is estimated
that over 5000 head of horses and cattle
were drowned. The police succeeded in
suppressing pillage. Food is rapidly ar
irving for the sufferers. Fresh corpses
are being discovered all the time. The
bodies # sixty persons have been found in
a public hall, where they had been over
taken by the flood in the midst of we'd
ding feast,