Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-17
THE FLOODS IN SPAIN.

Further Distressing Particulars
 Former Reports Not Exaggerated
 Consuegra Described ssa City of
 the Dead,,-About Three Thousand
 Drowned.
 MADRID, Sept. 16.-Further distressing particulars in regard to the flooded prov inces continue to be received at long inter vals, each additional report showing that the extent of the disaster has in no way been exaggerated. The latest information is from Jaen, capitol of the province of the same name. The governor of that prov ince telegraphs that the whole commune of Aubeda is submerged; that the damage done is enormous, and that there has been considerable loss of life.
 The correspondents of the Spanish for eign newspapers who have been able to reach Consuegra describe it as 'ta city of the dead" It is wrapped in deadly silence which in itself is horrifying in the eI- treme. The depth of the flood there can be gauged from the fact that the water rose eighteen feet from the church of St. John the Baptist. An estimate of the da mage to property in and about Consuegra places the less at $2, 800, 900, not including the money and valuables buried everywhere in the ruins. The survivors of the disaster are only able to give vague and confused accounts of the rise of the water which wrought such ter | rible havoc They say, however, that all though the river was noticed to be rising rapidly no serious apprehension was felt ] rush forward and eventually overwhelmed everything. Then came wild race for | life, the people flying in all directions in hope of escaping the death which seemed certain to overtake them. Many climbed upon the roofs of their houses, hoping by so doing to escape, but the buildings gave way beneath them. Numbers of people were seen struggling in the mud-colored | water, clinging to anything they could grasp that would sustain them above water and so struggled until they either reached a safe refuge or sank exhausted.
 | A heavy rain fell Friday and Saturday, swelling the mountain torrents that pour ed into the Amarguillo. The flood de- stroyed four stone bridges and twenty | mills besides an enormous number of houses. Wreckage and corpses were car ried forty miles.
 The mayor of Consuegra puts the fatali- ty there at 5000. In some places limbs have been found separated from bodies. The officials have telegraphed for lime to prevent, an outbreak of disease.
 l LArRe uumporS oi pdSsouSers oA Iouto to the south are detained here on account of the floods. Passengers coming to this city from Seville, Cadiz, Cordova, Gran ada, Valencia and Alicanta are obliged to
 journey by way of Barcelona.
 A terrible storm which set in near Val
 encis at three o'clock on Tuesday morning
 has destroyed the rice crop. The rivers
 Turis and Jucar are rising rapidly and
 threaten further disaster The govern
 ment has set apart $100,000 for relie1 measures and has asked the Bank of Spair to grant credits to the governors of tht
 suffering provinces.
 The majority of the dead have been 1 buried without awaiting identification as
 sanitary precaution.
 MADRID, Sept. 16.-The misery existinl at Consuegra is intense. The innabitant q are compelled to sleep in the open air an' : the food supply is of the meagrest des
 cription. The gendsrmerie are ofte 2 obliged to resort to force to compel tn men to assist in the work of recoverin
 bodies.. Sixteen robbers have been caugt rifing the clothing of corpses. So far 94 2 bodies have been recovered. The Gazeti
 published by royal suthoritya 8 request Spanish agents abroad to receive contribu tons for the food sufferers,