Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-19
HUNDREDS PERISH.
Between 1900 and 1000 Lives Lost In
the Floods In Spain - Hundreds of
Houses Washed Away.


the Floods in Spain - Hundreds of
Houses Washed Away.
MADRID, Sept. 15.-The entire coun-
try is shrouded in gloom on account of
the shocking disasters in the province
of Toledo. The first advices Sunday
gave hint, though the interrupted tel
egraph service and consequent meager
details obtainable made it only a hint
of the terrible extent of the calamity,
which is probably one of the worst
known in modern times. Incoming
news makes the loss of life in the val
ley of the river Amarguillo more and
more; and it is now reasonably sure
that between 1900 and 1000 peo-
pie have been drowned. The whole
| province of Toledo seems to have suf-
fered from teppest, and heavy dam
age is reported in all directions. Every
town and village on the banks of the
Amarguillo appears to have been flood
| ed, and the overflow of the sea is from
9 to feet deep over an area measuring
hundreds of square miles, All com
munication is interrupted, except that
by boat, which prevents any accurate
estimate of the number of deaths.
The figures given are based upon
the terrible state of affairs in those dis
tricts that have already been reached.
There are repeated instances where
houses have been gutted and the float
ing furniture, mingled with the bodies
of drowned men and women, form
ghastly groupings, indicating that all
along the valley the inhabitants were
taken by surprise and cut off from all
means of escape as the rising flood sur
rounded them.
The queen regent has taken a most
active interest in the disaster. She
{ ordered national subscription to be
| opened. This has now been supple
mented by many private ones. The
! queen sent for the minister of justice,
: asking for the latest details. He went
5 to the Palace Ayote for that purpose,
and the ministry then decided that al
) funds available should be Immediately
utilized for the relief of the sufferers
: and that the budget reserved for epi
;. denies should also be devoted to thi:
use The minister of public works ha.
I gone to the scene of the disaster
o where over 100 bodies have already
t been recovered. This, however, is only
d the report from only three or fou
e small places. Reports from Valenci;
e and Andalusia are almost equally har
n rowing. They state that feet of waite
n prevails in many of the houses. The cit,
is in state of great excitement, ant
l. the railway stations are besieged b,
i, families seeking their incoming rela
n tions and news of the people suppose'
D. to be lost. The storm reported from
|, Valencia proves to be an absolute cy
r. clone, which blew down houses and de
vastated harvest fields. The first It
lie ports of great loss of life at Almeria ar
i fully confirmed.
Of A special government envoy has jus
reached Madedego and brings appal
a. ing news from Consuegena He say
n that 500 houses are utterly destroye
I'd and the remainder little better tina
I'd ruins. Over 200 bodies are know
r. to have been washed away an
to the number of corpses burie
under the ruins is estimated as at lea
d 1,5OO.
j. The most heartrendering scenes hay
a. taken place In one house alone TIVE
~ ty-eight people perished and the
gu bodies have since been found. Or
H. family of eleven perished utterly al
VI their bodies were found clinging to OF
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