Telegram-herald., 1891-09-17
RUIN And DlSOLAlION.
FOLLOW in the Wake OF the Dsyss-
Eating Floods.
OVER 1000 PERSONS DROWNED.
Shs DsiaEs In spAia works Awful
nAvse--rhs Survivors rhreatsasd
VITA Death By aangsr AID Dts
sAss-Dieksaiag Dstsiis.


nAvss-rhs Survivors rhrsatsasd
VITA Death By Hanger AID Dts
s&ss-sieksaisg Details.
MADAM. Sept id-Ths OVERLOOKING
pf the coasuegra threatens TO cause
further damage. Two-shirds of the
hsaass practically destroyed are still
but their foundations are
ssppsd and they threaten 10 fall at any
nsnsnt The families saved FROM
are camped near the dwell
inss formerly occupied by them. and
are In the greatest distress from want
Of food
An estimate clsssed - . moderate
one. and which is within rather than
over thu actual number. places the
total of the death list at 1000. Large
numhers OF corpses still rest where
they were found Unless they are
soon inferred an epidemic of fever is
feared.
The municipal and government an
shorities are exerting themselves TO the
utmost in order TO relieve tho extreme
distress existing. So far as possible
the bodies of the drowned
are being gathered from tho
streams, mud banks and ruins.
and are being buried in the
trenches dug for their reception Many
Of the bodies found are entirely nude.
showing that they must have been
washed from their beds or else in the
hurry 10 escape the drowned people
must have jumped in night dress from
the windows of the houses only to meet
death in the swollen waters surging
around them
Sorrow and privation. mourning and
dssolation are to be met with every
where through the immediate prov
inccs. and from ono end of Spain to tho
other prayers are uttered for the dead
and collections arc being taken up for
the living.
Unhappily, the worst Is not yet
known. and months of terrible priva-
tions and extreme suffering are before
the utterly impoverished survivors.
The crops are gone, the cattle swept
away. houses and household furniture
ruined. and all that would enable them
20 earn their bread has vanished be-
meath the torrents of water which have
rolled over towns and villages, fields
and farms
The extreme distress-positively a
ravenous feeling of starvation-pre-
vsiling In many sections of the food
devastated country has another and,
II possible, blacker side. The grip
ings Of hunger. tho wailing Of
starving women and children, have
in several instances driven the
men to desperation. and they have
been goaded to pillaxe their luckier or
more wealthy compatriots. Bands of
desperate men. determined to obtain
bread at any cost for their destitute,
hupgsr-tortured families have been
driven to making raids upon and pill
laying buildings where they expected
70 hnd food
When the government delegate in
charge Of the first consignment of
breed from the army bakeries arrived
in the flooded country he was besieged
by the fsmishing inhabitants, young
and old. male and female, the majority
half naked or clad in rags. most OF
them on their knees with hands up
lifted. praying for succor. When all
the bread was conc there still re-
NAMED many mouths untitled.
AZ Almeria, capital of the province
of that name, the number of dead,
- in many other places. is still I'M
known, but 1t is admitted that over
500 houses have been destroyed, and
that . large number of people have
persisted.
OF course 1t Is impossible at present
10 get the full details of the flood dis
aster. but, in addition to the places al
ready referred to, at Anderaz the
stream has overlooked and is running
the grape crope. The villages of Puerto,
Lapiche and villafranca, in the prov
jnce Of Ciudad Real, have been severely
rsvsgsd by the floods
Survivors give narrowing accounts
Of the onset Of the food Many moth.
ers were seen struggling In the water
20 hold up children and finally sue.
cumbing TO the rush of the torrent
Others were confined in rooms, with
no hope of escaping until the collapse
Of the walls opened Q refuge One
man. who was caught on o wooden
bridge. saw hundreds Of persons float
past, crying Piteousiy for help. which
he was unable to give The bodies Of
sixty persons were found in . public
hall. where they hsd been ovcrtaken
BY the Aood in the midst Of q wedding
feast The mayor of Consuegra puts
ths fatalities there at 800. In some
places limbs have been found separated
from bodies
The queen has subscribed $40, 600
more TO start q national relief fund.
The Bank of Spain has subscribed So
go and other contributions are coming
frsm all quartera The government
has set apart slso. 900 fer relief meas.
ures and has asked the Bank Of Spain
" grant credits 10 the governors Of the
suffering provinces
NEARLY cREMATED A CORPSE