Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-16
AFTER THU TORRENTS
More Dstzfls Of the Devastation
Caassd BY ths FioodA
RELIEF MEASURES FOR TEE VICTIMS
n hsis Provinces Uadsr waters = TAs
Deaths EsEin.tsa a. Estwssn
k1oo and 1000 Ferssas-
Aslai Dsssrueslsa.


HApRrp, Sept fs-The entire coun-
try Is shrouded IN gloom on account Of
the shocking disasters In the province
CT Toledo. The hrst adviees Sunday
gave = hint. though the interrupted tel
egraph service and consequent meaSer
details obtainable made IL ouC hint
OF the terrible extent Of tho calamity,
which IL 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
n1ores and IL Is now reasonably sure
that between 1900 and z.0o0 peo-
pie have been drowned The whole
province Of Toledo seems 70 have SUI
fered from tempest. and heavy dam
age Is reported IN al directions Every
town and village on the banks OF the
AniarguIllo appears TO have been food
ell. and the overflow Of the sea is from
20 feet deep over an area measuring
hundreds of square mile& All CON-
munication Is interrupted, except that
by boat which prevents any accurate
estimate of the number of deaths.
The figures given are based upon
tlr t6l-A0AE <|8t0 VA al ais II t<xOoS SAS~
tricts that have already been reached
There are repeated instances where
houses have been Quilted, and the foat-
ing furniture. mingled with the bodies
OF drowned men and women. form
CHASTITY groupings. indicating that all
along the valley the inhabitants were
taken by surprise and cut or from all
means of escape - the rising food sur
rounded them
The queen regent has taken q most
active interest in the disaster. She
ordered national subscription TO DO
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
20 the Palace Ayote for that purpose.
and the ministry then decided that all
funds available should be Immediately
utilized for the relief of the sufferers,
and that the budget reserved for cpl
denies should also DO devoted to this
use The minister of public works has
gone TO the scene Of the disaster,
where over 100 bodies have already
been recovered This. however. is only
The report from only three or four
small places Reports from Valencia
and AndaIusis are almost equally har-
rowing. They state that feet of water
prevails in many Of the houses The city
Is In q state of great excitement, and
the railway stations are bcsieged by
families seeking their incoming rela-
lions and news OF the people supposed
10 be lost The storm reported from
Valencia proves 70 be an absolute cy-
clone, which blew down houses and de-
yaststed harvest fields The frst re-
ports Of great loss of life At Almeria are
fully confirmed
A special government envoy has Just
reached Madedego and brings appall-
ing news from ConsuegenA He says
that SEQ houses are utterly destroyed
and the remainder . little better than
ruins Over 200 bodies are known
20 have been washed away and
the number Of corpses buried
under the ruins is estimated rs at least
1850.
The most heartrending scenes. have
taken place. In one house alone twen-
ty-eight people persisted and their
bodies have since been found Oae
family of eleven persisted utterly and
their bodies were found clinging to one