St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-17

dead have been buried rs a sanitary
precaution. Twenty-seven dead bodies
nave been found in one Gweiiing house.
The misery existing at COnsuegra is
intense. The inhabitants are compelled
to sleep in the open air, and the food
supply is OF the meagereSt description.
lhe gendarmery are often Obliged 10
resort to force TO compel the men To as
sist in the work of recovering bodies.
sixteen robbers have been caught rihing
the clothing OF eorpses. So far 94J bod
les nave been recovered. The search
continues.
The national relief fund has reached
100000. Students are collecting money
for the sufferers in the streets OF Mad
rid; The town OF lempleque, province
or Toledo, has been converted into an
island by the food, and communication
with the town is almost impossible.
The storm wrought immense damage in
Murcia, SaragOssa and Malaga. The
railway works at Ronda were greatly
damaged, three persons were drowned
and many cattle persisted. Several
photographers have started for Con-
Suegra. The cOnsignees of goods de-
layed on the railways are heavy losers.
The Gazette publishes. by royal au-
thority, a request TO Spanish agents
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flood sufferers. A gendarme at Com
suegra, who was an eye witness of the
disaster, says: The storm was accom-
panied by terrific thunder and
lightning. While | was standing
near the town hall 1 was start
led by hearing the mayor shout
ing from the balcony of his residence TO
the guards to run to the river. as the
waters were flooding the houses. |
hurried with several comrades To the
lower part Of the town. We found the
water already In many places neck-high.
With much difficulty we saved thirty per-
sons. The mayor presently arrived on the
scene, and appealed to all possessing
carts TO assist ia transporting people TO
the upper part of the town. Only three
persons responded, although 300 bos-
sessed conYeyances. The same diff
Guilty was experienced in obtain
Ing the ropes, ladders, pick
axes, etc, necessary for rescuing
people in danger. The callous
indifference OF those in safety contrib
uted to great extent TO the enormous
fatality. Even those whose houses
were flooded seemed incapable of realiz-
ing their danger. In vain we begged
and prayed them 10 abandon their
doomed dwellings.
4 Ait oAOlhA tloNtsl% tBhltN. lNtN Ut-
lieved all danger past and stOlidly re-
fused to bulge. Torrents speedily
commenced TO run from the mountain
gorges in all directions in the valley.
Thus the day passed, and at night many
people, In spite of warnings. retired to
sleep in their threatened dwellings.
Soon the storm commenced again
with redOubled violence. The
river rose by leaps and bounds and car
rled everything before it with resistless
fury. It was an awful sight to see the
now thoroughly terrified people climb
ing to the roofs of their houses and
shrieking vainly tor help, which it was
Impossible any longer To render.
fhe house collapsed one after
another and were swallowed uD
in the seething torrent. DaybrealI saw
hundreds Of men ana beasts struggling
IN the water, clingng in despair to
wreckage, and whirled along So rapidly
that they were in moment lost TO sight.
IL was useless To attempt To save those
who were seized in the floods relentless
grasp. 1t was sight that will never ba
forgotten