St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-24
The Ca asst ople at Cagliari
One Of the Most Appalling
OF Nc dePn Times.
Hundreds Of Lives Lost and
an Immense Quantity Of
Property Destroyed.
Fifteen Square kilometers In
undated--Scores OF Dwell
ings Demolished.
Vessels Blown Ashore and
Houses Raced by Hon
duraS Hurricane.

LoNDoN, Oct. 25.-The latest advices
from Cagliari give an appalling account
of the terrible storm and flood in Sar-
dina on Thursday and Friday last-a
calamity in which hundreds of lives
were lost and hundreds of thousands
o. dollars worth of property was de-
stroyed. TIE plain of Campidano for
fifteen miles north of Cagliari was af-
fected. Tie plain stretches from Gag
liari to Orestano,a distance of fifty-nine
miles. and is an important vine and
oive-growing center. The first indica-
tiGnS Of the approaching hurricane were
noticed on Thursday afternoon. The
heat of the atmosphere became OPP
pressiVe, and cattle and other animals
grew restless and hurriedly sought
shelter. Soon heavy black clouds,
tinged with red, appeared. The peas
ants working in the fields became terri
fed and took refuge in their homes. As
the darkness of night came on, tue
cyclone burst upon the plain with full
force. Incessant
Flashes o. lightning
and heavy peals Of thunder accompanied
the shrieking of the wind, while loud
Subterranean TumblingS added their
terrors to the storm. Rain fell in tor
rents and all the loWlandS were flooded
in very short time. The river Manu-
and other streams intersecting the dis
trict soon overlooked their banks, inun-
dating an area or fifteen square kilo-
meters. Among the villages invaded by
the waters were DecimOmannu, Asse-
mani, ElmaS. SamatZai, San Sperate and
GraZZali, with total population of
COCO souls. Scores of dwellings and
barns were demolished by the raging
flood. and hundreds of people WHO had
sought refuge Oh the roofs of buildings
were drowned. In most of the villages
named there were many hutS built of
mud which collapsed in few moments
Other huis, made OF reeds and straw.
fioated with the current, forn-in RATS
to which many peasants clung during
the night until they were rescued. On
Friday morning the work of rescue was
begun in earnest. Dozens of persons
were then
FOT nd FzuGdied Together
on elevations of land, and in the upper
parts of houses that are still standing
Many of these people were half dead
ingS still standing were found to be
seriously damaged, the walls being ex-
tensively cracked, and the foundations
undermined. Most of the furniture
they contained was. Of course, ruined.
Survivors say that the experience of
that night was terrible in the extreme.
The whole night long the air was filled
with the heartrending shriekS of drown
ing human beings, and the terrified
cries of sheep and cattle, mingled with
the ceaseless din of alarm bells, that
were kept ringing in neighboring vii
lagos. The project of Cagliar. on learn
ing of the disaster, Immediately dis
patched rescue parties to save surviv-
ors. These parties worked with the
greatest difficulty. Dozens of lives
were saved by soldiers. One hundred
bodies have been recovered at San
Sperate alone. The total death roll
must reach several hundred. An i'm
mense number of cattle and other live
stock persisted. The Cagllar-Igiesas
railway has been greatly damaged by
the flood.