The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-02
OVER A HUNDRED BODIES RE
: PORTED LOST IN THE
FRENCH DISASTER.
FIFTY OF THEM ALREADY RE
COVERED.
The Town of Baracoa, Cuba, Under
Martial Law-Marceo and Follow
ers Said to be Surrounded.
Campos' Campaign Plan.

Espinal, France, April 2S.-The list of
the fatalities caused by the breaking yes
terday morning of the great Bouzy dyke
in the Bouzy district of the VOICES in
creases every hour. Over lis deaths
have already been reported, but only 80
bodies have been recovered. 1t is be-
lieved that the death list will be greatly
in excess of the figures above given, when
all districts are heard from. 1t is sup,
posed that many of the dead were swept
into isolated places where it will be long
time before the bodies are found. The
whole region over which the thousands
of tons of water swept in a resistless
flood is strewn with every sort of wreck
age and the scene presents most desc
late appearance. In many places the
early crops were swept clean out of the
ground and the losses thus sustained will
be heavy. Every attempt is being made
to reorganize the district, but this is re-
garded difficult. The Aviere, a small,
GROW stream, is now in many places a
mile and half wide. The railway in
the vicinity of the Darnieulles station
was torn up. The rails and ties were
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stroyed. Nearly every bridge on the line
was either destroyed or so badly dam
aged that they will have to be rebuilt.
The construction of the dyke or dam
was commenced in 1879 and finished in
1884. In 1889 it was greatly strength
ened. 1t was of heavy masonry, 90
yards long, Sc feet high and 60 feet
thick at the base. The masonry was
carried into the ground to a depth of GO
hol he 6 +hn inf
which the reservoir discharged its water.
1t was built against a vertical face of
solid rock having a maximum height of
1S feet. The base rested on q sand
stone bottom or natural foundation. The
massive construction of the dam was con-
sidered to be a guarantee that it would
hold back any weight of water that could
be brought against it. The distress
among the homeless jewellers of the valley
to be mentally benumbed by the calamity
that has befallen them.
The government is fully awake to the
disaster and is doing everything possible
to relieve their sufferings. NJ. Dupuy,
minister of public works, and M. Leagues,
minister of the interior, are now on their
way here to assume charge of the relief
work. Three Thousand francs have al
ready been received for relief purposes
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from the funds of their departments and
1000 francs contributed by President
Faure. Madame Heine has sent 200O
francs, which will be applied to relieving
the sufferers. The project of the police
department has assisted the district. He
has organized relief association and,
aided by the military, will, as soon as pos
Sc, restore communication to the out
side world. The government employees
and soldiers will also search for the dead
and Immediately bury all they may find.
The municipal authorities are working in
distributing relief and seeking to bring
order out of the chaos prevailing here.
Over $4,000 persons from the near by
towns and the surrounding country Wis
tied the scene of the disaster today. At
4 O'Clock this afternoon the burial of 10
of the victims took place at Domevero,
one of the villages that suffered the most
from the inundation. Two thousand per-
sons attended the services, which were
held while the graves were being dug.
There were many heart-rending scenes
while the bodies were being consigned to
the earth.