The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-03
MANY UNDREDSDROWNED
TERRIBLE FLOODS IN GERMANY
AND AUSTRIA.

AND AUSTRIA.
Tho Danube Never known 10 ne 80 Hish Be-
fOre-A Part or vienna Observation-Disclosures
OF the Dead Floating In the streets or Trnu-
onnu-Euornoua Destruction OF Railroad
Property-EIbe ana Oder valleys share tho
Dinnster-The Damage Will No In millions.
Special Gable Dispatches to THE suH.
VIENNA. Aug. 2.-The floods give no sign of
abatement. The Danube has overfowed its
banks at every point, doing incalculable dam
age. The town Of Ems, at the junction Of the
river Ems and the Danube, in upper Austria, |
10 practically submerged. Upward Of two hum
dred houses are under water.
The latest reports received here show that the
floods are still increasing. Tho bodies OF twenty
persons were recovered at Trautenau, Bohemia,
yesterday, the river Aupa having oreriowed It's
banks and inundated n large part of the town.
The building occupied by the law courts at
Trautenau WINS undermined and its walls col
lapsed. Three boxes containing 100000 forms
in money were stored in the building and car.
ried away by the flood.
The rising OF tho Lake OF Traun, or Gmunden
Lake. threatens the town OF Gmunden. and
many other places are menaced by the still in
creasing volumes of water in the rivers and
smaller streams.
IL DANUBE az I'M polhb IL oNSh hits- nv
metres above its normal height, higher than 1t
was ever known to be before, 1t is difficult to
understand, considering the enormous breadth
of the food, how the water continues to rise.
The gates closing the entrance to the Donau
Canal, which traverses the city ana which Is
really II branch of the Danube, are submerged,
athing that has never occurred before. There
are several feet OF water in the lower parts Of
the city.
The great hoodgetes which held back Lake
Grundlsee gave way tonight and an enormo
volume of water rushed into the gorge below,
flooding the town of Aussee. The break 90
Cured at "a late hour, and most OF the inhabi-
tants of the town were asleep. Many Of them
had narrow escapes from drowning.
Hallstadt Lake. in Upper Austria, has over
flowed, carrying a flood to Ischl. a fash
ionable watering place. The Empress is
at Ischl, and has been much affected
by the distress caused by the floods.
She has conquered her adherence
of publicity and has announced that she will
personally receive contribution in aid Of the
sufferers. Owing to the crowds of summer
guests in the town there is a scarcity OF food
there.
The town of Prcssburg. on the Danube in Hun
gary, is surrounded by water and the place 10
threatened with great damage.
house in Marschenburg, whose foundations
had been Undermined. collapsed, and twenty
persons were drowned.
At Freiheit a house was carried away bodily
by the food and seventeen persons persisted.
The streets OF Trautenau present q frightful
spectacle. Many corpses can be seen floating
about the town. A cradle containing a crying
infant was discovered as it was being carried
away, and the child was rescued.
Many Of the inhabitants Of Reichenberg have
lost their lives.
The splendid public grounds at Gmunden have
been entirely destroyed.
The destruction of railroad entertainments
and bridges has been enormous and unprece-
dented. Tho Western Railway is the worst
sufferer. A large number of trains, including
the Orient express. are blocked. and 1t Is i'm
possible to say when ira fhc can be resumed.
The loss caused by the destruction OF mills and
houses and tho carrying away of cattle and
crops will be immense. The total damage done
will amount to many millions OF forms.
BERLIN, Aug. 2.-The reports OF the disastrous
foods in Prussian Silesia and Saxony received
here to-day have created great CONSERVATION In
Berlin, and show that the people In large SEQ
lions OF those territories are panic-stricken al
the appalling magnitude of the danger which
threatens them. The latest advices report thai
1853 persons have been drowned in Silesia and
Saxony. and that the damage to property ex
ceeds IL. 900 900 marks.
The King OF Saxony. who was at the Pillniti
Castle, was obliged to quit that place yesterday
the waters having risen so high that the mum
dation Of the castle was threatened.
Prince Hohcnlohe, the Imperial Chancellor
was to have returned to Berlin yesterday, bul
the stoppage OF railroad traffic by the floods pre-
vented his making the journey.
The coal mines at Bockau. Saxony, are noooet
with twelve metres of water.
The survivors Of the floods in the devastated
villages of Siles!a and Saxony are suffering un
told misery. They are entirely destitute OF foot