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Show Ft HIOIS FLOODS. Frlutitfal Dentrnctlon ol Property Prop-erty aud iireai Lossol Lite la hpttlu. Madrid, 16. On tbe eubeideuce of the flocde in tbe proTince of Murciai thirty dead bodiea were iound. It is i believed tnat over 100 persona perished. per-ished. LondoD, 17. A Madrid dispatch aays tbe floods extended 120 miles in Andaluaia, Malaga, Alicante and Murcia. Several villages are in mine. Railways are destroyed, and crops devastated. From Murcia tbe governor gover-nor reports tbat tbe Icaa of life will exceed 300. Tbe full extent of tbe disaster is not yet known. Tbe King will visit tbe flooded district wbile en route to Mediterranean parU and tbe fleet. Tbe same dispatch aaya the sudden determiDiition of Kmg Allooso to visit Mediterranean port3 aud fleet, encourages tbe belief that rumors of revoluti nary intrigues in the fleet and army are well founded. Madrid, 17. Tbe hurricane, on Tuesday night, was accompanied by heavy rains, which overflowed the Rivers Mundoa and Segura, and flooded tbe populous and fertile valley. val-ley. Tbe citif-8 of Sorca, (Jrihuela, Murciland- and Crevillente and a large number ol filiated between Murcia, Allicant and Cartagent were more or less injured. The rivers suddenly rose several yards during tbe nijfat, and the inhabitants were compelled com-pelled to fly without saving any property. Tbe Ktreams are covered with wrecks of laroihonses, agricultural agricul-tural implements, dead cattle and some human corpses. Soldiers and ma.rioeab.ave been sent by train from the nearest station to tho scene of the disaster. Churches and public buildings build-ings are occupied by thousands of fugitives. Tbe telegraph lines were' destroyed between Madrid, Aurcia, Oribuela, Alicante and Albacete. The same etorm also partially flooded Malaya and interrupted le'.egrapb : and railway communication even &s tar as Heulva and Seville. The ; Spanish cabinet met yesterday to de- j ctde on a measure for relief. " I |