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Show THE FLOODS IN SPAIN. it I-etal T0 ll.unaan'l 1'crsont Dronnc). Many Families. Almost lljlng ot Hanger. SRtAD DISTnlBUTID OY THC GOVCP.NMr.NT. The Qgrm'4 (Irnrrotit (llfu Vnrlfarr DlttitfT Tlirrilrnnl liy Nnrll In; lllifr. j Tal'irirk lo lbs .Ntwt.1 10 ..All. I'SHlrulsrs Abiml Hi lerll Pllotnie ml Meeds. MADIHD.Hf 1 1. 15. Tho noo.ll Which caused to iiiucli damage, and whlt'll to already knowu la have retullcd In tiio Iom of Hiouttndaof llvct, Into been general In the south of Hialn. The damage ilons l terrible lu It, ex l.iil. Inllicprovlnie i,f Toledo Ilia rum of water from the Conouegra rlric waa m sudden and uncxclcd lliathiindreila uf people were druwntil In thtlr lfils. Four hundred bodies hove already lii recovered, and at liwt 1110 rntrs ru In .cell aoalliiR In the awolleii river. A national lief fulidhaabcen opened, and nil Ilia nvwipapert announce thel they Nta retdy In receive donations. The grant! and grain crops are ilcstro.ed llirousii oiitlhelloodid lections ot thocouu r'h overflowing of the Consuegra lhreets.il lu cause furllirr damage. Two-thirds ot the lioiiaet are j radical-lydoslrojutl; radical-lydoslrojutl; they are Hill rlandlnu liul Ihulr foundations are sapicd, and they threaten to fall at any moment. The families saved from drowning ar In the greatest distress from want of food. An miniate deseed as a inoder at one. and one which la within rather Iliati over the actual uumtwr, I lace the total death lint at SHM. Largo numbers of corse till rrat whtrotbey wore found. Unlit toon Inletrctl ah ri'tuniio of n.viii 1, feted. Hj far tea elble tho bodle a ofthodrowiit-larol.elng:atheicdfroui lliv streams, mud banks and rulus. and ara beliut burled lu trench. Many tr tlia Indira found are entirely nude, stowing that they muit have teen waheit from thtlrbeda, Unfortunately the wont li not yet known and months of lerrlllo irlva-Hon irlva-Hon and extreme suffering are before Ihu utterly linverlhml turvlvora. The crnjMi aro kouv, thn cattle awet away, the houtm rutlivd, and all that Vould onal.le them to earn their brmd liaa VAuUhed lieneflttl the lorrenUof ua'er which harp rolled over the towns and villa ett fleldaand tarma. tub urriiKiiK uf Dirruijw, the ltlrely raTenoui frelloK of alar-vatlnu, alar-vatlnu, iirevalllne In tnany acctlona of the ftoodJeTUtated country, haL au-other au-other and. If ponlble, blacker aide. Jland, of dtiperate men, determined to obtain bread at any coat, for tlielr hun. KerliignndtorturvJfainllleiliaoleen drlreu ti make raid uriu nud 1N lajlnit buildings where they czitclod to find food. The troor bate been lmtmctel to take the mot aeTre nieaurea tu irotect I roj-crly. Two Ibouund kilos of army bread haen arrleed In the flooded dMrlcla. When theitoernnieutdele Rilo u rharrje of the II rat coiutgmuint of breid arrived, ho aa Uietuiwn by llin famleblng Inhabltanbi, main and female, the majority halt naked, or clad In rag, moat of theui ou their knew, Willi hands uplifted, rriAriNa ran evecun. When all the broad was roiic. (hero still remalued many mouths unfilled, loany sufleiera not liaTliiR been able to obtain even the smalleit Kirlloii of this ltniimry relief. At Almirla, the capital of the jrovlncuof that name, the number of del 1 Is still unknown, hut It la mliult ted that uTer o(10 hou,ea liavu lieen de ilroyed, and that a Urge number of tx-0lehvt wrhhed. Ibe villages of ruertn, Uiplcho and Villafranca, In the iriivlura of Cludad Heal, have U en feevertly ravaged by the Hood, 'I he Huii li lias uU rlbed twenty thouiaut! dultara to tho relief fund, and the HinkofHualu ha, added 'J00d. At Almerh the llond has tcnjd nfltloi'. lit the electrlo light and gns work, and the city Is In total dark' lies,. Ibe rlvtr Anlaray haa ovtr nowiHi its bank, coiivuruug me vaney Into a vnt like. It Is estimated that over 51X11 head of horses and cattle Mere drowned. 'Ihe jiollce tiavo succeeded 111 suih preuing the pillage. Food la ranlJIy arriving for tbo suirorvrs. l'resli crpi ale lielus discovered all Ihu time. The bodlt a of sixty a rsons tiavo been fouud In a ubllo hall, where they had UtnoveiUlelibythelloodlnthemldat of a wed'liiu feast, A TMiiiilinaionu Mhlch set 111 neur Valencia Tuesday dttlroyoil the rlc crop. The rivers Turta and J uiar are rlslug r Idly niid tlireatell filttber OliAsler. The govern. luent has ret aiiuit tloo.liiMi for relief ueiuuies ami lias aki-J tho Hank ot Hi atn (o ursut credit to the governors f Ihesuirerlngprovlncis. |
