Show the inundations in france the journal de lindra bindra et loire of may gives the following description of tours on that day the ile rne rile royal presents the appearance pe e a rance arance of a canal canaly and boats are plying on it lt incessantly carrying relief to the thi unfortunate inhabitants who either would not or could not quit their houses the mail is like a torrent and all sorts of things brought down by the loire and the cher are floating 0 about it the ornamental trees on it have bee been n torn up the railway station the centre of the commercial activity of the town is still surrounded with water as high as the windows in the garden arden of the prefecture opposite nothing is is to be e seen but the to tops s of the trees the walls of the garden are t thrown rown down the rues de paris de bordeaux and du rempart built on the old ramparts of the city are under water at every step we take we see the ravages of the waters and from the route de grammont we perceive dinall in all ail their horror the effects of the catastrophe in the adjacent country As far as the eye can reach there is water the inundate inundations I 1 ons were not able to surmount the obstacle caused by the route de bordeaux but they rose to a great height and they were strewed with articles of furniture clothing and woodwork the pont font de threatens to fall in the viaduct of the railway to nantes beaten with great fury by the waters has been thrown down wherever the eye rests it sees farms submerged houses that cannot be inhabited for a long time to come even if they can ever be inh inhabited again and on the heights thousands of victims grouped together without shelter and without foo food d E even ven the dark and narrow streets of the old city mccu occupied d by the lower classes have not tle tie escaped from rom tha tho rue borene borane to the commune of la riche from the champ de mars to the mail and from the place daumont to saint Sau sauveur veur vear is an immense lake reaching in height to the first story of the houses such is the state of our city after five days of mortal anxiety and indescribable calamities the accounts from saumur of the ravages committed by the loire and the cauthion are even more distressing than those previously received the pupils of the cavalry school of that place gave a tine fine example of courage and deyot devotedness edness they plunged into the water with their I 1 horses borses they saved many invalids and infirm persons from certain death and compelled the inhabitants to leave their dwellings in gs the clergy likewise displayed cons considerable I 1 energy and effected much in combat ting the strange determination of the people to remain in their houses A young curate swam to a man who was clinging to a tree and succeeded in landing him in safety from lyons we learn that as the waters recede numerous bodies are discovered all in a state of decomposition workmen are employed in building wooden huts on the place st for the reception of the persons who are without homes the directors of the mediterranean railway have placed a number of railway carriages at the disposal of the authorities for the temporary accommodation of the houseless when the emperor came to lyons lyns he gave to be divided among the engine drivers and other employees of the train that sum has been generously given n b by Y those men to the subscription opened at lyons for the sufferers A letter fa from rom aries arles states that the extent of the country inundated in that neighborhood is at least lust twenty leagues although the waters are goina going gradually down guns muns guns are still frequently near heard in different indifferent parts arts round bound as ste swe signals nals of distress from the inhabitants abi abl of t the tha inundated houses bo boats ats are moving 10 about in all directions to render assistance the following additional details are taken from messenger the lyons journals state that when the dyke of the tete dor vor near near the grand campy campt gave way the water bovere covered d the east plains with great rapidity the tocsin was sounded in all dise the surrounding 0 villages to give tile the alarm many persons persona were surprised in their sleep and could only save themselves half dressed by wading through the water leaving all their property at the mercy of the flood nian alan many were compelled to remain in their houses an and wait until assistance could be brought to them the embankment thrown u up I 1 to the north of the she brosteaux Brott eaux protected the aemie chemin de ronde in that direction but a little further to the east the water broke furiously through a breach into that part called la petit californie Cali cail fornie behind the pr pre pro aux clerca and through the rue masena the water rushed like a cataract the establishment of the soeurs des pauvres was inundated and it was found necessary to remove all its inmates to t the h e hotel dieu in I 1 n wagons the directors of the maison malson due saint enfant jesus brought out their children one by one on their backs and the sick were laid on mattresses and placed on rafts hastily made for the purpose and thus carried to a place of safety at every moment boats and omnibuses omni buses might be seen getting down their freights at the hotel de ville and in the Cours Morand which remained clear of the water and where an immense number of persons passed the remainder of the night some of them had been able to save a few clothes but most of them had only what they stood in I 1 n and those were drenched with water cries and moans were heard in every direction women seeking their husbands and their children and the children calling for their mothers horses cows and sheep were also seen prowling rowling about and uttering cries of hunger an and a alarm larm it t appears impossible to form any correct idea of what accidents have taken place nor can it be correctly ascertained until the water shall have subsided and circulation be once more free at the brosteaux Brott eaux several houses were washed down before the inhabitants could be got out at the char pennes a man his hig wife and their child were buried beneath 1 the ruins of their house A boat boa t with several persons who had been saved from a house upset and all were drowned the rhone is constantly bringing down furniture cattle and sheep many small houses built of framework and brick have been washed away bodily from their foundations at the brosteaux Brott eaux and are seen floating about with the current accounts from valence state that the quays and the lower parts of the town are completely inundated and jn in many streets leading to the quay nay the water in the ground floors is six feet deep beep all the plain des granges presents the appearance of an immense lake the river is constantly seen bringing down trees which have been torn up by the roots cattle furniture and a quantity of other articles three large barges laden with coal which were moored to the quay at valence were washed away by the rapi rapidity lity of tre current and all of them sank at some distance down the river one man was drowned i at la pa ilaise the veloure has broken over its bank and caused considerable mischief the towns of tain and tournon are completely underwater under water from the overflowing of the rhone and Monte lemart is threatened with a similar fate the small river morgon which passed through villefranche Ville franche and afterwards falls into the saone caone has become a complete torrent and having risen above the arches of the bridge which still stands firm h has a s 0 overflowed v e w e d t the h banks and many of the houses ho u s es h have a v reah their e i r c cellars e le and ground gro und floors under water |