The Archive · 1891

Terrible Floods in Spain

London, 16th September.

There have been heavy floods in the province of Toledo. 2,000 persons have perished and the survivors are surrounded by floods and dying of starvation.

[The province of Toledo is almost in the exact centre of Spain; its capital city, Toledo, is nearly 50 miles S.8.W. of Madrid, and is, situated on the river Tsgus; it was success sively the seat of government of the Goths, the Sloors, and the King of Castile.—Ep.}

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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