Hundred Deaths Through Yor-rental Rains and Floods Berlin, July 9.
Over a hundred fatalities and damage amounting to $750,000 have been caused by a terrific storm' which brought torrential rain and in so-called "Saxon Switzer the favourite tourist resort near Dresden.
Two small rivers were transform-Jed into raging torrents which di vastated the valleys during the ight, hundreds of villagers being] drowned while in their beds, The village of Newendorf was swept away and half the town of Bergeleshube) destroyed. The railjway-station at Glasshutte was also destroyed and passengers in a train there. were imprisoned for hours by the floods.
Great masses of timber from the imber factories were swept down the floods, The terrific pace at which they swept along did great damage everywhere.
Over a Hundred Deaths July 11.
It is officially announced that the storms in Saxony have been responsible for 145 deaths.
Troops, police and volunteers are scouring the devastated districts, where the receding waters have left thick layers of mud.
Several cases are reported people going mad—Reuter.
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