A Disastrous Flood by Editor

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Mar 20, 1879

A Disastrous Flood.

By Editor

The most disastrous flood of which we ever heard has lately been experienced in Hungary. Szegedin was the second city in Hungary, containing about 80,000 inhabitants. It has been entirely inundated, with one hundred square miles of surrounding country. It is not possible to determine the number of lives lost. Hundreds of corpses have been found; but at the time of the latest news the work of rescuing the survivors was progressing slowly. The first report estimated the loss at hundreds, but from the nature of the calamity we considered this estimate very imperfect. Up to the 17th inst., it was thought the loss was 4,000, which we think will yet fall below the truth.

The inundation was accompanied by a most terrific storm. Many of the buildings were of unburned brick, and the action of the water caused them to crumble, carrying down those who had taken refuge on their tops. Other towns are threatened, and it will be some time before the actual loss and damage can be certainly ascertained.