Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1893 — DISASTROUS FLOODS IN AUSTRIA [ARTICLE]

DISASTROUS FLOODS IN AUSTRIA

The floods continue to cause great destruction in the province of Bokowina l The river Czermosz Wednesday evening burst through the temporary dams, which had been erected to stay its devastating course, and snbmerged the town of Wlschnitza. The town has a population of about four thousand, and many of these were drowned In the flood, while rows of houses were demolished by the rushing waters. Thousands are homeless and the loss of property le very great. The number of persons known to have been drowned at Wischnitza is twenty-one. At Radutz the streets are inundated and eight houses have been destroyed.