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Foreign News
August 19, 1811
Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
A sudden overflow of the Danube River on April 10 near Presburgh, Hungary, flooded 30 miles of adjacent country, destroying 24 populous villages and killing between 3,000 and 4,000 people, as reported in a German newspaper dated April 24.
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Dreadful Calamity in Hungary—A German paper, (Neue Zeitung) which came to hand last week, contains the following article, dated Presburgh, April 24
"Early on the morning of the 10th inst. the Danube, without any previous warning, suddenly overflowed its banks below Presburgh, and inundated the adjacent country thirty miles. By this accident, twenty four villages, for the most part extremely populous, were swept away, with the greater part of their inhabitants. It is computed, that between three or four thousand persons have lost their lives."
"Early on the morning of the 10th inst. the Danube, without any previous warning, suddenly overflowed its banks below Presburgh, and inundated the adjacent country thirty miles. By this accident, twenty four villages, for the most part extremely populous, were swept away, with the greater part of their inhabitants. It is computed, that between three or four thousand persons have lost their lives."
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Hungary Flood
Danube Overflow
Villages Destroyed
Thousands Dead
Where did it happen?
Presburgh, Hungary
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Presburgh, Hungary
Event Date
April 10
Outcome
24 villages swept away; between 3,000 and 4,000 persons lost their lives
Event Details
The Danube suddenly overflowed its banks below Presburgh without warning, inundating 30 miles of adjacent country and sweeping away 24 extremely populous villages along with most of their inhabitants.