Toulouse

Overview

Toulouse enters the diary only through the flood of June 1875. On 23 June 1875 the Garonne flooded the city, reaching 8.32 m at the Pont-Neuf, the highest level on record; about 208 people died and some 1,200 houses were destroyed (source footnote at 035.0136, citing herodote.net and a University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès colloquium programme). Benefits were organised in Nice for «ces pauvres inondés de Toulouse».

In Marie's diary

• 1875-07-02 (035.0136, Nice): «On va organiser, au profit de ces pauvres inondés de Toulouse et d'autre part, des fêtes, des bals champêtres, des quêtes.»
• 1876-01-03 (051.0339, Rome): looking back, «la chansonnette que j'ai entendu chanter au Café américain, l'autre soir, à la représentation pour les inondés de Toulouse».