The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-09-14
The Great Storm at Paris,

lhe Paris correspondent. Of The Times writsn
as follows: deluge Of rain, accompanied by A
thunder storm and most Vivid flashes Of lirhtnrn
fell ON Tuesday, Aug @. tp an extent scarcely re-
membcred by that most unreasonable OF ali
known authorities the oldest inhaLitant of PARIS,
The day before, (Alonday) the heat was intense
throughout. About 10 o'clolk at night the sky
became covered with clouds of the bhlckcst hue
And flashes of sheet lightning lighted I'm tho hor.
lion nearly the whole Of the sultry night. To
wards day brea, a light mist began to fall. A..
bout q O'Clock "A mass Of cloud piled heavily, and
darkly, and charged with the torrents and the
thunder, hung like dark canopy over the deyo-
ted eity. Ablut o'clock the hoodgates of tho
heavens were opened aud the rain fell like n del.
uge. The growing Of the distant thunder was
heard. About half past . the clouds were torn
asundcr, and the fragments passed rapidly over
the heavens, leaving glimpses OF a leaen-color
sky, and nm angry and fiery sun The wind. tho
not yiolest, sobbed heavily among the foliage Of
the luerles and Champs ElNsees The storm,
however, passed Oft but only to return with ten.
fold violence, and about half past o'clock the
rain aud thunder became awful. The heavens
were completely obsrurcd, even us dark rs IA fog
gy evening in London in the month Of Nbyenb,y.
and IN some houses candles were lii. q
The hm,no0lot.e IN the establishment Of an on,
t,c!an IN the Palais Royal showed the cloud that
shut ont the sun and heaven from the nlhaidt-
ants of Paris to DC at least Il miles in ,'Iiesu.,
From that hour until nearly o'clock IN the even
ing the ram came down in torrents though The
thunder was neither loud nor frequent 1t con-
tlnued though with much lcss intensity, durisg
the greater part Of the night Some persons as
sert that they even felt slight shock of m earth
quake, ,hongh suspect this to be cxaggeration.
In every place the circulation OF carriages WIS
completely stopped. In the streets Notre DANG
dc Lorette Martyrs, st. Jacques, and many 9th.
ers the horses were IN water to the chest; and
the newly macadamized Boulcvartls presented
the cherries appearance oi u long marsh with
alternate water and mud a regular lake WA,
formed in less than half m hour at the junction If
the streets Cadran Montorgueil, and Marie Stu
art. IL extended for more than GOO feet, and it
was with difficulty that carriages and carts could
traverse the current, The ground floors of the
houses we're Of course inundated. The square of
the Hotel de Vile was lake. The cellars Of
many houses was invaded by an element which
is not the one that ought to be plentiful there ind
BOTTLES of Chateau Mdrgau Champagne. Cham.
beftin and Clos Nougeot, worthy Of y better fate,
were fnatn. by thousands, and (horresco retcr.
cnsl dashed TO pieces Thousands rhon tio,!.
sands OF U.asE rats FL. tened by the invading cl.
ement, were driven from their foul retreats INTO
the open air ard with the courage of d,suuir.
took shelter in the upper hnbitaions The whole
Of the works Of the Boulevard ST. Martin were IN
undated, Us also those Of the Point Neuf PariA
was covered over with darkness, ana inundated
times during the day II was when the second
cloud-thlck, black and awiul-hung over the ci
~ that the oscillations as oi an earthquake were
felt About O'Clock the lightning fell in the
Gros Caillou but have not heard of any more
serious accidents than those mentioned occ.j -''e
The following Is another account Of the stc,M sss,
Ga!lgnais paper n ''Tu
The rain ,e!l in Paris yesterday tt IN tl,so5
rarely witnessed. MANY Of the strS,ts VIZ fs- Is
covered with water that fer nearly an hour, circu-
laton WIS impossible In some places the wa
ter was four feet deep. There was 4 thunder
storm, but it was neither violent nor of long du.
ration. We were Witnesses In the rue du ra.
bourg Montmatrc, to perfect delugc. Two for.
midabie cataracts flowed down from the rue Ca.
Diet and the rue DIES Martyrs. The sLopkeepers
had placed plnsks t. a great height to prevent
the water entering their shops but il washed o.
yer them. The horses were up TO their chests.
and the carriages could not move One person
threw oil his coat, aud swain along the street n.
midst the applause and laughter Of the bystanl.
ers His example was however, followed bv 9th
ers and at one iimc, upwards of 20 persons were
ENJOYING swim. The rue Richer presentcd the
appearance Of n rapid aud muddy torrent. IN the
midst OF which were seen floating number Of
casks, which had been washed OF wagoi,, f,ll
owed by men stripped to thtr middle the hor.
sea IN the carriages were up To their shouldor.
The omnibuscs, which persisted in cndeayoring TO
pass through, were flied with water All tho
shops and cellars were inundated Similar scenes
took place IN the de Provence ,c Ia yictoirc,
and the chaussre dc Autln. In some of the shops
IN tue latter street the water was foot deep
Jonchcs pcl on the Epulpyari Monmnrtrr ia
carry over persons for one .ou"