The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-22
4 PAMPERO SQUALL.
Great Loss Of Life aud Property i'm the
Argentine COmled eratiOn.

The storm that burst over Buenos Ayres on
Thursday night, August l3, was one of the most
violent and attended with the greatest loss of
lite known for some years. The day had been
unusually sutry, and about sunset q thick cloud
westward poriended Inc coming pampero. At
10 P. N. the thunder and lightning began, and
soon came the rushing wind and torrents of
rain, which lasted altogether about forty
minutes. As soon as the storm lulled those who
ventured out OF doors found the streets con-
verted into rivers, with current of water seve.
raj feet deep. AT the same time the lightning was
exceedingly grand. The city was at every hasn
lighted up as clear as in daylight, and this dis
play OF electricity continued TIL after midnight.
Happily the vessels in port had had timely
notice of the coming storm, but the smaller
craft of the Italian llghtermeu were over
whelmed by the catastrophe. These boats, by
reason OF the low tide, were all aground in
the Boca channel, and the hurricane suddenly
capsiZed nine and sank two others, causing the
loss of over thirty lives, ali Italians The
Austrian lighter Librea, and two belonging to
master with his wife and sister, pershed. An
Italian polacre is supposed lost, Dutnot know
for certain a brig near the guard ship,
nationality not known, was cap.ized. The mail
steamer Arno got along all right, and hopes
were entertained that the steamer City of
Brussels, with f250, 900 on board, had escaped
harm, as she is about due. As far as could be
learned the railways were quite uninjured, but
the amount of damage to private property in the
city and suburbs was very great; the force OF the
whirlwind is generally considered to have been
equal to that OF the great st. Joseph storm of
March, 1866.
In Baraccas the destruction was also great.
The neighborhood of the Parque had some
walls blown down and houses unroo!ed. 1t 10
remarkable that Mr.. Jackson's wall, about which
he had a lawsuit with the Municipality, was
blown down, and the wall of the same gentle
mans property in Baraccas was blown down
couple OF years ago in the same way. Mr.. Tur
meau reported the damage at his residence,
Hong Kong Lodge, in the Gale Santiago del
aeti tnH Mt
$4,000. A wall fell in and destroyed his out
houses, killing number of Cochin China fowl.
Mr. Parody's school was az first thought to have
been struck with lhunderbolt, but it was
found to be the roof of a neighborIng shed,
which caused a general smash in Its descent,
carrying away chimney and filling the place
with debris. Fortunately no one was killed.
The southern line did not suffer. But the
greatest damage seems 10 have occurred in the
neighborhood OF the Plaza Constitution aud
near The Corrales, houses and pueSios haTing
been bodily carried away. The barraca Of st.
Aras is a heap of ruins, the roof having been
blown OFT TO distance of thirty yards, and all
its debris fallen IN an adjoining yard, where
Mr.. Aras had a depot of 100 arrobas of WOOL
for which he had refused $685. currency, the
day before. His loss is calculated at $500 600,
currency. The splendid barraca that was in
Federico Roth, was also completely destroyed,
and all its walls and the roof are on the ground.
100000 IS the estima ed loss Mr.. Pranges
and Mr.. Cerranda's BARRACKS also suffered
greatly. All the carreta in the Plaza were upset,
aud presented a melancholy sight. One OF
NessIs. Casares 6ne new vessels went 10 the
bottom at the Boca,