Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-09
TERRIBLE NUNDATION.
Great Destruction of Life and Prop.
erty ut Campeche, Mexico - sad
Scenes.

erty ut Campeche, Mexico - sad
Scenes.
From the CanpeacLy Esviritu Publico.
The capital of this State has been dis
turbed by fearful inundation. Its la
mentable results win be felt for some time.
For seven days past the rain has fallen,
from the afternoon until midnight; but on
the Goth above said it commenced to rain
with such abundance that the akaLches |
dow lands) poured forth their currents of |
water upon the town with cOnsiderabl- |
impetuosity. At P. NJ. the water come |
menCed to rise violently on the wards of |
San Francisco, Santa Anna, Guadaloupe |
and San Roman, having reached on the |
same night, at 10 o'clock, the height Of
two metres on the inland gate, inside the
walls, and four metres outside. The
whole town was aroused by the cries and
lamentations OF the unhappypeople of the
wards, who implored for aid on seeing
their lives threatened, not only by the
| water, which rose fast, but by the violence
| of the current, which carried off every
object. Boats were Immediately pro-
| vided by the civil authorities and the
| citizens, to save the lives of those out
side the walls, but all efforts were
impOtent in those moments against
the force OF the current. Only a
| few boats could reach Santa Anna, and
the streets OF the inland gate inside the
walls, and thus were served a large num-
Der families who had climbed to the walls,
| trees and hOusa-tOps. Some poor wretches,
exhausted by fatigue, or not being able to
resist the current, let go their hold and
persisted with their children. The water
had thrown down some walls and several
straw and stone houses. The people
could be seen rushing everywhere, search
ing for boats to aid the sufferers, and
lighting fires to facilitate the means of
salvation, as the night was extremely
dark. The families outside the walls were
somewhat relieved by the boats which had
reached them, and by o'clock A. NJ, on
the 9th ut., the moon had commenced
to shine, thus making the situation less
painful. The spectacle was touching
l and soTrOwful one; everywhere could bt
| seen the unfOrtunates, who had saved
/ their lives with great difficulty, cOntcm
D plating the loss Of their property, theil
| clothes, and, what is more yet, their chill
drcn and their parents. After daylight OF
the 9th, the picking up Of the bodies wa:
- commenced.
# The cemetery of San Roman was com
9 plctely destroyed The stone walls anl
the tombs were carried away by the sea
The people of Campeche conducted
: themselves in a heroic manner in the mo
$ meuts of great anguish, and once NOR
s gave proof of their charitamanity. Tn
. same can be said of the first battalion o
. Cazadores and the regular artillery.
This overthrow almost equaed the grea
" storm Of the 9Th of September, 1907
e which almost destroyed the city Of Cam
!, pcche
The cemetery Of san Roman presented
, on the 2Sth ult., picture worthy Of on
of those paintings envied by pho
Biography itself The wall in front of tn
editice and on the eastern side, was force
out Of its cements by the water inClOse
in the cemetery, and which entered by
small door in the southeastern angle, cal
. | rying the rubbish TO the sea shore, a di
lance of twenty metres. The scpUIchre
made of stone and about metre in deptl
were carried off by the current, and IL
- remains scattered, even some bodies whic
had been inferred recently, along the shol
L Of san Roman, the current making gre
t excavations and Instructions from whel
+ the water precipitateditself with such in
Jr petuOsily and noise 50 horrible that
re seemed to rs to look like Niagara Fall
On the same ward of San Roman, @
c the memorable night Of the 26lh, Il
Il water discharged all its force throug
;, some Of the streets near to the bridg
II making a canal as wide as the street. az
e | carrying off many houses.
- On the ward of Santa Ana the cfrcc
=. Of the water are seen everywhere, part
u cularly on the main street which go"s
the Alameda.
In the ward Of san Francisco gre
damage was done by the water All Il
wall along the river fell down; some
them were so well settled on the grom
that they seemed pavements construct
u expressly. The stone bridge was al
" badly damaged: the current carried of o.
of the arches.