, 1870-05-07
A DELUGE AT BUENOS AYRES.
Streets Inuudutcd-PInzas Turned
Into Lnkcs-Cnfcs Under Water
People Drowned in the Strcets-An
Awful Sceuc~

Streets Observation-Disclosures Turned
Into Lnkcs-Cnfcs Under Wnter-
People Drowned in the Strcets-An
Awful Scene.
From the Euenes Ayres Standard, Earch IL
GU "Wednesday, u.e 9th Of M~roh, of the
most fearful storms ever experienced in the
River Platte burst over Buenos Area The
afternoon was rainy, and Weatherwise people
raw regular tempsral' setting in from
the southeast. ME. Louis Mclean and
others refused to allow their boats
to leave the mole with passengers neverthe-
less, some had the temerity to venture, and
for the Villa del snlte, with a lady and two
gentleman, waa capsized and the passengers
were drowned. At the same time Captain
Peel made, great efforts to procure
.ho M a stes lsn1sh h1aSa nf5A to 60 s;3 sSo;5 I'D
same evening for Liverpool, but the risk Of
going out twelve miles deferred everybody
from the attempt. A passenger who had left
for the Tycho Rrahe zone hourafbaf fore, and was
unable to reach her, turned back, and met
the boat sspaizod' IN which H. the lsdy afG
'A,Lean haa despatched boat with
some sheep at 8 a- m, which reached
the Tycho Brahe safely, and then seeing the
storm coming On sailed for the IfgTe instead of
trying to return to port. "A the evening
closed in the storm increased, the rain began
10 l2u III lQITenIh 6DOlt ClLCh, 0lu l1al!5 u
the streets were flooded with two or three
lect Of water; this became deluge after
four hours Of the most incessant downpour.
and some people lost their lives in carriages,
trying to cross the Tetccro. At the corner Of
Sulpacha and Cordoba coach was carried
away, the coachman escaped, but the pas
eengers and horses were drowned. At
Gale Iibe1tad and Cuyo another coach
vas carried down by tile current, and tho
driver and his horses drowned. at Calle De-
fensa the current washed aHay 4 child, and
some other casualties Of this kind arg re-
ported in the south end. Some Of our friends
resident at Ciuco Esquinas had to make de-
tour by the Gale Kivadavia to get home, the
Recoleta Omnibus having broken down ut
$50, and the streets become dangerous to
Cross. The once Setiembre Omnibus coming
into town at O'Clock found rapid stream ut
the corner Of F1edhd and Uruguay; the driver
plunged in, the bus Was carried doHn100
Yards and thrown on its side, two Of the
horses being d1ownded, ond the passengers
(eicht in n1mber) forced to get out through
the windows and scramble OF swim to the
sidewalk. Three corpses wero picked up yes
te1day in calle Uruguay, but they were prob
brought down by the current. The Northern
Ttamway had three horses drowned. In Gale
Paraguay coach upset the coachman WAS
drowned, but come ladies' inside were saved.
The rainfall was the most dreadful eve1known.
The algibes were soon filed, and then the
wooded I'll the lower rooms OF the houses,
in eome places to the height Of three feet
houses, and in one case the occupants
of 81 room narrowly escaped falling
into m old well or water-closet under the
hopr. The houses near the brewery in
Cnile Bolivar wero under water to the hoighto of
tLroe fest, and in thono streeta adjacent to