The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-05-28
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From Hn"noS Ayres Standard, March II.
Nn Wednesday, "tIr Of March, one G
| the most fearful storaS eve" experience,
IN he River Plate burst over Bueno
Avres. The vtternO'n was rainy. AN,
weatherwisr people saw Il regular tenn
! l'oraf' setting iu from the southeast
| Nr. ls'lcas Mcllain and others refuse,
to allow their boats to leave tie mol
with passengers nevertheless some LA,
the temerNy 10 venture, ant We lear,
| that a boat that l. fl about 4 Z. N. fo
tie Villa del S4'tr. with IL lady and twt
gentlemen, Was eap<ized and the passcn
gers We're drowned. At the sam,
| time Capt Peel made great efforts tt
procure the s'eam auuch BABY, 70 Z,
aboard the Tycho BraLe, which was tc
sail the: s1me evening tor liverpool, hui
the risk Of getting o'!t twelve niles de-
TERED everybody from the attempt 4
passenger aho had left FOR the Tycht
Brahe some hours BEFORE and was un.
able to rtacl, her, turned back; and met
h"E"af cHp>iHrd, in which the lady
and gentleman were lest. tTr. 2rI~an
had dispatched a boat Will s.rrne
sheep at 8 i. N which ryau,lvl III,
Tycho Brahe safely, aud then. s..vin..
the storm coming on sailed ter til. i icrr
instead Of trying to return to port. As
the evening closed III tie Storm in
creased the rain began to fall in torrents
about five "'clork and many of the
streets were flooded with two Or three
feet of water ; this became a deuge af-
:er four hours of the most incessaut
down pour and some people lot their lives
IN carriages, trying to cross the Terce-
ro. At the corner of Sulpacla and Cor
doda Il coach was carried away the
c0achman escaped. but the passengers
and horses were drowned. At Gale
Liberiad and Cuyo another coach was
carried down by the current and the dri-
Yer and his horses drowned At Calle
Defansa the current washed away child
and some eth'r casualties of this kind
are reported in the south end. Some
Of our friends. resident at Cinco Esqui-
mas, had to make detour by the CalIe
Rivadavia TO get home, the Ricoleta
omnibus having broken down at $50,
and the streets become dangerous to
cross. The once Setiembre omnibus
coming into town at o'clock found a
rapid strea,n at the cornerof Piedad and
Uruguay the driver plunged in, the.
bus was carried down 100 yards and
thrown on its side, two Of the horses
being drowned, and the passengers
(cight in number) forced to get out
through the windows and scramble or
swim TO the sidewalk. Three corpsea
We're picked up yesterday in Calle Urf
quay, but they We're probably either
horssrnen CT foot passengers brought down
by the current. The Northern Tram
way had three horses drowned. In
Gale Paraguay a coach upset the
coarhman was drowned but some ladies.
inside were saved. The rainfall was
the most dreadful ever known. The
alsibes were soon filled, and then the
water flooded all the lower rooms of the
houses, in some PAGES to the height Of
three feet. We hear of floors having
given way in many houses, and in one
case the occupants OF a room narrowly
escaped falling into an old well or water
closet under the floor The houses
near the brewery in Calle Bolivar were
under water to the height of three feet,
and in those streets adjacent to the Ter
cero the inhabitants were all but drowned
The Plaza parque was a navigable lake,
and the Cafe tlel Parque was inundated.
About 10 o'clock the rain subsided, and
The wind began to blow with tremenduous
force. coming in gusts and causing some
IF the highest houses to shake. At IL
o'clock p. NJ it was like a hurricane,
and continued with more or less force
i'll 9 in the morning. The captain of
the bark Damon says that it was the
most fearful gale he ever experienced
it blew so hard that he could not stand
IN deck, and the water washed clean
over bis ship ; his anchor could not
prevent him from dragging about 12O
atho,ns. Her Magesty's ship Cracker
ode it out we'll, having foreseen the
storm by the fall Of the glass from 1890
o 20 IS when the storm began. -Four
ships drove past her, but did no harm.
The whalehoats were carried about in
'very direction. One was seen to 60
lown with two meu on board, and of
be seventy-two lost or aground, it is
believed many of them had one or two
nen aboard. 49,
The scene which presented itself at
iaybreak, is beyond description. Nine
'orpses were picked up on the beach
hree at TIE foot of Gale San Martin,
md Others are reported, but need con.
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There is much doubt as to the iiabiIi-
y OF lie insurance companies with re-
yard to tie payment Of policies in the
vent Of the suicide of the insurers.
english decisions strict y eonstrue the
words die by his own hands or by the
lands Of justice, or the words :" commit
uicide, as extending to all voluntary
'cts, whether the party committing such
lets was sane or insane. American
'ases, with few exceptions. construe the
anne words as meaning only criminal
lets OF self destruction, and do not ex-
end to acts not under the control of the
will showing that it is the business of
insurers to obtain, by general or specific
questions, full statement Of the habits
md constitution of the insured, and
when these have hpan answered in good