The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-06-04
THE DEUCE AT BuENos AYREs.
The Greatest Storm of Modern Times.
From ,Ac roepo. Arre. standard no,cA lil

From the Bneno. Ayres Standard, March Ill
 On Wednesday, the 9th of March, one of the most fearful storms ever experienced in the River Plate burst over Buenos Ayrcs. The afternoon | was rainy, and wcatherwise people saw a regular | temporal setting in from the southeast Mir Louis | Mclean and others refused 10 allow their boats to leave the mole with passengers; nevertheless | some had the temerlty to venture, and we learn | tnai @ boat which let about four F. M., for the Villa del Sata, with lady and two gentlemen | was capsized and the passengers drowned. Al | the same time Captain Peel made great efforts to procure the steam launch Baby to go aboard the ! Iycho Brahe, which was to sail the same evening | for Liverpool, but the risk of going out twelve | miles deterred everybody from the attempt A | passenger who had left for the Tyc.o Brahe some hours before, and was unable to reach her turned back, and met the boat, capsized, in winch the lady and gentlemen were lost Mir Mclean had dispatched boat with some sheep at eight A. M., which rcachcd the Iyoso Byahe safely, aud then seeing the storm coming ou, sailed for the TigTe Instead Of trying to return 10 port. As the even ing closed In the storm increased; the rain began to fall In torrents about five o'clock and many of the streets were flooded with two or three feet of water this became delnge after fD,f hours of
 THE MOST INcEssAST DowSPouR,
 And some people lost their lives in carriages try ing to cross the Tereero. At the corner of Su- pacba and Cordoba coach was carried away; the coachman escaped, but the passengers and horses were drowned. Al Gala Libcrtad and l Cuyo another coach was carried down by the cur ! rent and the driver and his horses drowned At Calle Defensa the current washed away child and some other casualltles Of this kind are re- ported in the south end some of our friends resident st Cinco Esqalnas had to make a deiour | by the Calie klyadayia io get home the Recoleia omnibus having broke down at halfpast five, aud ! the streets became dangerous to cross The Once | de sctiefnbre omnibus coming into town al nine | o'clock found rapid stream at tbe corner of | Piedad and Uruguay; the driver plunged in, the bus was carried down one hundred yards and thrown on its side, two Of the horses being drowned, and the passengers teight in all forced i to get out through the windows and scramble or swim to the sidewalk. Three corpses were picked up yesterday in Cale Uruguay, but they were either horsemen or foot passengers brought down ! by the current The Northern Tramway had three horses drowned in Cate Paraguay aeoacn i upset, the coachman was drowned, but some la- dies Inside were saved. The rainfall was
 THE MOST pEEApruL EvEn KSows.
 The algibes were soon filled, and then the va. ter Hooded all the lower rooms of the honses sn | some places to the height Of three feet We hear of floors having given wsy iu many houses. aud in one case the occupants Of room narrowly es- eaped falling into old well or water-closei un- der the floor. The houses near the brewery tn Calc Bolivia were under water to the height of three feet, and in those streets adjacent 10 the Terccro tue inhabitants were all bat drowned.
 The Plaza ParQue was 2 nayagabic lake. and the Cafe iei furquc inundated. About ten Q clock the rain sgbsided, and the wind begar so blow
 with tremendous force, coming in gusts, and cans
 tug soIne of the highest houscs to shake Al eeyen
 r. N. it was like hurricane, aBd continued with
 more or less force tiil two In the morning Ths
 Captain of the bark Da1lon says it was tbe mos
 fearful gale he ever experienced; lt blew so hard
 that he could not stand on deck. and inc water
 washed clear over his chip; hIs anchors conlG no . prevent him from dragging about one hundres
 and twenty fathoms. Her Maiesgy's ship Cracke
 rode ft out well having foreseen the storm by tb
 fall of the glass from 2a 70 10 29 5s when th s storm began; four ships drove pasi her, but dt
 no harm. The whaieboats were carried about |
 every direction one was seen to 20 down Wif , tso men aAo@-a. aad ef the sexealya4e iost o
 aground if Is believed that many Of them had on 1 or two men aboard. r coRrsRs PICKED rF.
 y The scene which presented itself yesterday a
 daybreak is beyond description. Nine corpse were picked up on The bcacb-three ai Inc ioog Q ! Calle San MarIin--And other are reported, b0 ' need confirmation.
 THE SHIFTING.
 The shipping disasters reported at Maxwell'
 Commercial Rooms follows; Italian gun !, boat Prnsepsssa nayyaysta, formerly the Osogse q ashore al the gas house Steamer Emiha wit e hay for the army. ashore al Pobce Diablo. wis s l stern sn8Asbed la. Steamer Cauosg sunk cre'
 e2caneA ia lighter T-e se!.es...e-= ed ;sS.= q cre--one of them German sessel. painted gree r. ashore near the as-bouse. Three pilot boats- a the Henry No, ss1 and No. al4--ashers al ia ], same place. Schooner Cafaiiae uniniured, ditto '' A pllot-boat smashed up under the mole; anothe s sunk. Sixteen whaeboats in front of Lorenz u Torris' qainta. and fifteen between the foo, ( !, Caile Chsreas and Taeuman Several whalesoss '" sunk. Dutch schooner Marsa Haydog7s lost bow
 spirit Portuguese bark ditto. German schoonC
 ditto. Whaleboat Domingo sunk Several ligh '" CTS lost masts and rigging.
 v THE LOSSES.
 A- The storm lulled about two 4. NJ yesterda, h and at daylight the river was again calm. Th
 passengers for the 7yoAo Brahe and Captain Pc
 went aboard about ten o'clock, but the win fl again fresheBed at noon and blew half gal if While we write it is still blowing very bard, bl "a | lhe sky has cleared up andshe veashsE seems
 promise 10 be very fne,