New-York tribune., 1895-10-15
SLEPT BY STORM md FLUID.
DETAILS OF THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE Huhhi-
CANE AT GUAYMAs AND LA PAZ. MEXICO.

nrr, or TUE DAMAGE DONE BY THE HURRi-
CANE AT GuAYMAs AND LA PAZ MEXICO
San Diego. Cal, oct. H-Private letters reeeN.'
here from Guaymas and La Paz give few ne'a"S
OF the great storm early this month AT La IA" oH
September 30 a slight rain started in the "o'"ns
with almost wind. and became gaze d or,
day wore on by p. M the storm had reac"e'
the fury of a cyclone and Arroyo de las Mem
do7as running through the southern part oi "e
town overfiowed its banks. small daHl hau "ee"
formed to protect the streets from the AioSo'
and this was speedily washed away Inc AroSo'
which had assumed the proportions OF lNe''
flowed through the in the lower part OF ,"e
iown and flooded the market place House ai'e
house adobe and frame crumbied and melted or
tumbed as their foundations washed out UNI" ps
dark thirty houses were swept away anu as '"'
families LEFT without shelter Some OF the iaIse''
business houses OF Ia Paz were in the way OF the
Aood and several succumbed including large
s,oro Owned bv lose Maria Lopez His big iron
safe was washed half mile from the spot where
the house stood.
The scenes among the poor families washed out
of their homes was pitable. as all their ciolheS
and bedding were lost. and the rain con''hueu ~
f,u in torrents while the wind was so high that 'he
air was full of flying missiles At dark the Arroyo
continued o rise and threatened to flood the entire
CITY Many hastily took food and clothing ana
started for higher ground believing the CIT! 'o oe
doomed The CONSERVATION was greater Noin '"e
fact that the creek had been dry for years anu no
such flood had ever been seen. On the DAY io'-
loujng the flood attempts were made to get al '"e
amount Of damage done, and to rescue many per
sons in dangerous predicaments further up '"e
creek The storm still continued however anu
practically nothing was done
Reports came in OF lives lost here and there anu
several bodies we're washed into the pay. 90 la'
az can be learned there was no tidal wave all 'he
loss resulting from the sudden and extreme rls
in the Arroyo. which has its source III the nsn n
mountains and runs rapidly downward 10 Ia rah. AZ
At The time the letter sent JUST al,el 'n,
Storm rl;mors had been received at Ia TI ot
damage and loss Of life San Jose de. CaDo LOUIS
csnf~s and other little t0vns on the enh ot h
neninsula but nothing definite was learned n
letter has also been received from one OF tne ylI
Gers of the Mexican gunboat Oaxaca. at ahchor
in Guaymas Bay. describing the hurricane. a,,n M
nresslng fears that the steamers Diego ana MhI -
Ian have been lost. He says the h steahlns' did
iameftc Valley due at Guaymas on Octper y @ uI1
not arrive until the sth after terrible experience
along the coast in the gales
San Francisco oct. II (SpeciaD.-Captalh van
helms. OF the steamer Willamette Valley. the IA
c,ac Coast steamship Company's vessel wn.ch wen
through the fearful. hurricane that deVsstdteu "a
paz and sunk number OF vessels IN tne va ~, " VI
caleornia writes from Guaymas that over one tiiou
sand people IN La Paz homeless ana heeu loou
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