Storms And Floods

New York, Sept. 27.- A dispatch to the Berald from Valparaíso, Chili, dated September 15, sajrs : A fearful calamity occurred here on the llth inst. An artificial pond, 800feetabove thelevfl of the city, burst, flocding the vallej Yunprai end several Btreeta. The flood carne down in an irresistible torrent, sweeping every thing bef ore it and bringiDg dowu rocks and trunks of trees with it. The stream carne rushing through the ütreet of San Juande Dos in a wave twelvo feet high. Shops wero deluged and the contenta destroyed. House were, Bwept awuy andtheir inhabitantsdrowned or bruised to death. Fifty-seven bodieswore buried yesterday of persons killed by this disaster. The sum of t300,00a has boon voted by the Congress in Santiago to relieve the sufferers. The new hospital wards have been opened to shelter the houseless. A man named Torres lost hN house, his shop and its contents, his wife and four cliildren. This is an extreme case, but it Bhows the nature of the calamity. The Btreets now, lour days afterward, are impassable. No Btreet-cars can run, nor coaches, through the ordinary thoroughfares. Tfae fire companies, pólice, seamen from ships of war, custom house portera and soldiers are laboring to-day to remove tfae sand aud debris in the streste. The work ia the more difficult since the sewers are ohoked and in mnny cases have burst. Plaza Pinto, Ohlggins street, Piramide, Bellavista, 8an Juan de Dios, down to Plaza Victoria, all were flooded and still are impassable for vehicles. The loss of the property will be probably a million dollars at least. A thousand lives have probably been lost People were rescued from the streets with fractured limbs, half drowned and otherwise tajured. The pond belonged to a brewer named Ni.-holus Mena. At lirst it was feared there was a tidal wave iiowing in irom the sea. Boston, Hept 28. - A heavy wind and rainstorm set in in this section early Wednesday morning. The wind gradually increased to a gale, wrecking telegraph and telephone wres in all directions and blowing down fences, trees, and signs. Over 81)0 vossels took refuge in the harbor, and the steamer State of Maine, for Portland, which startod on her regular trip, was obliged to put back. In Salem trees were blows down in all parts of the city, and in Lynn aplate-glass wiudow was blown in. At Peabody the Essex County cattle show, wtiich is held in tbe vaüey, was flooded to the deptb oí a f oot. Many structures were leveled. The poultry tent was rent and the hundreds of eoops beneath it were sbnttered. Many yaluable horst were thoroughly wetted and chilled. The stock was sent home at once. In neighboring cities streets were flooded, cellars filled and boats in tbe harbors blown from tbeir moorings. At Oloucester and Rockport the gale was terrific and the rain was a delugo, converting the streeta into rivera. The sea ran bigher than was ever known before, and the spray was tbrown hundreds of fcet inland. The nnderpinning of the Lynwood House was partly wasked away, although the hotel stands 100 feet above water mark. It is believed that if the gale extended to the banks tbe fishiug Heet must have snffered terribly. Havaxa, Kept. .- Saqua and Cárdenas newspauers say that there is no exaggeration in estinating the losses caused by the recent cyclone at over 6,000,000 in these district alone. Columbus, O., Oct. 8.- A rain and thunder-storm swept over this city Alonday evening. Koofs wero blown away and trees levelod. The datnage at the exposition groundx is estimated at $10,000. Sanilao, Micb., Oct. 3. - There bas been a terrible storm raging here since early Monday evening. At 7 o'clock Monday night the life-saving crow frora Sand Beach started out, and at 11 p. ra. they rescued a crew of six men and ono woman from the bargo St. Clair. They vrero seen nearing this place at 7 o'clock a. in., and cvery thing was made ready for their help. As the boat passed the end of tho doek the captain rouncled her up to ooaie np to the doek. Just as he did so a high breaker struck the boat, turning her oempletely over. Every one expected her to rigbt again, but she failcd to do so. The entiru crew belongiiig to the boat reached shore, towing two of tho othcr crew with them. The remainder, fonr men and one wnman woro drowned near the shore. The Dames of the lost are: Captain C. H. Jones, oí Bay City; Henry Anderson, of Australia; George McFarlano, of Cleveland; Thomas Fertaw, of Bay City. Of these three weio sailors. The woman was Julia Greenwreath, of Bébewain, the cook. The rescued are: Maurice HcKJenna, of Ba.y City; John Ross, of Detroit The bodies of the drowned have not vet been recorered. Dclutb, Minn., OcU 3. - Report from Monday night's storm show that widesproad dbaster was wrougiit. Hanj vessols were wrecked, many more are missiag, uad eeverml fatalities have been reported. Pobt iioi'K, Mich., Oct. 8.- The scfaooner Forester of Port Huron parted her lines and went to piecos at Grindstonc City llonday night. No lives were lost. Holland, llich., Oct. 3.- The stamliarlo reported wreckod MornJay proves to hava been the R. N. Hice, of Michigan City, ladea with 800,000 feet of lunber. Bhe is a total loss. The Chic igo steamer Australia reported ashoro here has pone dewa, a total loss.