The New Hampshire Gazette

Travellers who arrived at Maldonado and Montevideo, Spanish places, relate an extraordinary phenomenon which happened in the river La Plata, last April--an impetuous wind rose, it blew with a violence so extreme, that it drove the waters of the river ten leagues distance from its banks--all the neighbouring country was inundated. The bed of the river was left dry--This terrible irruption discovered vessels which had been lost for thirty years--they found among others an English ship which was wrecked in the year 1762--many persons went to the place-- and walked all about the bed of the river on dry feet: they are returned loaded with the silver and spoils which had been swallowed up in the vessels--This phenomenon which ought to be ranked in the number of the grand revolutions of nature, lasted 3 days, at the end of which time the wind ceased, and the waters returned with grand impetuosity to the natural bed of the river.