Show FIVE PERSONS DROWNED flood in texas brings death and destruction belton texas five persona were drowned and property valued it at many thousands of dollars was waa destroyed tuesday in a flood which swept over a territory approximately twenty miles in diameter itt in bell county the dead are airs IV W II if polk and her four children the tha mood hood resulted from an excessive rain all during monday night tuesday light the water was rapidly receding when the main street bridge in re raple texas was demolished hy by the wave an unidentified man was on the structure it ta fa believed he perish shed cd polk who escaped with his bis grown 00 son oo saw naw his wife and four chil children drell carrle d to death |