Show CLOUDBURST AT MIDNIGHT 4 Enid Okla OkIa Struck by a Terrific Storm HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS C I t RAINSTORMS ALL ATT OVER THE wESTERN COUNTRY I NID O T May 84 Hundreds of ot ENID E persons were rendered homeless and property damage estimated e at ati i was done in the Enid bottoms alone by a cloudburst that struck westor west of or this city at midnight last night J g t The aggregate damage will doubtless be raised much higher by losses loosen lo ees sustained between Enid and the seat ef of the storm At 12 a bank of water three feet high and GO feet wide swept down through the bottoms carrying houses and everything before it t It came cam upon Enid without warning while most of its I citizens were asleep Within a few fe w minutes houses were partly or com corn completely submerged Rescuers went to work immediately and all aU last night la labored a bored industriously saving persons ns front from rom perilous positions and aiding those driven from their homes Today T dy it was found that several hundred were ero homeless Many Jany pitiable scenes were witnessed as the people stood around waiting Toe for forthe the water to subside Many had bad lost t everything they possessed The citizens cI are busily engaged relieving the die dis distress dietress tress but the means at hand are Inadequate in inadequate inadequate adequate The the past ten days has been the heaviest in the his history history tory of Oklahoma and indications are that more will follow Reports of or losses in the country west westor of or Enid are meager but it fe is believed that heavy damage was done |