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Show RAGING ELEMENTS. Destructive TO I ml and Rain-storiun. Rain-storiun. Memphis, 23. At 9 o'clock last night a terrific rain and thunder storm set in which continued through the night. Between that hour and 6.45 this a. m. 2.85 inches of rain fell. Bayou Gayoso overflowed and swept away the bridge at Second Htreet, which recently coat the city $25,000. It is feared the planting interests have suffered severely from the unprecedented rains of the past week. Cairo, III., 24, A severe storm of wind this morning unroofed several houses in various portions of the city. Bt. Louis, 23. One of the heaviest rain storms ever known here commenced com-menced last night aud prevailed until this morning. 8an Antonio, Texas, 25. A terrific rain storm at Fort Concho, on the 19th killed one horse and stampeded 200. Hailstones an inch and a half in diameter fell to the depth of more than a foot. |