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Show Downpour Turns Streets of City Into Miniature Rivers . i VESTERDAT afternoon there was a period of five minutes Xin which it rained, and during dur-ing that time the dry and ! dusty streets were trans- j formed into miniature rivers and the ! city took on tho appearance of a j second Venice. Pedestrians rusheA j for shelter into the nearest building and automobiles began to wend their crooked way homew rd. A hailstorm immediately followed and, when the confusion had subsided, of an inch of precipitati-m had registered at the weather ation. This, Mr. Alter says, is a? Record for thia section. m ' ThejiLui-ii-i:encwed U"); in the of yannin T0''6 6 'c,'-k an"thor .13 ' at an inch was added. Then the leather bureau closed and there was rainfati'vm d'ns additio a in 1 ' Ut anther storm broke out in the evening, and a drizzline rain continued for many hours A n ?n T-l VC rlmaa woll Place the total precipitation at close to h . f II duriUh,JS ",nre ,nulst" August S th e"Llre """"1' f ou'ti'hl hV? bM" ri'l"-tod throuKh- t weel L"mi ldah" "'"' post week and as a result crops and i. ulfre conditions have reillv in prow,d. The temperature a", b-on r.-mdered more tolerable ., , iorm has. been Secra!y welcomed. |