Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-09 | Page 1 | Texas Cloudburst Drowns 3 Children

TEX TEXAS S CLOUDBURST OWNS 8 CHILDREN Flood Following Nine-Inch Nine Rain Sweeps Group From House TURKEY Texas s June 9 0 iTo JP- Three children of or the Ras Fust Fusion n family mUy living Jiving nine miles mUes n north rth of or Turkey were drowned last night when a cloudburst a amounting to nine inches of rain swept down Kemp creek and washed the children and their mother from the house bouse The children drowned were two boys bos Reon 9 9 and Kelsay 13 and anda a girl Cleone 11 The mother escaped es escaped es- es by clinging to a tree She at atI attempted attempted at- at tempted to rescue the children as I she saw them being swept past t her herby herby herthe by th the flood lood but was unable to hold them The waters receded at 4 a. a m. m today and sho she wa was rescued by neigh neigh- bors bars The father and another son wn were in Turkey lurkey and were unable to r return turn home because of ot othe the flood lood