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Show CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS. Klght I.Ives Losl and Thousands ol' Dollars Worth of Property Destroyed. An electric storm, accompanied by a cloudburst and high wind, descended upon Waco, Texas, Friday, and the result re-sult is that eight people are known to have perished in the city limits, and property valued at several thousand dollars has been destroyed. The dead are: Mrs. Nancy Caudle, Miss Clara Caudle, Rose Chapman, Emma Decker, Thomas Capps, Frank Walker and two negro men, names unknown. The downpour of rain commenced about noon, and was incessant until dark. It was in the shape of a waterspout, water-spout, and the rise in the creeks and branches was so rapid that it did not g'ive the inhabitants time to flee. Three persons, two women and a man, all colored, were drowned within a hundred yards of the city hall. Their bodies were washed into the Brazos river and have not been recovered. There were several people, mostly negroes, standing on abridge watching the rapid rise of Barron's branch when the bridge, a brick structure, gave way without warning, precipitating them into the water. |
