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Show MANY DROWNED IN TEXAS FLOOD TWO HUNDRED HOMES SWEPT AWAY WHEN RIVER RUNS OUT OF BANKS. Ten Inches of Rain Fell In Two Hours and Torrents of Water Poured Into Homes of People In the Lowjands. Austin, Tcxns. With tho bodies of fourteen persons drowned hero Friday night recovered, eleven persons missing miss-ing and rescuing parties still at work among the ruins of 200 liouoes that wore swept away by tho rain and wind storm, tho citizenship of Austin havo begun a systematic plan for tho relief of tho sufforers. Tho property loss is estimated at Si'00,000. Temporary quarterB were provided for all whoso homos had been swept away or aro not habitable and food and clothing Is being furnished. Ten Inches of rain fell In two hours Friday night and torrontB of water poured Into tho homes ot peoplo living In lowlands beforo the alarm could bo given. Twenty bridges wore swept away and paved streets were ruined. The body of Mrs. Charles R, Winkler Wink-ler was carried sixteen miles down tho river by tho force of tho flood. ! Among tho missing 1b Georgo Whlttlngton, son of A. G. Whlttlngton ot Houston, vice-president ot tho International In-ternational & Great Northern railroad. Ho and a companion were camping (on a rlvor when tho flood camo. When thoy realized that they were about to bo overwhelmed thoy began to swim for higher ground. Tho companion escaped, but Whlttlngton has not been I scon since. I In tho Thrall oil field near Taylor, Texas, tanks containing 150,000 barrels bar-rels of oil wore set on fire by lightning. light-ning. Tho loss, it Is said, would bo $75,000. Lightning started a Are in an oil warehouse In Dallas, causing a loss ot $120,000. |