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Show I FIVE PERSONS DROWNED. Flood In Texas Brings Death ant Destruction. Helton, Texas. Five persons wen drowued and property valued H many thousands of dollars wss de ttroyed Tuesday In a flood whirl; wept over a territory approximate ty twenty miles In diameter in He! ;ounty. The dead are Mrs. W. 11 Polk and her four children. Tlit 1od resulted from an excessive rain 'all during Monday night. TutsJaj lli-ht the water was rapidly receding Wb'-n the Main street bridge In remple, Texas, wss demolished by the wsve an unidentified man was ot ihe structure. It Is believed be per shed. I'olk, who escaiied with his growr ion. ssw bis wife and four children :arri-d to death. |