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Show CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS. IJshl I l-ri I ,,. mi 1 linttMinU of Ili.lUr. Monti t l'rnnetljr I-slnial. An electric utoriu, neeompanlcd by n cloudburst nnd high wind, descended upon Waco, Texa. Friday, aud tho result re-sult I that eight people are known to hnve perished lu the city limit, and property valued at several thousand dollar ha twen dealroyed Tha dead are! -Mr. N'aney Caudle. Ml Clara Caudle, llotc Chapman, Hmma Decker, Thaina Capp. Frank Walker and two negro men, names unknown. The duwnpour of ruin commenced aliout noon, and naa Inrcotant until dark. It was In the ehapo of n water-apout, water-apout, and the rise In the creeks and branches waa to rapid thnt It did not give the Inhabitants time to lice. Three persona, two women and a mant all colored, were drowned within a hundred yards of the city hall. Their bodlra were waalicd Into the Ilraros rlvcrand have not been recovered. There wero several people, mostly negroes, ttandlngon a bridge watching the rapid rise of llarron'e branch when the bridge, n brick structure, gave nay without warning, precipitating them into the water. |