The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-05-01
TEXAS CLOUDBURSTS.
One Of the Heaviest Rainfalls in
Years Did Much Damage.
The Water Fell in such Vast sheets
That the Six Persons Were Swept
Away i'm Less Than Five
Minutes Time.

Waco. Tex. April 2S.-A cloudburst,
accompanied by high wind, descend
ed upon this city, and the result is
that eight persons are known 10 have
persisted in the city limits and proper
~ valued at several thousand dollars
has been destroyed or injured. The
known dead are Mrs Nancy Caudle,
Miss Clara Caudle, Rosa Chapman,
Emma Decker, Thomas Capps, Frank
Walker and two Negro men, names
unknown.
Relief committees are at work al
ready, and succor is being afforded to
the sufferers. The business streets
were converted into rivers. Such a
flood was never before seen here. The
rain resembled succession of cloud
bursts. Easements were flooded Oh
Franklin and Washington streets and
on Austin avenue. Waco creek, on
the south side of the city. and Bar
rOn's branch, on the north side.
poured their surplus water toward
the center of the city and formed a
sea in the business center.
At present the exact number of per-
sons drowned can not be aseertained.
Mrs. Nancy Caudle and her daughter,
who resided with Mrs. Norton at the
corner of Jackson and Seventeenth
streets. are among the dead recovered
from the flood. The house was in the
Waco creek overflow. and the two Ia
dies. in spite Of efforts at rescue. were
swept away and when caught below
fvere dead. Mr. and Mrs. Norton were
saved. Their house was swept away.
Nm. Walker. a Negro, was drowned
IN the Barron branch overflow, and
his body was recovered
st :he corner Of North Second and
Barron streets an arched brick bridge,
which had withstOOd for 90 years,
gave way. and three Negroes disap-
peared with the bridge. Their bodies
have not yet been recovered.
The storm commenced al o'clock
Friday afternoon, and the water fell
from the clouds in vast sheets. one
eloudburst following the other, the
water courses rising above the divides
und uniting into a sea, fOaming and
raging. The people in the portion of
the city suffering the most fed from
their houses. The firemen and police
and hundreds OF citizens rushed 10 the
rescue. but the wafer was too swift
for them, and at least six persons lost
their lives by drowning in less than
five minutes.
The main BOsque and its tributaries
are overfowing q large district and
raining valuable crops. The Brazos
river is ten feet above the danger
mark and is still rising. The property
loss in Waco viii be fully $4,000.
Incoming reports indicate that one
Of the heaviest rainfalls experienced
IN years visited many sections of the
state, and rivers and smaller streams
are again rising rapidly. All points
along the BrazOs and Colorado rivers
have been notified. and, while much
damage 20 property may result from
another rise. vet il is believed that
The timely warning viii enable those
who live in the valleys TO fully pro-
tect themselves.
Houston, Tex April 2S.-Friday
there was an even heavier rainfall
over Texas than during the past ten
days, and as a consequence small
streams are out of banks and rivers
are again rising fast. An overflow of
the Brazos is hourly expected at
Hampstead, as the Navasota viii pour
an immense quantity OF water into
the Brazos above that town.
At Columbus, on the Colorado river,
the Southern Pacific bridge has been
washed away again, and there Will be
no trains run for several days The
Houston g. Texas Cc1traI and the San
Antonio d. Arkansas Pass have decided
10 run no trains al night as a matter
OF precautiOn-
Al NavasOta there was a cloud
burst, four inches OF i-ain falling in 40
minutes. Great damage was done to
farm lands Dy washing. All stock
had been taken from the bottoms. and
there was consequently no loss in that
direction.
Al Bolton a dozen houses were
washed away by a sudden rise in a
creek, but their occupants managed
10 escape. The lower part % the
town is flooded.
The damage done al Over the state
10 crops is enormous.
Believed 20 Have Been Murdered.
Peoria. Ill, April est is believed
IN Athens that Robert Carter was
murdered. robbed and thrown into
one of the abandoned mines In that
vicinity. He came TO Athens some
two months ago from Kentucky. 10
visit friends, and in a few days dis
appeared. and has not been seen or
heard of since. He had about $50 On
his person al the time OF his disap-
pearance, aud was that day seen ia
rompany with some tough characters.
A posse AS been organized and IS
now searching some of the abandoned
shafts for his body
Foul stopped the Fight.
New York. April 2S.-Oscar Carr
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