Waco flood disaster claims seven lives
A Friday night flood in Waco Texas caused by heavy rains submerged business streets and basements, leaving seven people dead and many more missing. Names include Mrs Candle and Miss Candle and seven others, with property losses estimated at no less than $50,000 as the city faced record inundation.
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Waco
Tex
Franklin
Washington Streets
Austin Avenue
Waco Creek
Barrons Branch
Cyclone at Blum destroys school and injures pupil
A noon Friday tornado swept Blum Texas injuring about 15 people and destroying several homes. The two story school building housing the local Masons was leveled. Eunice Hanks is gravely hurt and likely to die. L L Robertson and Mrs Robertson are injured. grain crops and fruit trees damaged. church and blacksmith shop wrecked.
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L. L. Robertson
Masons
Blum Cyclone Rips Blum Texas In Basket of Destruction
Witnesses describe a fast moving cyclone near Blum Texas on April 28 that resembled a cornucopia cloud and struck with thunder lightning dust and a pungent sulfur smell. Homes and structures were levelled as residents fled in fear while men stood stunned amid widespread ruin.
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Hillsboro
Tex
Blum
Sherman
Georgia
Speel
South Texas Floods Deepen as Rains Persist
Galveston reports 2.22 inches of rain in one hour with widespread flooding across south Texas. Creeks and rivers rise rapidly after a cloudburst near San Antonio, hindering railroad traffic from Houston to the Louisiana border and causing extensive damage to bridges and dumps.
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Galveston
South
Texas
San Antonio
Louisiana Line
Mexico
Houston
Heaviest North Texas Rainfall Destroys Roads and Homes
Reports from Dallas to Navasota detail record rain causing flooded creeks and rivers, washed-out bridges, and crippled rail traffic. Johnson county cyclone winds, Gainesville lightning strikes, and fears for Plano dam follow widespread downpours across the region.
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Dallas
Texas
Johnson County
Protection steps for Americans in China amid missionary hostility
Washington reports Minister Conger has renewed demands for tsungli yamen protection for Americans in China as hostility spreads to all foreigners. Gunboat Wheeling at Taku will assist, with Admiral Kempff and Admiral Remey coordinating fleets. In Manila, General Wheaton notes Senor Paterno, former Filipino president, is captured.
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Washington
Conger
State Department
China
Empire
Burwell
Wheeling
Taku
Remey
Kempff
Asia
Philippines
Tsung Luamen
Manila
Lloyd Wheaton
Senor Paterno
Capture in Benguet Sparks March mounted pursuit
In Benguet near Trinidad, Paterno was captured April 25 after evading American lines. illness claimed as reason for missing a Manila entry request. He was carried to San Fernando by Forty-eighth regiment soldiers, while a Kentucky attorney general race concludes with Breckinridge undisputed after Pratt quits and bond issues.
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Cabinet
Trinidad
Benguet
Paterno
Manila
San Fernando
Forty-eighth Regiment
Kentucky
Frankfort
Breckinridge
Clifton J. Pratt
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