Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1902 — WATERSPOUT KILLS TWELVE. [ARTICLE]

WATERSPOUT KILLS TWELVE.

Washita River, in Oklahoma, Rises Ten Feet. At Foss, on the Washita river, in southern Oklahoma, a cloudburst Monday night drowned twelve people and washed away fifty houses. The storm struck Foss after midnight and water fell in such volume that many could not escape. The Washita river rose ten feet in thirty minutes. The cloudburst struck in the middle of Foss and tore frame houses apart. Those drowned were all women and children unable to get into shelter. Three miles of railway track on the Blackwell, Enid and Southeastern Railroad was washed away near Cordell. Growing crops for twenty miles around were destroyed. Rain had fallen in vicinity of Wichita all day, assuring good crops. The thirsty wheat fields of Nebraska were given a good wetting Monday. A soaking rain fell along the Platte and In the northern part of the State ten days ago, but the southern portion was not so fortunate. The recent rains, the crop experts say, will pull the grain through satisfactorily and assure at least a fair harvest.