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Swept To Death As Flood Waters Topple Car Near Belle
A cloudburst flood swept Mrs. Atie Beckman 28 and seven relatives including four children through Pineoak Creek near Belle Missouri. The auto was overturned and all eight perished. Another death caused by lightning struck a man while playing ball in De Soto Missouri, about 20 miles away.
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