Girl dies in floods that slam Ozarks

  By Steve Koehler and Laura Bauer Menner News-Leader A burst of blinding rain ignited fierce floods across the Ozarks late Tuesday and early Wednesday, sweeping a student to her death, toppling a freight train, swamping homes and businesses and buckling roads and bridges. In squad cars, fire trucks...

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Published inSpringfield News Leader
Main Author Koehler Steve Menner Laura Bauer
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Springfield, Mo Gannett Co., Inc 09.05.2002
Subjects
Fires
Flood damage
Floods
Homeowners
Rain
Roads & highways
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Summary:  By Steve Koehler and Laura Bauer Menner News-Leader A burst of blinding rain ignited fierce floods across the Ozarks late Tuesday and early Wednesday, sweeping a student to her death, toppling a freight train, swamping homes and businesses and buckling roads and bridges. In squad cars, fire trucks and johnboats, first-responders raced to rescue residents stranded in flooded homes, trapped on low-water bridges and cast away in cars snared by storm-fueled streams: ?
ISSN:0893-3448