44 Dead — 34 Missing After Cloudburst
Receivfed Fi'iddy^ ' i0;50 atiii. LONDON, Aj^Hl 7. Fdrty-two schbolgirisj a boy, ahd a mari Wfeire drbwhed aiid 34 people are tojiorifcted hiissihg following a oloudbiirst at Tei Ki&f iii Northerh Iraq, says _ the Bfitish Uiiited Press Baghdad coi;respohdent. TOrreiits bf water ttiore than three feet deep sWfeftt away a church aiid a cohvent ahd coliap.sed scores bi^ houSes. Siiiall. giHs Who Were uhablfe to riih sufiflbiehtly fast to reach high ground are among the victims; Hundreds of Tei Kief families are homeless. Tei Kief has a population. of 18,000.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 April 1949, Page 5
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9544 Dead — 34 Missing After Cloudburst Chronicle (Levin), 8 April 1949, Page 5
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