PERRY COUNTY LEVEE BREAKS; TOWNS EVACUATED AS RIVER RUSHES IN

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Monday, July 26, 1993

McBRIDE, Mo. Residents of the tiny community of McBride, located about six miles north of Perryville, scrambled to remove what belongings they could from their homes Sunday afternoon in the wake of an early-morning levee breach about eight miles away.

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