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Show r ' FLOODS FOLLOW FEARFULTORKADD Two Oklahoma Towns Devastated by High Winds and Rainstorm Which Swept Over Wide Area. At Least Fifteen People Met Death, While Many Were Injured, It Being Be-ing Estimated . Two Hundred Are Left Homeless. Oklahoma City, Okla, At least flf-een flf-een people wore killed Saturday night In a tornado that devastated the Oklahoma towns of Key West and De-pew. De-pew. Forty- or riioro woro injured. At least ton wore killed In Key WesL That figure Is confirmed by o number of people who fled before the storm. Five nro dead at Dopow. The tornado swept over n wldo stretch ol farming country. Following tho wind came a delugt of rain. Floods then added to tho tor riblo situation. Tho wreckngo of Ke West soon ' was overwhelmed by the rising waters. Practically nothing wn left of tho town of 200 inhabitants. The residence of J. I. Hart was demolished de-molished after being rolled over a hall dozen times with tho occupants In. Bide. Every membor of the family was Injured. Mrs. Hart's back was broken, n llttlo girl's leg was wrenched from her thigh and Hart and two children were seriously injured. Dcpew was destroyed by a double-twister double-twister that formed from that striking Koy West and from another coming from tho east. Tho tornado wiped out Depow and then pushed on northeast presumably spending Its force a few miles further on. At an early hour Saturday afternoon after-noon was witnessed most unusual phenomena. Small tornadoes rapldl followed ono another. Thoy ro3e high Into tho air, circled about and dipped. As many as flvo woro ob served during tho display. Tho little tornadoes had spent their force when tho big ono camo along at 5 o'clock - |