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A HOLIDAY family visit ■ ended in tragedy when a small child and her mother were electrocuted by a fallen powerline and a third perjson was seriously injured on December 28 near Sperryville.

Mrs. Bettv Mae Clatterbuck Miller, 29, ofGainesville and her daughter, Joyce Elizabeth Miller, 7, 4vere spending several days with Mrs. Miller’s mother, Mrs. Rosie Frazier Clatterbuck.

Joyce, with her sister -aqd brother, went out to play, in the woods on the mild December day. Joyce " apparently touched the fallen line which was creating sparks, and was electrocuted; ' ' ' •*

As w.ell as eventfcfrcould , be reconstructed by retiring Sheriff Charles K. Estes and Trooper W.A. Buntin — who were on the scene within minutes — the other youngsters went into the house and told Mrs. Miller that “their sister had fallen and was smoking.”

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